REGIONAL EDUCATION, SKILLS AND JOBS
PLAN
VICTORIA – GIPPSLAND
2012 – 2014
JULY 2013
This plan was first published in July 2012. This is the July 2013 edition.
Details in this report are correct at time of drafting.
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Disclaimer about data used in this plan
Data used in the development of this plan comes from a variety of sources and was correct at time of drafting. This
document should not be used as a data source as data referred to may have been updated or reformulated since
the publication of the plan. Refer to primary sources for confirmation of data.
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CONTENTS
Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plans ................................................................................ 4
Strategies .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Community engagement........................................................................................................................... 4
Implementation ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Executive summary ................................................................................................................ 5
Characteristics of the region ................................................................................................... 8
Population ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Early childhood education and care .......................................................................................................... 9
School education ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Tertiary education and training .............................................................................................................. 10
Jobs, skills and workforce development ................................................................................................. 11
Other characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 13
Issues, goals and strategies ................................................................................................... 14
Issue 1 Availability of suitably qualified staff to work in early childhood education and child care
services within the region. ...................................................................................................................... 15
Issue 2 Availability of suitable, accessible early childhood education and child care facilities to
support parental workforce participation within the East Gippsland Local Government Area. ............ 16
Issue 3 Increasingly higher levels of literacy and numeracy required for people across all parts of the
region to effectively participate in education, skills and employment................................................... 17
Issue 4 Levels of participation and completion of tertiary education in Gippsland are lower than for
Australia as a whole. ............................................................................................................................... 18
Issue 5 Level of awareness of new migrants about Australian workplaces and culture and the
practices required to access employment and education. ..................................................................... 19
Issue 6 Level of engagement young people have with school and skills development, including
vocational education and training. ......................................................................................................... 20
Issue 7 Workforce development needs of current and emerging industries in response to the
transition of the Latrobe Valley workforce, growth of the food and tourism industries and the region’s
ageing workforce..................................................................................................................................... 22
Issue 8
Low levels of participation of Indigenous Australians in education, training and employment.
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Issue 9
Opportunity to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the workforce. ....... 26
Appendices .......................................................................................................................... 27
Appendix A — Stakeholders .................................................................................................................... 27
Appendix B — Existing related plans and strategies ............................................................................... 28
Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................... 31
REGIONAL EDUCATION, SKILLS AND JOBS PLANS
The Australian Government announced the Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plans initiative in the
2011–12 Budget, as part of the Building Australia’s Future Workforce package. The initiative addresses
four key areas of the Australian Government’s productivity and social inclusion agendas: early childhood
education and care; Year 12 attainment; participation in vocational and higher education; and local job
opportunities.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has deployed 34 Regional
Education, Skills and Jobs (RESJ) Coordinators to work with local stakeholders to develop Regional
Education, Skills and Jobs Plans for the 46 Regional Development Australia (RDA) areas that cover nonmetropolitan Australia.
The plans present locally identified opportunities and challenges and outline local strategies to improve
education, skills and jobs outcomes in regional Australia.
For more information, including the contact details of your local RESJ Coordinator, please refer to the
Regional Education, Skills and Jobs webpage at www.deewr.gov.au/resj.
Strategies
Each plan reflects community priorities and includes goals and local strategies to achieve the
community’s objectives, based on four key themes: early childhood education and care; school
education; tertiary education and training; and jobs, skills and workforce development.
The plans build on the range of services and programs already offered by DEEWR and the strategies draw
on the programs of other government agencies and the opportunities arising from major local projects.
Community engagement
The plans were developed by RESJ Coordinators with close community engagement and include views
from young people, parents, employers, educators, service providers, peak bodies, community leaders,
government organisations and agencies, and other interested individuals and organisations. The plans
draw strongly upon existing strategic plans in each region, including the local RDA regional plan.
DEEWR acknowledges the traditional owners of the Gippsland RDA region and their elders past and
present recognising their continuing connection to country. This plan strives to build and harness
mutually respectful relationships and reflect community priorities in education, skills and jobs
development for the region.
Implementation
The RESJ Coordinator, on behalf of DEEWR, will oversee the implementation of the strategies and
promote and coordinate linkages between the government agencies, providers and stakeholders
involved in this plan’s implementation.
Progress towards achieving the goals within each plan will be closely monitored, while stakeholders will
be kept informed through participation in plan strategies.
This edition incorporates strategies that respond to changes in local circumstances identified through
continuing community input or changing government priorities in regional Australia as well as access to
new data. The plans continue to be living and responsive documents that will be revisited throughout
their implementation to June 2014.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Gippsland region covers six Local Government Areas (LGAs): Baw Baw, Bass Coast, East Gippsland,
Latrobe City, South Gippsland and Wellington. The region’s economy is largely driven by its natural
resources, including oil and gas from the Gippsland Basin, coal resources in the Latrobe Valley, water
catchments, agricultural produce and nature-based tourism.
The coastal areas of Gippsland are experiencing population growth and a growing demand for services,
while small rural communities continue to experience limited industry diversification and employment
pathways.
The formulation of a Latrobe Valley Transition Committee gives recognition to the contribution that the
Latrobe Valley, covering the Latrobe Valley, Baw Baw and Wellington Shires, makes to the economy of
Victoria and Australia through its brown coal-based power industry. The discussion paper, Directions for
Latrobe Valley Transition, gives a preliminary analysis of the challenges and opportunities that may be
anticipated through transition to a low carbon economy.
This Regional Education Skills and Jobs Plan considered this discussion paper and the existing local
economic environment and skills development strategies when developing the priority of goals for the
region. Goals identified were skills development, Year 12 attainment, increasing tertiary education
uptake and promoting and supporting forums aimed at building skills in the food and tourism industries
and ‘green’ skills for the future.
A comprehensive environmental scan and community consultations have been carried out to identify the
key education, skills and jobs challenges for the region. The challenges include:
 availability of suitably qualified staff to work in early childhood education and child care services
within the region
 literacy and numeracy levels impacting people’s ability to participate in education, training and
employment
 levels of participation and completion of higher education
 level of new migrants’ knowledge of Australian workplaces and culture and practices to access
employment and education
 workforce development as the Latrobe Valley energy sector transitions to a low carbon economy
 aligning the workforce with the skills needs of growth industries, including tourism, agriculture
and horticulture
 an ageing workforce.
