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[This report], produced by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), provides a summary of Victorian training market performance and responsiveness to businesses across Victoria's regions. The report includes training market profiles of the following regions: Loddon Mallee North, Loddon Mallee South, Wimmera Southern Mallee, Central Highlands, Great South Coast, Geelong and Surrounds, Hume, Gippsland, Northern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Eastern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan and Inner Metropolitan.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's mining industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's wholesale trade industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and Government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions by related industry sub-sectors. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

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This policy statement from the Victorian state government outlines how it will work towards better targeting government support for vocational education and training (VET) through reform to minimise the risk of ineffective and inefficient operation of the market. These reforms will underpin a VET sector characterised by sustainability, high quality and direct industry engagement. The statement covers the following areas: (1) sustainability of VET; (2) quality of training through higher expectations of training providers, stronger monitoring and compliance checks, and user choice; (3) industry driven VET through a new model for industry engagement that will enable a stronger, direct industry voice in the development of VET, and additional support for critical and niche skill needs; (4) building trade pathways; and (5) stronger partnerships with higher education providers. Show less

This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's arts and recreation industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and Government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's electricity and gas industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and Government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's construction industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions by related industry sub-sectors. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the responsiveness of training delivery to specific occupational needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state-level.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's other services industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

The other services industry includes a broad range of personal services; religious, civic, professional and other interest group services; selected repair and maintenance activities; and private households employing staff. Businesses in this division are mainly engaged in providing a range of personal care services, such as hair, beauty, diet and weight management services; providing death care services; promoting or administering religious events or activities; or promoting and defending the interests of their members. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in repairing and/or maintaining equipment and machinery (primarily automotive) or other items; as well as units of private households that engage in employing workers on or about the premises in activities primarily concerned with the operation of households.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's manufacturing industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and Government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the alignment between training delivery and specific industry skills needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state level.

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This report describes training and economic activity and developments related to Victoria's information, media and telecommunications industry, bringing together a range of qualitative and quantitative insights from desk research and industry engagement. It highlights both the challenges the industry faces in attracting the right skills, and the opportunities businesses, training providers and government have to address these challenges. Key metrics used in this report include enrolments by sub-industry, qualification level, occupation, courses, age group, gender, learners facing barriers, provider type, reason for study and completions by related industry sub-sectors. The report also covers apprentices and trainees, and an analysis of the responsiveness of training delivery to specific occupational needs. The report produces industry, sub-industry and region-specific findings and, wherever possible, presents comparisons to developments at the state-level.

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