WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE SO FAR JOBS Since coming to office, the Andrews Labor Government has undertaken significant work to restore confidence in our training The Government has an ambitious plan for economic and jobs system and to improve its performance. growth. QUALITY The Back to Work Scheme is focused on driving future growth and providing relief to Victorian businesses that hire We have taken a strong stand on quality, completing the unemployed youth, long-term unemployed Victorians and Review of Quality Assurance in Victoria’s VET System in June retrenched workers, to help create 100,000 jobs. 2015 and implementing a range of initiatives to improve quality including: A package to boost the Back to Work Scheme, including extended employer benefits and additional training initiatives an immediate audit blitz on contracted training providers to further support vulnerable Victorians to get a job. The resulting in the withdrawal of a number of Victorian Training scheme includes Guarantee funding contracts; $20 million for a Reconnect Program that will help address an additional $30 million over 3 years to boost compliance the drop in early school leavers taking up training. resources and implement the recommendations of the Review $15 million to create new Skills and Jobs Centres across Victoria, of Quality Assurance; including $7 million for regional TAFEs. The new hubs will be the new training provider contracts and greater accountability; and first point-of-call for students looking to start training, workers needing to re-skill, unemployed workers needing support for stronger provider performance assessment. retraining and for employers. This work is a key step in creating the sort of training system These initiatives will inject much needed funding into the training Victoria’s students, industry and economy needs and deserves and sector and help to ensure that people accessing training are it will set the foundation for ongoing, system wide reform. developing the skills they need to get a job. 4
WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE SO FAR Since coming to office, the Andrews Labor Government has undertaken significant work to restore confidence in our training system and to improve its performance. QUALITY We have taken a strong stand on quality, completing the Review of Quality Assurance in Victoria’s VET System in June 2015 and implementing a range of initiatives to improve quality including: an immediate audit blitz on contracted training providers resulting in the withdrawal of a number of Victorian Training Guarantee funding contracts; an additional $30 million over 3 years to boost compliance resources and implement the recommendations of the Review of Quality Assurance; new training provider contracts and greater accountability; and stronger provider performance assessment. This work is a key step in creating the sort of training system Victoria’s students, industry and economy needs and deserves and it will set the foundation for ongoing, system wide reform. JOBS The Government has an ambitious plan for economic and jobs growth. The Back to Work Scheme is focused on driving future growth and providing relief to Victorian businesses that hire unemployed youth, long-term unemployed Victorians and retrenched workers, to help create 100,000 jobs. A package to boost the Back to Work Scheme, including extended employer benefits and additional training initiatives to further support vulnerable Victorians to get a job. The scheme includes $20 million for a Reconnect Program that will help address the drop in early school leavers taking up training. $15 million to create new Skills and Jobs Centres across Victoria, including $7 million for regional TAFEs. The new hubs will be the first point-of-call for students looking to start training, workers needing to re-skill, unemployed workers needing support for retraining and for employers. These initiatives will inject much needed funding into the training sector and help to ensure that people accessing training are developing the skills they need to get a job. 4
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