The key goals of this RESJ Plan are to:
 increase the number of workers in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector with the
qualifications necessary to meet the requirements of the National Quality Framework
 improve literacy and numeracy levels within schools, the workforce and broader community
 increase participation in higher education
 facilitate better linkages to training and employment for job seekers, students and marginalised
groups
 facilitate workforce development and skills transference to meet industry demands.
RDA Gippsland has developed a strategic plan for the Gippsland RDA region which includes strategies for
increasing education, skills and employment opportunities. The RDA Gippsland Plan has informed the
development of this RESJ Plan.
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Some outcomes achieved by the RESJ Coordinator working with local stakeholders include:
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Establishing a workplace training and language, literacy and numeracy project for up to 25 local
Indigenous apprentices and job seekers. This project used funds from the Indigenous
Employment Program (IEP) and the Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Program
and is being delivered by GippsTAFE in partnership with local IEP provider, La Trobe City Council.
Twenty two apprentices and job seekers were assessed and all of these were recommended to
complete two training modules at GippsTAFE. In February 2013, six trainees had completed one
module and nine were making good progress. Trainees have commented that the training has
helped them better understand and do their jobs.
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Working with Gippsland Job Services Australia (JSA) providers and the Skilled Group to run three
information sessions in November 2012, for Gippsland job seekers on opportunities in the mining
and resources sector. The sessions were attended by approximately 250 people. A highlight from
these sessions was the opportunity they create for employment outcomes with the employment
of an Indigenous job seeker in the mining industry, supported by a JSA provider, the IEP broker
and the Skilled Group.
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Holding a forum in Morwell in April 2012 that linked 50 youth service workers from across
Gippsland to share strategies and promote collaboration on projects to support and improve
youth outcomes in education, training and employment. The RESJ Coordinator helped facilitate
two additional forums in Morwell and Wonthaggi to share experiences and, through common
relationships, develop best practice examples of collaboration. Approximately 30 people
attended the Latrobe LGA event where Berry St Youth Connections and Latrobe JSA providers
shared their experiences working with early school leavers (ESLs). Providers identified areas of
collaboration when working with ESLs. The Bass Coast/South Gippsland Better Opportunities
forum promoted dual servicing and was attended by 18 participants. JSA, Disability Employment
Services and the Youth Connection provider agreed to pilot a group of dual serviced ESLs to
establish a local best practice for dual servicing. The RESJ Coordinator is continuing to work with
these providers to help develop the best practice examples for improved outcomes through dual
servicing. The RESJ Coordinator is actively working with the Local Learning and Employment
Networks to circulate information about the variety of local pathways available for young
people. This activity has been identified as a continued need by forum participants.
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Assisted to organise a forum in October 2012 for approximately 100 Latrobe Valley Indigenous
young people who ‘dare to dream’ and want ‘to create futures of their choice’. The
RESJ Coordinator helped run this forum, and has also recruited and engaged with partner
agencies including JSA providers which resulted in half of the participating students becoming
linked to health services and agencies to guide their future in education, employment or training
choices.
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Helping to facilitate workshops from May to July 2012 for approximately 25 new arrivals to
Australia on Australian workplace culture, the value of volunteering and how to apply for a job.
Department of Human Services (Centrelink) has confirmed that at least two participants
commenced voluntary work with one obtaining paid full time work and several job seekers have
been enrolled in training.
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Supporting the High Country Early Years Action Group deliver workshops in June 2012 to engage
with the local community and identify the strengths and weaknesses of their early childhood
education and care arrangements. This resulted in the development of a ‘Concept Plan’ which
includes ideas for the best model of service delivery. Once approved, this Plan will seek input
from the community on suitable locations to establish local centres and identify funding which
can assist with their development.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION
This section sets out the characteristics of the region identified through a comprehensive environmental
scan and local consultations. The information detailed in this section is not exhaustive of the
characteristics of the region, but provides an overview and insight to some of the challenges facing the
region.
To guide the RESJ Coordinator’s identification of issues and engagement with the community, various
data sets have supported the development of this plan. Data used in the development of this plan was
sourced from DEEWR, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other relevant sources. Data referred
to may have been reformulated and was correct at time of drafting. Different data sets are refreshed at
different intervals, for example, unemployment rates are updated monthly for national and
state/territory figures and quarterly for regions.
Population
The 2011 Census data Estimated Resident Populations (ERPs) for Gippsland is 259,352. Based on this
data, the region’s population grew by 7.5 per cent over the ten years to 2011, compared to 13 per cent
nationally. According to the 2011 Census Gippsland Estimated Resident Population Growth 2001-11, the
LGA of Baw Baw experienced the fastest annual population growth (16.2%) ; Bass Coast LGA, centred on
the town of Wonthaggi including Phillip Island had the next fastest growth (14.6%).
The Gippsland region has experienced significant economic and demographic changes. For example, in
Traralgon manufacturing has declined and retail and service jobs have increased. In many towns the
composition of their population has changed. Some areas have experienced decline and ageing of their
population while others have experienced growth, with people moving from Melbourne. According to
the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development, the new population cohort includes
new Australian migrants, commuters, retirees, welfare recipients and young families.
The region has an ageing population, with 18.2 per cent of the population 65 and over compared to
14 per cent for Victoria and 13.8 per cent nationally. There is a significant migrant population, with
17 per cent of the population born overseas compared to 3.1 per cent for Australia as a whole.
The Gippsland region continues to experience resettlement of migrants with local service providers
estimating that between 450 and 600 Sudanese have resettled in the Latrobe Valley area recently. Many
migrants have come as refugees, with the Latrobe Valley often being a second or third settlement
location since arriving in Australia. Significant barriers to integration for recent migrants include English
proficiency, limited understanding about the Australian workplace and culture and appropriate work
skills to match current employment opportunities.
According to the 2011 Census, the region has a relatively small Indigenous population of 1.5 per cent
(compared to 2.5% for Australia as a whole). The largest Indigenous community is located in East
Gippsland. The Gunai-Kurnai people are the traditional owners of the majority of the Gippsland region.
