Projects

Introduction

Vocational Rehabilitation Project

Armidale Indigenous Pathways

Lismore Regional Development

Murray Youth Strategy

University Recognition of VIS

Skill Ecosystems

Development of Support Kit to Provide Quality Workplacements for HSC Students in Government Departments

Rural Sustainable Future

Nowra Avionics Network

Knowledge Management Tools

Arabic Community Traineeships

Linking TAFE NSW and CDEP

Innovation Management

Improved VET Outcomes for People with a Disability

Improving VET Outcomes Using Personalised Learning

Northern Rivers Aboriginal Education, Training and Employment Project

Innovations for the Regions

Sustainable Water Management

Skills for Sustainability

Brokering Partnerships for Workforce Development in the New Manufacturing Sector

Gwydir Learning Regional Initiative

Promoting and Enhancing the Flexibility of Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Building the Capacity of Workers providing Alcohol and Other Drug Services to Aboriginal Communities
Promoting Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Innovative Vocational Education in stage 5 of Schooling

From Skill Shortages to Decent Work

The Way Ahead - Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program for Aboriginal People

Pathways to Work - Vocational Education and Training for Arabic Speaking Young Persons

Transitions for Young People with Disability

Promotional Program for Mature Age Workers

Skills for Sustainability

In January 2005 the Board commissioned research to investigate skills for sustainable business development in NSW and to understand the impact of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions which poses a serious long term threat to the economic and physical wellbeing of all societies. Given the significance of this threat, the global response to climate change will be one of the most important drivers of economic changes during this century. The ability to adapt to these fundamentally changed circumstances will be a central determinant in the success of the NSW economy in the foreseeable future. The report of this research is available for downloading.

The Board’s Skills for Sustainability 2007 report emphasizes the importance of skills in achieving environmental sustainability and identifies gaps and opportunities in sustainability training in NSW. 

The availability of vocational skills for installing and managing ‘green’ technology influences take-up of the technologies, and in turn, opportunities for greenhouse gas reduction and energy and water savings.  Consequences for NSW of failing to invest in environmental skills are slow progress in becoming a more sustainable community, and weak performance in realising the business and economic benefits that flow from adaptation to environmental change.

To improve the availability of sustainability skills for business, the Board has commissioned a project – Business Guide: 10 Steps to ‘greening’ your workforce and Demonstration Projects: Green Occupations. The project will be complemented with increased environmental training and professional development for training organisations to increase their capability to deliver training.

For further information about this report please contact Leslie Loble, Deputy Director-General, Strategic Planning and Regulation, NSW Department of Education and Training
(Tel: 02 9561 8148 Email: leslie.loble@det.nsw.edu.au ).

Skills for Sustainability 2007

Going with the Grain? Skills and Sustainable Business Development