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Shaping our Future: for business


shaping our futureBusiness has much to gain from Shaping our Future, the national strategy for vocational education and training (VET) for 2004-2010.

The business case for training and retraining your workforce is stronger than ever so it makes sense to make VET work for you. 

Over the coming years, you will see VET becoming increasingly responsive and client-focused through its training providers and the system more generally. In the meantime, there are some things you can do to ensure VET better meets your needs.

 

Read how industry skill needs are changing and their impact on vocational education and training in:

Find out how the Industry Skills Council network is helping build a skilled workforce for your industry.

If your business has special training needs, have you thought about setting up a partnership arrangement with a registered training organisation?

You might also want to ask a training provider to help you foster innovation in your workplace and form productive partnerships with other businesses, community groups and employment services.