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Some of the towns in the region, including Moe, Morwell and Sale, are considered to be amongst those
which contain the most disadvantaged 10 per cent of the population in Australia. According to figures
from the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development, people with disability in the
Gippsland region account for 5.4 per cent of the population compared to 4.5 per cent for Victoria as a
whole.
Early childhood education and care
The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) measures young children’s development across five
domains: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, school-based language
and cognitive skills and general knowledge. 2009 AEDI data indicated at a national level, 23.6 per cent of
children were vulnerable on one or more domain and 11.8 per cent were vulnerable on two or more
domains. The AEDI found that in the communities of South Gippsland and Wellington had the lowest
proportions of vulnerable children for the region, falling below the national rates on both measures.
However, the AEDI communities of East Gippsland and Latrobe had the highest proportions of vulnerable
children for the region—higher than the national averages on both measures. Where children in the
region are developmentally vulnerable in two or more areas, the domains of social competence and
emotional maturity are usually involved.
Child care issues mainly relate to access and availability across the region, in particular, East Gippsland. In
the East Gippsland Shire, there are limited childcare services in townships such as Omeo and Swifts
Creek, with services largely clustered in the southern more populated areas of Bairnsdale and Lakes
Entrance.
There is also an identified need to increase the available workforce in this sector and for the existing
workforce to meet the qualification requirements of the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood
Education and Care.
School education
School retention rates for Years 7–12 in the Gippsland region are 70.5 per cent, lower than the Victorian
average of 85.6 per cent. The Victorian Government’s Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan notes that the
male retention rate (63%) is much lower than the female retention rate (78.1%).
Family disruption, family unemployment and under-employment and lone-parent family numbers are all
greater in the Latrobe Valley than in many other areas of the Gippsland region. According to the Baw
Baw Latrobe Local Learning and Employment Network, these and other factors result in a relatively high
number of young people leaving school without completing Year 12.
Based on 2009 data, the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD)
identified that the Gippsland region was ranked the lowest of all Victorian regions for Year 12 or
equivalent attainment rates.
The 2011 Census data reported that in Gippsland, 34.3 per cent of the population had completed year 12
or equivalent, compared to 49.2 per cent of Australia’s population and 51.7 per cent for Victoria.
As per the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) 2010 On Track survey,
some 17.2 per cent of Gippsland Year 12 completers indicated that they had been offered a place at a
university, TAFE or other tertiary institution, but had deferred that place. This is high compared to
Victoria as a whole (9.8%).The Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan discusses the lower transition rates
beyond school to university and offers recommendations to address this issue by co-locating technologyenabled learning centres with existing providers.
The Trade Training Centres in Schools Program (the Program) will provide $2.5 billion from 2008 to 2018
to enable secondary schools across Australia to seek funding for Trade Training Centres. The Program
allows students from Years 9-12 to access vocational education and training through Trade Training
Centres to give them a broader range of options, to help improve Year 12 retention rates and enhance
pathways into vocational careers. The Program supports the implementation of the National Trade
Cadetship initiative, which will be an option for students in Years 9 – 12 under the National Curriculum
and will be delivered through Trade Training Centres and other accredited training providers.
The DEECD is supporting Trade Training Centre applications in Gippsland to maximise vocational learning
opportunities. The application process has involved collaboration with all education sectors and other
stakeholders to ensure that the vocational programs offered match local industry and student needs.
Indigenous students are under-represented in the post-compulsory years in schools across the Gippsland
region. According to the Baw Baw Latrobe Local Learning and Employment Network, seven per cent of
the Year 7 cohort remains enrolled in Year 12. Despite the fact that the total enrolment figure has
increased since 2008, this is a reduction in the proportion of Indigenous children enrolled from Year 7 to
Year 12. The Gippsland-wide Indigenous retention rate is 44 per cent.
Tertiary education and training
The Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan was developed by an expert panel that held discussions with key
Gippsland stakeholders, RDA Gippsland, Regional Development Victoria, local governments, leaders in
tertiary institutions, school sectors and the wider community. The report shows that in the Gippsland
region participation in tertiary study and completion of higher education qualifications is lower than the
Victorian average. In addition, the proportion of employed people aged 20 to 59 with a bachelor degree
or above (15.4%) is lower than the Victorian average (27.5%).
The region shows high enrolments in the fields of health and education, which attract more females than
males. Adult learners and other cohorts are more likely to stay in the region to study than to go
elsewhere; school leavers are more likely to leave the area. Gippsland region school leavers are less likely
to participate in university education than school leavers in other regional areas in Victoria. The
Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan identifies that a major factor for not participating in higher education
was reported as cost, largely relating to the costs of travel, relocation and accommodation incurred due
to the need to relocate away from home to undertake further education. Other factors were availability
of part time work to supplement income; and the need to rely on private vehicles due to the lack of
reliable and timely public transport. People often take gap years to save money to fund study options.
The Gippsland Tertiary Education Council (GTEC) (appointed in response to a key recommendation of the
Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan (GTEP)), will champion better coordination between tertiary education
providers discussing the future needs of industry in the Gippsland region. The GTEC was appointed on
29 May 2012 in response to a key recommendation of the GTEP. It will work with local industry,
education providers and existing networks across the region to develop a more flexible and responsive
tertiary education system. The initial steps of the GTEC will be to engage with Gippsland industry and
business to inform and gather relevant information on progress.
Monash University has a campus in Churchill in the Gippsland region, which is working in collaboration
with TAFEs and local schools to increase the higher education participation of Gippsland students.
Jobs, skills and workforce development
According to DEEWRs Australian Regional Labour Markets publication, the December 2012
unemployment rate for the Gippsland region is 5.0 per cent, compared to the Victorian rate of 5.6 per
cent. The participation rate in the region is 56.8 per cent, comparable to the Victorian rate of 61.8 per
cent.
The ageing of the Gippsland region working population has implications for the remaining workforce. It is
expected that many older people will exit the workforce over the next five years, replaced by part-time
and casual workers. According to Skills Victoria, Gippsland school leavers and other young people
migrate to cities in search of better employment and education prospects and are not likely to fill the
part-time and casual jobs available.
