Delivering the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow
Action 8: Align qualifications to new needs
Using existing skills classification tools, the Victorian Skills Authority is exploring approaches to better describe changing skills demand in the Victorian economy. This work has the potential to identify new and emerging skills to supplement existing qualifications.
Approaches to better describe changing skills demand
To be effective in work, the employee of the future requires more than technical skills. Many of the skills employers search for in candidates include core skills, defined by the International Labor Organisation as social and emotional, cognitive and metacognitive (that is, the ability to develop an awareness and understanding of their own thought processes) basic digital skills and basic skills for clean economy jobs. Both core skills and technical skills are required by individuals if they are to succeed in work and life.
Initial work has already highlighted the need for an education and training system that fosters and develops core and technical skills. The changes to eligibility for government subsidised training and the removal of the up-skilling rule are helping Victorians get these skills.
The mix of skills demanded within occupations is also changing. An occupation-based definition of skills does not consider new or emerging skills requirements within the occupation itself. Occupation profiles based on skills show that while employability skill requirements (such as teamwork, planning and organising, communication, literacy and numeracy skills) vary across occupations, these are important for all jobs.
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