SKILLS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SURVEY
--------------- has been commissioned by the Federal Government’s telecommunications industry
regulator, the Australian Communications Authority, or ACA for short, to conduct a study among
telecommunications cabling practitioners.
We understand that you are a registered
telecommunications cabler, and we are interested in talking with you about a possible introduction
of a mandatory Skills Maintenance Program for registered cablers.
The ACA has provided us with a random list of cablers which we are contacting – we will not
provide individual results to the ACA – they will not be able to identify you in any manner.
SCREENER
S1
Can you please confirm that you are currently a licensed or registered telecommunications
cabler?
YES ........................................................................................
NO ..........................................................................................
CAN’T SAY ..........................................................................
S2
Roy Morgan conducted a similar survey on cabler satisfaction and skills maintenance
programs on behalf of the ACA in July 2004. Did you participate in that survey?
YES ........................................................................................
NO ..........................................................................................
CAN’T SAY ..........................................................................
SURVEY
Q1
Skills maintenance programs are operated by some trade and professional associations as a
means of ensuring that their members are up-to-date with current practices, usually by
participating in activities aimed at keeping their knowledge and skills up to date.
Activities can vary from attending training or a conference to participating on a relevant
professional committee, to undertaking some self-directed learning on a Website or
subscribing to a relevant professional journal.
Activities undertaken for skills maintenance sometimes incur a cost that is tax deductible
and may or may not be covered by employers.
Do you think the introduction of a mandatory skills maintenance program to ensure core
cabling skills are maintained, would result in benefits for the telecommunications cabling
industry?(more info about what a mandatory program would mean?)
YES ..........................................................................................................................................
NO ............................................................................................................................................
CAN’T SAY ............................................................................................................................
Q2
Have you actively performed cabling work on a full or part-time basis in the past 12
months?
YES………………………………….go to Q3
NO………………………………… go to Q4
2
Q3
Are you:
A SELF EMPLOYED CABLER ..............................................................
EMPLOYED BY A CABLING ORGANISATION ................................
BOTH........................................................................................................
OTHER (state)………………………………………………………… ..
CAN’T SAY .............................................................................................
Q4
Do you already participate in individual training or a training program designed to
maintain your core cabling skills?
YES ..........................................................................................................................................
NO ............................................................................................................................................
CAN’T SAY ............................................................................................................................
Q5
Does your organisation offer a skills maintenance program or training to maintain your
core cabling skills?
(only for those employed by a cabling organisation)
YES ..........................................................................................................................................
(go to Q5b)
NO ............................................................................................................................................
(go to Q6)
CAN’T SAY ............................................................................................................................
(go to Q6)
Q5b
What is the training about?
(i) Installation of Supplier/Vendor products
(ii) CPRs and Regulations
(iii)Wiring Rules and Updates
Q6
.
How much time would you be prepared to spend per year on a skills maintenance
program?
None ..........................................................................................................
Half a day (5 HOURS OR LESS) .............................................................
One day .....................................................................................................
Two days ...................................................................................................
Three or four days .....................................................................................
One week or more .....................................................................................
CAN’T SAY .............................................................................................
Q7
Skills maintenance activities will incur a cost, which will be tax deductible. Please
estimate how much money you/your organisation is prepared to spend annually on learning
and development.
3
None ..........................................................................................................
$1-100 .......................................................................................................
$101 - 200 .................................................................................................
$201 - 300 .................................................................................................
$301 - 400 .................................................................................................
$401 - 500 .................................................................................................
$500 plus per year .....................................................................................
Q8
Which one of the following would be your preferred way of participating in a skills
maintenance program?
ATTENDANCE AT SEMINARS OR WORKSHOPS ...........................................................
ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING ON THE JOB.............................................................................
ON-LINE TRAINING ON THE INTERNET .........................................................................
TRAINING BY MAIL-OUT CORRESPONDENCE .............................................................
SOMETHING ELSE (SPECIFY) ............................................................................................
(DON’T READ OUT)CAN’T SAY ........................................................................................
Q9
Are there any comments that you would like to make about a mandatory skills maintenance
program?
Q10
Of the following options could you please state your top three preferences from 1 (most
preferred) to 3, for receiving information about cabling regulations and changes to the
regulations or other cabling matters?
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER – SENT TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ............................
REGISTRAR WEBSITE .........................................................................................................
ACA WEBSITE .......................................................................................................................
BY MAIL .................................................................................................................................
CABLING JOURNAL ............................................................................................................
OTHER (PLEASE STATE) ....................................................................................................