A 2011 Department of Planning and Community Development report, Change and Disadvantage in the
Gippsland Region, Victoria, refers to ‘amenity migrants’, affluent and non-affluent retirees who may
compensate for the loss of young people in Gippsland by participating in the workforce. It also reports by
comparison with other disadvantaged groups, the Indigenous population in the Gippsland region is overrepresented in data relating to measures of deprivation of the top ten essential items which include
medications, dental treatments, school activities or outings for children and decent and secure housing.
Some 19.9 per cent of the Indigenous population in Gippsland fall into this category, a significantly higher
proportion than the next most disadvantaged group, public renters (15.2%). This level of disadvantage
has impacted on Indigenous people’s attachment to the economy (fewer people are employed, there is a
lower involvement in education and people are more likely to leave school early). It may be that
Indigenous jobseekers lack the foundation skills required for employment and that this contributes to
the fact that this cohort has a higher unemployment rate than the non-Indigenous population. According
to DEECD, some 24.6 per cent of young Indigenous Australians (15 to 24 years) in Victoria were not in
education compared to 8.1 per cent of all young people in Victoria as a whole.
As a result of global trends, industries are adapting and restructuring their workforces. Local government
is helping to manage the changing workforce needs supporting the Latrobe Valley Industry and
Employment Roadmap. The strategic framework in this document provides direction for identifying jobs
and training opportunities for the future.
Workforce Victoria’s Regional Skills and Labour Needs Survey highlights a number of occupations in
Gippsland considered difficult to recruit for; these are sales assistants and salespersons, truck drivers and
automotive electricians and mechanics.
The largest employing industries are (in alphabetical order):
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accommodation and food services
agriculture, forestry and fishing
construction
education and training
health care and social services
manufacturing
retail.
Employment growth over the next five years is expected to be in these industries, including
opportunities created by expansion in tourism. Horticulture is also a significant industry in the region.
The Strategy Group for the Gippsland Regional Plan’s Priority Area of Broadband Connectivity
commissioned the development of the Gippsland Broadband Engagement Plan. One of the plan’s goals
includes engaging with industry to promote the use of the internet to create business opportunities and
to be well positioned for the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout. The broadband plan also
identifies the need to up-skill people with low levels of computer literacy to better prepare the
community and workforce for the NBN rollout. The NBN wireless rollout will provide extensive coverage
of Gippsland by the due completion date of 2015.
Other characteristics
The Gippsland region has significant natural resources, including gas, oil, brown coal and water.
Associated with them are a number of large-scale projects such as the Morwell Water Factory,
redevelopment of RAAF Base East Sale, GippsAero, the construction of oil rig platforms at Barry Beach
and the mining and power generation facilities located in the Latrobe Valley. These projects have
required a substantial, skilled and mobile workforce which is often sourced from other areas of Victoria.
This workforce provides a boost to local economies and results in a sustained increase in Gippsland’s
population.
The Gippsland region’s contribution to electricity generation for Victoria, with power generation
businesses centrally located in the Latrobe Valley, presents opportunities for the region to lead in
research, training and implementation of new technologies and practices to enable more sustainable use
of natural resources. The ‘Directions for Latrobe Valley Transition’ discussion paper points out that the
region is ideally situated to benefit from new, cleaner forms of replacement generation, such as gas and
carbon capture and storage. The RDA Gippsland Committee is currently working with key stakeholders to
harness opportunities and address the major challenges for sustainability.
Under the Clean Energy Future plan, the Australian Government is acting to help Australia meet the
environmental and economic challenges of competing in a low-pollution world. In its document ‘Secure
Our Future’ The Latrobe Valley Transition Committee seeks to transition the Latrobe Valley economy to a
low carbon economy. Older power generators with higher carbon emissions are the most likely
businesses to need to transform. The Latrobe Valley Industry Road Map provides a strategic direction for
businesses and workers in a ‘transitioning energy sector’.
The Gippsland region is similar to other rural areas where changing economies and population shifts
mean the purpose of many regional towns is changing. This impacts on whether towns grow or decline
and will in turn impact on the viability and appropriateness of their services, businesses and industries.
The region has towns that will adapt to change and others that will find the change difficult. Public
transport access and maintaining an efficient freight system present challenges for business and
job seekers.
ISSUES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES
This section sets out the issues and goals identified through local consultation. It also details the specific
strategies that will help achieve the community’s objectives. The issues and strategies will be reviewed
and may be modified throughout the implementation of the plan to June 2014 to ensure they respond to
emerging issues and opportunities or changing community or government priorities in the
Gippsland RDA region.
The programs and stakeholders listed in the following tables are indicative only. Both may vary over time
and any listing does not guarantee either the availability of program funding or stakeholder involvement.
The four key themes of the Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plans initiative are:
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Early childhood education and care
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School education
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Tertiary education and training
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Jobs, skills and workforce development
The numbering of each issue is for ease of reference only and does not indicate its priority within the
region. They are generally sequenced according to the life cycle of the four key themes listed above.
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Issue 1
Availability of suitably qualified staff to work in early childhood
education and child care services within the region.
Goal:
Increase the number of workers in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector
with the qualifications necessary to meet the requirements of the National
Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care.
Theme(s):
Early childhood education and care; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills
and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Facilitate a meeting with Gippsland early childhood
education and care (ECEC) providers and the
Community Services and Health Industry Skills
Council by the second quarter of 2013 to
investigate the potential for a Workplace English
Language and Literacy (WELL) Program pilot to upskill the existing ECEC workforce.
Conduct an ECEC Roundtable in the Latrobe
Employment Service Area to facilitate discussion
about ECEC workforce recruitment and retention
issues and seek to find solutions.
Work with the Local Government Community
Project Officers – Early Years to ensure that the
capacity of ECEC providers in the Wellington and
East Gippsland LGA meets local need. Continue to
do this by participating in Wellington and East
Gippsland ECEC cluster meetings promoting ECEC
workforce capacity building initiatives during 2013.
