Minimum and Preferred Entry Qualifications and Training Provision for North Australian Workers

Autor/inn/en	Acutt, Bruce; Becker, Karen; Hyland, Paul; Miller, Linda
Titel	Minimum and Preferred Entry Qualifications and Training Provision for North Australian Workers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training and Development, 10 (2006) 3, S.195-211 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3736
Schlagwörter	Employees; Qualifications; Skilled Workers; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Recruitment; Replication (Evaluation); Surveys; Employment; Rural Areas; Labor Force Development; Labor Market; Labor Needs; Labor Supply; Training; Australia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Facharbeiter; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Dienstverhältnis; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Arbeitskräftebestand; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Australien; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper reports on the outcomes of a replication study of a survey of British employers that requested information on the qualifications sought when recruiting employees and on subsequent training and development. While the British survey was interested in the uptake and use of the British National Vocational Qualifications, the study reported in this article is primarily focused on the uptake and use of the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications by North Australian employers. This study was prompted by the skills shortages and recruitment difficulties being experienced by organizations throughout rural and regional Australia. Previous studies have found that vocational qualifications were not valued by UK employers and few employers were encouraging employees to undertake vocational awards. If this is also the case in Australia, it may in part explain problems in recruiting skilled workers. This research clearly demonstrates that employees in regional and rural Australia are seeking to improve their knowledge and skills through vocational training and higher education qualifications. Also, employers are providing access to training and are supporting managerial and professional employees to gain higher educational qualifications. When recruiting all types of worker other than unskilled labourers, the majority of organizations prefer to recruit workers with qualifications. In rural and regional centres, however, a more pragmatic stance of recruiting unqualified employees in some areas is observed. Clearly, employers will attempt to minimize training costs by recruiting skilled employees, but in the end they will have to provide access to training and education to ensure that they have a skilled workforce that can deliver essential services and products. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10