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Empowering VET Practitioners in Greater Western Sydney for Workforce Development

This initiative focuses on enhancing the skills of Vocational Education and Training (VET) practitioners in Greater Western Sydney, home to over 2 million residents and Australia’s third-largest economy. It addresses the region’s diverse socio-economic challenges and aims to build community capacity. Our service model emphasizes customer intimacy and strategic partnerships, promoting personalized training and employability skills. By understanding learners' needs and aspirations, we aim to connect training with workforce development and foster lifelong learning opportunities.

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Empowering VET Practitioners in Greater Western Sydney for Workforce Development

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  1. Skills for the VET Practitioner

  2. Greater Western Sydney population 2 million + third largest economy in Australia growth centre – industrial and residential 20% of all NSW jobs cultural and socio-economic diversity social disadvantage challenge

  3. Why are we here? • enterprises - sustainability • communities - capacity building • individuals - aspirations

  4. Our Service model Customer intimacy Government Charter Partnerships Recovery and Second Chance Multi Agency Approach Employability Skills Life Skills Workforce Development Community Capacity Building Lean Thinking Job Analysis / Design Training Needs Analysis Workforce Planning Job Placement Organisations and Enterprises Workplace Training TAFE (Individual) Workplace Training and Assessment Traineeships and Apprentices Customised Recognition / Gap Training Continuing Professional Development Individual Aspirations Social Inclusion Personalised and Flexible Recognition Registered Training Organisations Experience Quality

  5. Strategic Directions

  6. Sustainability

  7. Workforce Development

  8. Community Capacity Building

  9. Community Partners

  10. Customer First

  11. Skills for the VET Practitioner • Looks outwards at market needs and seeks to meet those needs • Constantly asks the question – what does the client want from VET?

  12. Skills for the VET Practitioner • Develops and sustains long-term relationships with clients • Is demand driven and provides services wanted by enterprises and individuals

  13. If you don’t know who the learners are – their concerns, their ambitions, their background – how can you know if you’re making a difference for them?

  14. Skills for the VET Practitioner • Understands links between training and workforce development • Lets go of the old certainties

  15. By deliberately keeping assessment out of the hands of learners, we are denying them one of the essential tools – perhaps the essential tool – which enables them to become lifelong learners

  16. Skills for the VET Practitioner • Taps into wider networks for information and resources • Is able to draw on the specialist skills and knowledge of colleagues and partners

  17. Human memory is not a container or a computer. It is an inventor, an artist, a poet, a storyteller–remarkably flexible, durable, and adaptive. It becomes what we make it.

  18. The Benefits – a win for... • Customers - as we respond with customised and personalised services • The region – as the benefits of training contribute to socio-economic development • The Institute - as our reputation grows • Staff - new opportunities to implement innovative approaches to service delivery New Teacher Orientation

  19. Really Making a Difference

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