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Advance TAFE
Community Services
and Health Industry
Skills Council
Department of
Education and Early
Childhood
Development
ECEC providers
Gippsland Local
Government Network
GippsTAFE
Inclusion and
Professional Support
Program provider
Monash University
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HECS-HELP
Inclusion and
Professional Support
Program
National Workforce
Development Fund
Recognition of Prior
Learning Assessment
Grants
TAFE Fee Waiver
WELL
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Issue 2
Availability of suitable, accessible early childhood education
and child care facilities to support parental workforce
participation within the East Gippsland Local Government Area.
Goal:
Facilitate increased access to and availability of early childhood education and
care facilities.
Theme(s):
Early childhood education and care; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills
and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Work with the High Country Early Years Action
Group to help review their Concept Plan for early
childhood education and care delivery to ensure it
remains current to the community needs. This will
involve keeping the group informed of funding
opportunities and linking the group to other
sources of support.
Promote Child Care Services Support Program
activities and other early childhood education and
care initiatives on any visits to isolated locations in
East Gippsland to help these communities respond
to any childcare access issues.
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Early Childhood
Education and Care
centres
Local government
Parents
Child Care Services
Support Program –
Community Support
Program.
Issue 3
Increasingly higher levels of literacy and numeracy required for
people across all parts of the region to effectively participate in
education, skills and employment.
Goal:
Improved literacy and numeracy levels within schools, the workforce and the
broader community.
Theme(s):
School education; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce
development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Encourage the use of literacy and numeracy
programs by providers and promote the use of the
Learn Local search directory for Literacy and
Numeracy courses to all Gippsland labour market
Intermediaries and registered training organisations
(RTOs).
Promote the Workplace English Language and
Literacy (WELL) program to industry as a way to upskill their existing workforce including to
apprentices with literacy needs.
Support the uptake of literacy and numeracy
training by promoting the benefits, including good
news stories, through Job Services Australia (JSA)
and Disability Employment Services (DES) providers
and in the local media.
Promote tools that will help Skills for Education and
Employment (SEE) formerly known as Language,
Literacy and Numeracy program (LLNP) providers,
JSA providers and other providers identify potential
students with literacy needs and help with early
identification of language, literacy and numeracy
issues with clients at Gippsland quarterly
employment service provider meetings.
Improve Indigenous participation in literacy
programs by working with organisations and
projects including the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust,
the Morwell Local Indigenous Community Project
and Local Connections to Work initiative to
promote the value of literacy and numeracy skills.
Improve refugee and migrant participation in
literacy programs by promoting relevant programs
from the Gippsland literacy and numeracy course
directory to stakeholders.
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Advance TAFE
Department of
Human Services
(Centrelink)
DES providers
Gippsland
Multicultural Services
GippsTAFE
Indigenous
Employment Program
(IEP) providers
Industry
JSA providers
Latrobe Settlement
Committee
Learn Local initiatives
Neighbourhood
Houses
RTOs
Schools
SEE providers
DES
IEP
JSA
SEE
WELL
Issue 4
Levels of participation and completion of tertiary education in
Gippsland are lower than for Australia as a whole.
Goal:
Increased participation in tertiary education.
Theme(s):
Early childhood education and care; School education; Tertiary education and
training.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Identify and promote accessible Gippsland VET
courses that have formal pathways to higher
education courses at Gippsland forums for job
seekers and for Job Services Australia (JSA) and
Disability Employment Services (DES) providers.
Support the engagement of young people and
disadvantaged groups to initiatives creating better
pathways to higher education by:
o working with the Higher Education
Participation and Partnerships (HEPP) program
partners, auspiced by the Gippsland Education
Precinct, to help create stronger linkages to the
program by Latrobe Valley agencies through
promotion of the project at relevant forums
and providers (Youth Connections,
JSA providers).
o engaging with stakeholders connected to low
socio-economic status Latrobe Valley families
to help identify and facilitate opportunities to
show case the value of higher education using
case studies developed by the HEPP partners.
Support TAFE business units to help make
connections with the relevant Industry Skills
Councils to promote the National Workforce
Development Fund (NWDF) to targeted Gippsland
industries with a potential for advanced skills
training.
Promote the benefit of higher education courses
and advanced skills training to Gippsland
stakeholders, including schools, Local Learning and
Employment Networks (LLENs), group training
organisations (GTOs), Years 7–12 students and
apprentices, through forums held in Gippsland.
Promote programs and funding available to higher
education institutions and students, including any
changes to eligibility for youth allowance.
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Advance TAFE
Department of
Industry, Innovation,
Climate Change,
Science, Research and
Tertiary Education
DES providers
Gippsland Tertiary
Education Council
GippsTAFE
GTOs
JSA providers
LLENs
Monash University
Parental and
Community
Engagement Program
(PaCE) providers
Registered training
organisations
Schools and Youth
Connections providers
Skills Victoria
The Smith Family
Gippsland Education
Precinct
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DES
Education Investment
Fund
HEPP Program
Initiatives associated
with the Smarter
Schools National
Partnerships and the
National Partnership
on Youth Attainment
and Transitions
JSA
NWDF
PaCE
Youth Connections
Issue 5
Level of awareness of new migrants about Australian
workplaces and culture and the practices required to access
employment and education.
Goal:
Improve engagement of migrants with employment service providers for more
successful referrals to employment and education opportunities.
Theme(s):
School education; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce
development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Help support a cultural awareness training
workshop to employment, education and training
providers working with New Arrivals. Work with
New Arrivals Employment Education and Training
Network to develop the theme for the workshop
and facilitate the event.
Explore opportunities to support the Latrobe
Settlement Committee respond to the issues raised
in the Regional Development Australia ‘New
Arrivals to Gippsland’ project report, particularly for
education, training and employment.
Work with local employment and education
providers to investigate a ‘Journey to Work’ activity
for New Arrival jobseekers to improve their
knowledge of the local employment opportunities
though visits to local business.
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Department of
Human Services
(Centrelink)
Disability Employment
Services (DES)
providers
Job Services Australia
(JSA) providers
Latrobe City Council
Latrobe Community
Health Services
Latrobe Settlement
Committee
Registered training
organisations
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Australian
Apprenticeships
Centres
DES
JSA
Youth Connections
Programs associated
with the resettlement
of migrants
Skills for Education
and Employment
(formerly known as
Language, Literacy
and Numeracy
program)
Issue 6
Level of engagement young people have with school and skills
development, including vocational education and training.
