Continuing Workforce Education

The Benefits of Continuing Training of Existing Employees

Employers in New South Wales are very aware that if they are to meet the challenges of

• rapidly changing technology
• increasing regulation and compliance
• maintaining productivity
• competition from other industry sectors for skilled labour

they will only be successful if their employees are trained and skilled to perform effectively in the workplace. Both the Commonwealth and NSW Governments are also aware of these impacts on industry and the need for continuing training of existing employees and have available assistance to those employers who request it.

The first step in the process is identifying what skills training is needed by existing employees so that they can cope with evolving technology, successfully work with regulations, multi skill to minimise the impact of skilled labour shortages   and maintain workplace productivity to secure the financial viability of their organisation.

Government initiatives to support continuing workforce education

There are a number of current initiatives developed by the Commonwealth and NSW governments to assist employers who have identified the need to commence a program of skills training for existing employees.

Existing worker traineeships (Australian Apprenticeships)

These are administered as per Australian Apprenticeships see (Benefits of Employing an Australian Apprentice)

Existing worker traineeships normally commence at Certificate IV.

(a) Traineeships in Telecommunications which align with the skills profile for work in the Technical /Electronic Security industry in NSW are highly recommended for existing workers in the industry.