❓ Mr. Morton asks about the Liberal-National government's success in training and workforce development. The Minister responds with key performance indicators showing increases in enrolments, training hours, apprenticeships, RTOs, and spending.
AnsweredQoN 827Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
827. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
Vocational training is of great
interest to constituents in my electorate. Can the minister please update the
house on the Liberal–National government's success in the
training and workforce development portfolio?
827. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
Vocational training is of great
interest to constituents in my electorate. Can the minister please update the
house on the Liberal–National government's success in the
training and workforce development portfolio?
AnswerView source ↗
The member is right—training
and workforce development is fundamental to the Western Australian economy. It
is important that we plan for and support the skill sets that are needed to
support the economy. What the Liberal–National government has—which
the opposition did not have—is a plan. We have Skilling WA and in 2009
we decided to take training and workforce development out of the shadow of
education and create the Department of Training and Workforce Development with
its own director general, so it could focus on what is important for Western
Australia. We know that from the time when decisions to support, fund and
subsidise training in Western Australia are made, there is a time lag until
there is the skill set and the trained personnel able to support industry. As a
result, with the fluctuations of the workforce, it is important to manage and
respond to that. Skilling WA is that plan. Within Skilling WA there is a
skilled migration strategy, regional workforce development plans across
regional Western Australia, industry workforce development plans for particular
sectors, an Aboriginal workforce development strategy, and support for an
Aboriginal workforce development centre.
Mr
F.M. Logan interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, we have heard enough about bagpipes, thank
you.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : Looking at the key performance indicators in this term of
government, these graphs show that the Liberal–National government has
performed quite well. From 2008 to 2012, there has been an increase of 20 000
vocational education and training course enrolments from 125 713 to 146 493. In
the same time frame, student curriculum hours have increased from 27.5 million
to 37.5 million. The number of apprentices and trainees in Western Australia
has increased from 36 700 to 43 800. There is an increase in the number of
registered training organisations in Western Australia. That is giving people
choice, which is part of our workforce development plans at the moment—if
the market is to have a greater role in training, choice in registered training
organisations is important. Last of all, spending on training and workforce
development has increased from $525 million to $705 million in 2012. I think
the key performance indicators of the Liberal–National government stand
us in good stead to support the workforce that supports the great Western
Australian economy.
and workforce development is fundamental to the Western Australian economy. It
is important that we plan for and support the skill sets that are needed to
support the economy. What the Liberal–National government has—which
the opposition did not have—is a plan. We have Skilling WA and in 2009
we decided to take training and workforce development out of the shadow of
education and create the Department of Training and Workforce Development with
its own director general, so it could focus on what is important for Western
Australia. We know that from the time when decisions to support, fund and
subsidise training in Western Australia are made, there is a time lag until
there is the skill set and the trained personnel able to support industry. As a
result, with the fluctuations of the workforce, it is important to manage and
respond to that. Skilling WA is that plan. Within Skilling WA there is a
skilled migration strategy, regional workforce development plans across
regional Western Australia, industry workforce development plans for particular
sectors, an Aboriginal workforce development strategy, and support for an
Aboriginal workforce development centre.
Mr
F.M. Logan interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, we have heard enough about bagpipes, thank
you.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : Looking at the key performance indicators in this term of
government, these graphs show that the Liberal–National government has
performed quite well. From 2008 to 2012, there has been an increase of 20 000
vocational education and training course enrolments from 125 713 to 146 493. In
the same time frame, student curriculum hours have increased from 27.5 million
to 37.5 million. The number of apprentices and trainees in Western Australia
has increased from 36 700 to 43 800. There is an increase in the number of
registered training organisations in Western Australia. That is giving people
choice, which is part of our workforce development plans at the moment—if
the market is to have a greater role in training, choice in registered training
organisations is important. Last of all, spending on training and workforce
development has increased from $525 million to $705 million in 2012. I think
the key performance indicators of the Liberal–National government stand
us in good stead to support the workforce that supports the great Western
Australian economy.
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