Goal:
Improved participation of disengaged young people in school based vocational
education and training programs and alternative vocational and education
programs offered by registered training organisations.
Theme(s):
School education; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce
development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Work with the Regional Careers Development
Officer to help deliver a workshop on Australian
School-based Apprenticeships and entry processes
to help increase the take up of School-based
Apprenticeships.
Encourage training by facilitating and promoting
two industry or vocational skills ‘taster’ and
‘introductory’ programs during 2013 focussed on
Agriculture and Horticulture careers and
employment opportunities in these industries
Promote the Gippsland Apprenticeship Program for
the re-employment of suspended Gippsland
apprentices with employers in the Latrobe Valley
through to the third quarter 2013 or earlier if
program completed.
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Department of
Education and Early
Childhood
Development (DEECD)
Department of
Human Services
(Centrelink)
Industry and schools
Local Learning and
Employment
Networks (LLENs)
Registered training
organisations (RTOs)
Rural Skills Australia
Youth Connections
providers
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Access Program
Australian
Apprenticeships
National Partnership
on Youth Attainment
and Transitions
School Business
Community
Partnership Brokers
School-based
Apprenticeships and
Traineeships
Youth Connections
Goal:
Increased engagement of disengaged students and students at risk of
disengagement with programs that support engagement with education.
Theme(s):
School education; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce
development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Actively encourage and promote engagement
programs through guest speaking at stakeholder
meetings and forums.
Facilitate linkages between schools, industry and
RTOs.
Promote and facilitate ‘introductory learning
experiences’ in schools, industry and RTOs, by
encouraging participation in work experience and
work observation opportunities.
Promote Trade Training Centres (TTCs) to
stakeholders and the wider community.
Facilitate local forums in East Gippsland/Wellington
and Bass Coast/South Gippsland for better
connections between providers for sustained
employment, education and training outcomes for
disengaged young people.
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Gippsland Youth
Commitment partners
Government and nongovernment
education sector
LLENs
Local Indigenous
network leaders
Local industry
network
Parental and
Community
Engagement Program
(PaCE) providers
RTOs
School Business
Community
Partnership Brokers
TTCs
Youth Connections
providers
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National Partnership
on Youth Attainment
and Transitions
PaCE
School Business
Community
Partnership Brokers
TTC in Schools
Youth Connections
Goal:
Improved Year 12 (or equivalent) attainment.
Theme(s):
School education; Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce
development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Increase linkages between schools and industry by
sharing relevant information such as surveys of
employers’ recruitment experiences with Local
Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) which
highlight the benefits of Year 12 completion.
Distribute information and data to schools, parents
and student networks regarding skills required for
the future and the value of education to build
resilience to change in the labour market.
Work with agencies in South Gippsland and Bass
Coast to develop case studies highlighting
successful re-engagement of Early School Leavers
on a pathway to Year 12 completion.
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Gippsland Education
Precinct
Gippsland Youth
Commitment partners
Government and nongovernment
education sector
LLENs
Local industry
network
Monash University
Parental and
Community
Engagement Program
(PaCE) providers
Trade Training
Centres (TTCs)
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National Partnership
on Youth Attainment
and Transitions
PaCE
School Business
Community
Partnership Brokers
TTC in Schools
Youth Connections
Issue 7
Workforce development needs of current and emerging
industries in response to the transition of the Latrobe Valley
workforce, growth of the food and tourism industries and the
region’s ageing workforce.
Goal:
Facilitate workforce development and skills transference to meet industry
demands.
Theme(s):
Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Support activities associated with Latrobe Valley
Advantage Fund and the State Government Skilling
the Valley Initiative through sharing information
and participation in stakeholder forums .
Provide data and labour market information to
schools and students to support future workforce
industry skills needs.
Promote linkages between Trade Training Centres
(TTCs), employers, registered training organisations
(RTOs) and industries to ensure training is aligned
with industry demand, particularly in agriculture
and horticulture.
Support specific energy related skills development
activities needed for emerging technologies such as
carbon capture and storage and sustainable use of
brown coal
Conduct a forum to present the DEEWR ‘Survey of
Employers Recruitment Experiences’ for the East
Gippsland Employment Services Area to relevant
stakeholders to discuss and share data on skills
shortages and any workforce needs identified
through the survey.
Help facilitate the delivery of a presentation on
emerging skills and future career pathways at a
careers practitioners meeting by the fourth quarter
of 2013.
Promote Tourism Industry Skills Advisors to
networks and employers to support workforce
development in tourism.
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Department of
Human Services
(Centrelink)
Department of
Industry, Innovation,
Climate Change,
Science, Research and
Tertiary Education
Disability Employment
Services (DES)
providers
Gippsland Local
Government Network
Higher Education and
Skills Group, DEECD
Industry link officers
Job Services Australia
(JSA) providers
Monash University
RDA Gippsland
RTOs
Schools
TTCs
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Australian
Apprenticeships
Centres support
services
Australian
Government Skills
Connect
Brown Coal
Innovation Australia
DES
Investing in
Experience (Skills,
Recognition and
Training)
JSA
National Workforce
Development Fund
TTCs in Schools
Workplace English
Language and Literacy
(WELL)
Goal:
Increased labour market participation levels of job seekers.
Theme(s):
Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Work with Australian Government employment
service providers through existing forums to ensure
that skills development and workforce needs are
met for immediate and future requirements,
promoting linkages between local industry needs
and relevant available training courses.
Support agencies in the remote and isolated East
Gippsland Local Government Area to further
improve access for job seeker participation in the
workforce, developing case studies of existing job
seekers with access issues to workshop possible
solutions electronically by the second quarter of
2013.
Contribute to the Victorian Government initiative in
Lakes Entrance, Advancing Country Towns, by
attending regular steering committee meetings,
promoting Australian Government workforce
initiatives that complement this project,
contributing relevant information and participating
in workshops relating to local industry needs and
workforce development.
Attend advisory committee meetings of the State
Government’s Moe Workplace and Learning Centre
initiative to provide input on Australian
Government programs to contribute to participants
improving their participation in the workforce.
