VET WORKFORCE PROJECT
The Vocational Education and Training (VET) workforce is essential in delivering the training needed to ensure a skilled workforce for today and the future. Yet the VET workforce itself faces significant challenges, including an ageing demographic, a limited talent pipeline, and the need to stay current with evolving industry demands.
At the Manufacturing Alliance, we are actively driving projects that address workforce issues in Australia’s manufacturing sector. These projects are crafted to deliver practical, targeted solutions that increase the number of skilled workers in line with demand, for the future.
We are launching a project focused on developing and implementing innovative, industry-led strategies that tackle the specific challenges facing the VET workforce in manufacturing. As part of this initiative, the project will be engaging directly with industry stakeholders, training providers (TAFE, dual-sector, and private providers), and government agencies to gain deeper insights into the unique challenges the VET workforce encounters within manufacturing. The project will also be prioritising advanced manufacturing, clean energy, heavy manufacturing, and food processing.
From 2025, the project will collaborate closely with stakeholders to develop and roll out tailored, industry-led solutions.
If you are interested in learning more or participating in the consultations, please email us at solutions@manufacturingalliance.org.au
This project supports Action 5 of the Australian Government’s VET Workforce Blueprint, which aims to Increase industry involvement in employer and RTO led responses, and encourage and facilitate industry led responses, to VET workforce challenges. For more on the Blueprint and the actions underway at national, state, industry, and provider levels, click here.
