As custodians of the skills and training system and the representatives of apprentices and trainees across the country, the ACTU welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Strategic Review. [...] Responses to the Terms of Reference Term of Reference 1 Consider the effectiveness and efficiency of the Incentive System, against the objectives of encouraging take-up and completion of apprenticeships and traineeships, and examine the complementary role of services, support and high- quality training provision. [...] It is our view that this is the case due to a number of critical failures in the design of the incentive system – failures which go to the core of the system and who (and what) it attempts to incentivise. [...] Term of Reference 4 consider the effectiveness of the Incentive System and associated services and support in creating training environments that encourage the take up and completion of apprenticeships and traineeships by women and people who face additional barriers to undertaking training (including people in rural, regional and remote areas and First Nations peoples); Measures to enhance the pa. [...] Issues not covered in the Terms of Reference In addition to those outlined above, there are a number of issues in the apprenticeship space which do not strictly meet the scope of the Review which we believe nonetheless should be considered in order to fully address the issues driving commencements and completions by apprentices.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 2
- Introduction 3
- Responses to the Terms of Reference 4
- Consider the effectiveness and efficiency of the Incentive System against the 4
- Incentives are focussed too clearly on commencements. 4
- Incentives are targeted at the wrong actors. 7
- Incentives are available to employers who do not meet their obligations. 9
- Consider how cost of living pressures are impacting apprenticeship and traineeship 10
- Apprentice Pay 10
- Take a holistic view of the apprenticeship system including non-financial supports 12
- Territories and factors relating to workplace conditions culture and the role 12
- Apprentice Support and Mentoring 12
- Apprentice conditions and workplace experience. 13
- Improve apprentice matching. 15
- Measures to enhance the participation of women and other cohorts in apprenticeships. 16
- Poor quality traineeships. 18
- Some industries are not structurally suited for apprenticeships. 19
- Regulation of some industries disincentivises apprenticeships 20
- Summary of recommendations and findings requested. 20
- Recommendations 20
- Findings 21