Support the Victorian Department of Business and
Innovation with the implementation of
Employment Response Plans across Gippsland for
businesses restructuring.
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Department of
Human Services
(Centrelink)
Disability Employment
Services (DES)
Indigenous education
and employment
providers
Job seekers
Job Services Australia
(JSA) providers
Local industry
Registered Training
Organisations (RTOs)
Schools
Skills for Education
and Employment
(SEE) formerly known
as LLNP providers
Skills Victoria
State and local
governments
Workforce
development
initiatives
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Access Program
DES
Indigenous
employment and
education programs
JSA
SEE
Youth Connections
Goal:
Increased awareness of employment opportunities in the food and tourism
industries.
Theme(s):
Tertiary education and training; Jobs, skills and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Promote information on career paths in the food
and tourism industries, including information on
skills and qualifications required, to young people
and job seekers.
Promote, electronically, the National Tourism 2020
strategy and new targeted strategies to increase
the supply of skilled labour for Gippsland tourism
businesses.
Support the Advancing Country Towns Lakes
Entrance Steering Committee to work with Lakes
Entrance Fishermen’s Cooperative for the
development of its business and provide assistance
to access workforce development funding
opportunities. In this process identify and support
any opportunities to increase Indigenous
participation in this workforce.
Market the Gippsland Food Plan workforce
objectives to Job Service Australia providers to
ensure job seekers are informed of the
employment opportunities identified.
Promote awareness of the Tourism e-Kit as a
Tourism 2020 support program to build the
resilience capability, productivity and quality of
tourism operators.
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Advancing Country
Towns – Lakes
Entrance
Agribusiness
Gippsland
Department of
Industry, Innovation,
Climate Change,
Science, Research and
Tertiary Education
Eastern Gippsland
Food Cluster
Job Services Australia
(JSA) providers
Local Learning and
Employment
Networks
National Centre for
Dairy Education
Australia
Registered training
organisations
The Department of
Resources, Energy
and Tourism
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Access Program
Investing in
Experience: Skills
Recognition and
Training
JSA
National Partnership
on Youth Attainment
and Transitions
National Workforce
Development Fund
Youth Connections
Issue 8
Low levels of participation of Indigenous Australians in
education, training and employment.
Goal:
Improved engagement of Indigenous communities with learning and employment
opportunities.
Theme(s):
Early childhood education and care; School education; Tertiary education and
training; Jobs, skills and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Engage with Gippsland Local Indigenous Network
coordinators to help promote Indigenous programs
to local communities across Gippsland including the
Parent and Community Engagement program
(PACE) and Home Interaction Program for Parents
and Youngsters (HIPPY) program.
Support the ‘Deadly in Gippsland 2013’ conference
to promote positive Indigenous outcomes.
Participate in the advisory committee meetings of
the Latrobe Valley Victorian Department of Human
Services Secretary’s project to improve the
education and employment outcomes for
Indigenous people in the Latrobe Valley.
Contribute to the progress made through the
conduct of the Dare to Dream forum to increase the
successful transition of Latrobe Valley Koorie young
people by supporting the 2013 activities instigated
by the Department of Human Services Youth
Pathways working group.
Promote and support the ‘Inspiring young Koorie
people‘ event and help link it to the Morwell Local
Indigenous Community Partnership Project
outcomes.
Contribute to the Local Connections to Work (LCtW)
initiative to help better engage Indigenous
jobseekers through promoting the value of LCtW to
Indigenous networks.
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Advance TAFE
Advancing Country
Towns – Lakes
Entrance
Community
organisations
Department of
Human Services (Vic)
Department of
Industry, Innovation,
Climate Change,
Science, Research and
Tertiary Education
Gippsland and East
Gippsland Aboriginal
Corporation
GippsTAFE
Local government
Local Indigenous
communities and local
Indigenous networks
Schools
State Government
Local Learning and
Employment
Networks
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Advance Country
Towns program
Australian
Apprenticeships
Centres
Home Interaction
Program for Parents
and Youngsters
(HIPPY)
Indigenous
Employment Program
Indigenous Youth
Career Pathways
Program
Next Steps Focus
Schools
PaCE
School-based
Apprenticeship
Program
Workplace English
Language and Literacy
(WELL)
Issue 9
Opportunity to increase the participation of people with
disabilities in the workforce.
Goal:
Increased level of participation of people with disabilities in the workforce.
Theme(s):
Early childhood education and care; School education; Tertiary education and
training; Jobs, skills and workforce development.
Strategies
Stakeholders
Programs
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Strengthen linkages and cooperation between
Department of Human Services (DHS) (Centrelink),
Disability Employment Services (DES) providers and
Job Services Australia (JSA) providers at relevant
forums by promoting initiatives that support
increased participation in the workforce of people
with disability.
Obtain good news stories of successful employment
outcomes for people with disability, for promotion
through established networks and forums in the
community, during 2013.
Promote the National Disability Coordination
Officer Program for improved pathways into
education for people with disability.
Work with DES providers, Australian
Apprenticeships Centres, the Gippsland Youth
Commitment partners and other stakeholders to
increase the number of people with disability
participating in apprenticeships and the workforce.
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Australian
Apprenticeships
Centres
DES providers
DHS (Centrelink)
Gippsland Youth
Commitment partners
JSA providers
Schools
DES
JSA
National Disability
Coordination Officer
Program
APPENDICES
Appendix A — Stakeholders
Below is a list of organisations consulted during the development of this RESJ Plan, listed by sector.
Sector
Stakeholder
Local government
Bass Coast Council; Baw Baw Council; Latrobe City Council; South Gippsland
Council; East Gippsland Council; Wellington Council.
State government
Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCP); Department of
Education and Early Childhood Development; Department of Human Services;
Regional Development Victoria; Higher Education and Skills Group.
Education
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; Community
Childcare Development Victoria.
Vocational Education and
GippsTAFE; Advance TAFE; Community College Gippsland; Apprenticeships
Training
Group Australia; Gippsland Employment and Skills Training (GEST).
Higher education
Monash University; Gippsland Education Precinct.
Youth
Gippsland East Local Learning and Employment Network; South Gippsland Local
Learning and Employment Network; Baw Baw Latrobe Local Learning and
Employment Network; Gippsland Youth Commitment – Transitions Steering
Committee; Berry Street Gippsland (Youth Connections).
Employment
Job Services Australia providers (Workways, Mission Employment, Employment
Innovations Victoria, Campbell Page); Disability Employment Service providers
(Work Solutions Gippsland, CRS Australia, APM) Gippsland Trades and Labour
Council.
Indigenous organisations
Local Indigenous Network Coordinator (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (DPCD);
Latrobe City Council (Indigenous Employment Program broker); Gippsland and
East Gippsland Aboriginal Corporation (GEGAC).
Regional development
Regional Development Australia (RDA) Gippsland.
Government service
Department of Human Services (Centrelink) – Bairnsdale, Wonthaggi, Sale,
providers
Morwell.
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Appendix B — Existing related plans and strategies
This section includes some of the related strategic plans in the region which have:
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influenced the direction of this RESJ Plan
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have complementary goals and strategies and/or
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have significance in the region in relation to education, skills and jobs.
It provides an overview of how each strategy or plan has had an impact on this RESJ Plan and how it may
be utilised to maximise outcomes.
Plan or strategy
Impact on RESJ Plan
How it can be
used/linked/expanded
Regional Development Australia
The Gippsland Regional Plan
The RESJ strategies relating to the
(RDA), Gippsland Regional Plan
includes provision for strategic
activities of the strategic
committees. The post-secondary
committees associated with the
education strategic committee
Gippsland Regional Plan will
focuses on skills and training to
complement the work of RDA
meet Gippsland’s industry needs.
Gippsland. The RESJ Plan has goals
that support priorities of RDA
Gippsland to help facilitate
employment and training
opportunities for the region.
Local Learning and Employment
The LLEN organisations are
RESJ strategies for 10 to 19 year
Network (LLEN) initiative
required to develop plans that
olds complement the activity of
focus on improved outcomes for
the Gippsland LLENs.
participation in education, training
and employment for 10 to 19 year
olds. These goals align with RESJ
activities.
Gippsland Aboriginal Services Plan
This plan outlines the need for
RESJ strategies are linked to the
consultations to occur in regard to
relevant objectives of the
services that affect Aboriginal
Gippsland Aboriginal Services Plan.
communities and ensure that
agencies establish effective
partnerships for the best possible
outcomes.
Gippsland Youth Commitment
The goal of Gippsland Youth
RESJ strategies relating to
Commitment is to support all
Gippsland youth complement and
young Gippsland people to make a
support the goal of Gippsland
successful transition from
Youth Commitment.
secondary education into further
education, training or
employment.
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Plan or strategy
Impact on RESJ Plan
How it can be
used/linked/expanded
Directions for Latrobe Valley
This discussion paper summarises
RESJ strategies support the draft
Transition Discussion Paper
the Latrobe Valley Transition
strategic directions to coordinate
Committee preliminary analysis of
action by government, business
the Latrobe Valley economy and
and community stakeholders.
provides a draft strategic
directions intended to initiate
potential action to support the
region’s economic diversification
and growth.
Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan
The recommendations in this State
Incorporated into the strategies of
government Plan informed the
the RESJ Plan to increase the
RESJ Plan.
number of students from
Gippsland participating in tertiary
education.
Tourism 2020
Incorporated objectives relating to
Ensure Gippsland Tourism
workforce development identified
operators and their future
in the Tourism 2020 document for
workforce needs are considered.
the growth of the tourism industry
in Gippsland in the RESJ Plan.
Higher Education Participation and
This program contributes to the
Continue to support this initiative
Partnerships Program – Gippsland
goal of increased Gippsland
through helping to build stronger
Education Precinct, Kurnai College,
student participation in tertiary
relationships with stakeholders in
Smith Family project to increase
education.
the project.
Actions developed by local
RESJ strategies complement the
communities participating in this
actions of the Advancing Country
initiative are supported in the RESJ
Towns initiative.
the number of Kurnai College
students to take up further
education
Advancing Country Towns initiative
Plan.
Latrobe Valley Advantage Fund
The RESJ Plan considers activities
Related projects, including the
associated with the Latrobe Valley
transition to a low carbon
Advantage Fund relating to
economy of the Latrobe Valley
education, skills and jobs.
workforce and strategies to
achieve this, are linked to the RESJ
Plan.
Skilling the Valley
Objectives of this initiative were
Sharing relevant Australian
considered in the development of
Government program information
the RESJ Plan.
with industry link officers
identified in the Skilling the Valley
report will enable more effective
development of the Latrobe Valley
workforce.
Plan or strategy
Impact on RESJ Plan
How it can be
used/linked/expanded
Gippsland Region priority areas
Actions developed by the
RESJ strategies complement the
and projects (March 2012)
Gippsland Regional Plan
framework developed by the
Leadership Group that developed
Gippsland Regional Plan
this framework initiative are
Leadership Group
National Resource Sector
Workforce Strategy
supported in the RESJ Plan.
The relevant recommendations
from the National Resource Sector
Employment Taskforce include:
-increase the number of trade
professionals.
-workforce planning and sharing of
information.
-strengthen workforce
participation.
-forge stronger ties between
industry and education.
RESJ strategies complement the
recommendations of this strategy.
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviation
Full Term
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
AEDI
Australian Early Development Index
DES
Disability Employment Services
DEECD
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
DEEWR
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DHS
Department of Human Services
DPCD
Department of Planning and Community Development
ECEC
Early childhood education and care
GEGAC
Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Corporation
GTO
Group training organisation
HEPP
Higher Education Participation and Partnership program
HIPPY
Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters
IEP
Indigenous Employment Program
JSA
Job Services Australia
LGA
Local Government Area
LLEN
Local Learning and Employment Network
NBN
National Broadband Network
NWDF
National Workforce Development Fund
PaCE
Parental and Community Engagement program
RDA
Regional Development Australia
RESJ
Regional Education, Skills and Jobs
RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning
RTO
Registered training organisations
SEE
Skills for Education and Employment formerly known as Language Literacy and
Numeracy (LLNP) Program
TTC
Trade Training Centre
WELL
Workplace English Language and Literacy
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