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ElectroComms and EnergyUtilities industries. This publication has been produced with the assistance of
Australian Government funding.
Contents
CEOs Introduction
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Electrotechnology Industry
Latest Intelligence
Emerging environmental factors and their skill impacts
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41
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Industry
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Market
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Appendix A
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CEOs
Introduction
The Environment
The energy sector industries underpin the operation of the broader economy and materially
affect the operations of all other industries. The
essential nature of the services provided by the
sector and the inherently dangerous nature of
the work, require robust regulatory and industrial arrangements to ensure individual, public
and enterprise safety and continuity of supply.
Historically, access to dependable, safe and
competitively priced energy has underpinned
Australias social and economic development;
delivering benefits across the community. This
trend can be expected to continue.
skills, as well as improved community awareness of the value of trade vocations and increased governmental support for Vocational
Education and Training (VET).
This Publication
We have taken a different approach to the
Environmental Scan this year, firstly exploring
systemic issues affecting all sectors and then
examining sector specific and training product
related issues later in the publication. The decision to impart greater emphasis on systemic
issues has been made in light of the current
policy environment, with VET (and the apprenticeship system in particular) at the centre of
the national reform agenda.
Reform Agenda
Several high profile reports, including those by
Skills Australia, the Productivity Commission
and the Department of Education Employment
and Workplace Relations Expert Panel, have
recommended increasing the role of industry in
the training system. This will ensure that skills
are developed in the quantity and to the standard required by enterprise, and improve the
flexibility of the training system to accommodate individual learner needs.
These goals were endorsed by COAG at its 2
September 2011 meeting;
12.00%
10.00%
30000
8.00%
6.00%
20000
4.00%
10000
2.00%
0.00%
Percentage of students enrolled in EE-Oz Training Packages as a proportion of all Training Package
students
Number of apprentices and trainees in-training under EE-Oz Training Standards' Training Packages
Source:
NCVER,
in ISC,
training
by ISC, VOCSTATS
Source:
NCVER,
Students Students
in training by
VOCSTATS
1 http://www.scotese.natese.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/61173/Communique_MCTEE_2_September.pdf
This publication
We have taken a different approach to the Environmental Scan this year, firstly exploring
systemic issues affecting all sectors and then examining sector specific and training product related
issues later in the publication. The decision to impart greater emphasis on systemic issues has been
made in light of the current policy environment, with VET (and the apprenticeship system in
particular) at the centre of the national reform agenda.
Market intelligence
The VET environment
4
In conducting an audit, ASQA will ask industry to nominate a technical adviser to attend
the audit and provide advice in relation to the
technical requirements of the Training Package. This collaboration will ensure that industry
has a determinative role in assessing provider
fitness for purpose, as well as informing the
standards for technical compliance.
Importantly, ASQA has been empowered, under legislation passed earlier this year, to audit
RTOs at any time and apply sanctions for noncompliance with AQTF policy.
The creation of ASQA represents a new approach to the regulation of VET and is an encouraging development in a sector historically
characterised by jurisdictional differences. The
new body will have unprecedented power to
harmonise training and licensing standards nationally.
Mr Chris Robinson, acting Chief Commissioner of ASQA, has indicated that a robust and
nationally consistent quality framework, with
associated accreditation mechanisms, will
provide an increased focus on the way training
providers are registered, courses are accredited and the quality of the system is monitored.
All working aged Australians have the opportunity to develop the skills and qualifications needed, including through a responsive training system, to enable them to be
effective participants in and contributors to
the modern labour market.
Australian industry and businesses develop, harness and utilise the skills and abilities of the workforce.
COAG has agreed to review the NASWD during 2011-12. A new agreement is expected to
commence on 1 July 2012.
This review is anticipated to refocus on the objectives and outcomes, outputs and measures
of the current agreement with emphasis on
foundation skills and participation in training as
social and economic goals.
Role of regulators
In addition to the new role of the National VET
regulation, the energy industry is moving toward national occupational licensing (under
the National Occupational Licensing Authority (NOLA)), supported by State and Territory
regulators.
The process of moving toward national licensing has reengaged industry regulators with
the training system and the requirements of
national Training Packages. Regulators are
seeking to ensure that training standards will
align with national licensing requirements and
provide them with certainty about the quality
and consistency of training outcomes, as they
cede their powers to the national body.
National licensing along with other COAG initiatives including ASQA, harmonisation of Work
Health and Safety (WHS) standards and apprenticeship reform, has had a positive effect
on the work of the ISC in promoting greater
interaction between training providers, industry
bodies and regulators. Increased interaction is
preventing duplications of effort, promoting an
environment of informed policy development
and clarifying the roles of organisations within
a truly national training system.
Unique Student Identifier (USI)
A USI for the VET sector has been on the
COAG agenda since late 2009 with a final
business cases due to be considered by in
early 2012.
EE-Oz recognises the significant benefits that
would flow from tracking national longitudinal
student data. At an aggregated level this will
inform public debate and allow a performance
based approach to policy development. At an
individual level this will provide a reliable and
simple framework for students to exchange information with RTOs (to improve educational
experiences) and employers (to improve employment experiences).
By creating an authenticated record of educational experience, a USI would allow the brokerage of training programs for students with
reference to their achievements, background
and aptitude. It would also facilitate the identification of appropriate support services (such as
additional LL&N) prior to commencement. This
has cost implications for RTOs, allowing them
to focus support on areas of greatest need.
This having been said, EE-Oz feels an important opportunity is being missed in limiting a
USI to the VET sector rather than extending
this across the national education system. Excluding the Secondary and Higher Educations
sectors will increase compliance cost for multisector RTOs, decrease the value to students
(who may need to approach multiple training
providers to create a training record), limit the
value of information for policy makers and promote the isolation of education sectors (which
runs contrary to COAG policy initiatives).
50%
80%
40%
70%
25 to 44 years
30%
60%
20%
50%
45
over
19 years and under
10%
40%
0%
30%
20 to 24 years
20%2001
20 to 24 years
25 to 44 years
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
10%NCVER, VOCSTATS
Source:
0%
In comparison,
demographics
of students
enrolled
Packages has remained
2009all Training
2010
2001 2002 the
2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008across
fairly constant over the period, marginally lower (not exceeding a couple of percentage points) in
each
category
except
the over 45s.
Source:
NCVER,
VOCSTATS
Source:
NCVER,
VOCSTATS
In comparison,
the
demographics
ofTraining
students
enrolled
across
all Training
has remained
Figure
3:3:Student
demographics
for all
Package
qualifications,
2001 Packages
- 2010
Figure
Student
demographics
for
all
Training
Package
qualifications,
2001 - 2010
fairly constant over the period, marginally lower (not exceeding a couple of percentage points) in
100%
each category except the over 45s.
90%
Figure
80%3: Student demographics for all Training Package qualifications, 2001 - 2010
100%
70%
90%
60%
80%
50%
25 to 44 years
70%
40%
20 to 24 years
60%
30%
50%
20%
25 to 44 years
40%
10%
20 to 24 years
30%
0%
20%2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Source:
10% NCVER, VOCSTATS
Source: NCVER, VOCSTATS
0%
2002
2003
2004
The fundamental productivity goal of all stakeholders in the training system is to develop human
Source:
VOCSTATS
capital.NCVER,
Non-completions
represent a barrier to this goal and appropriate strategies to improve
completion rates, without compromising outcomes, must be actively sought.
Student capacity to progress
As the VET sector expands its capacity, in order to meet COAGs educational attainment
target for 80% of 25 34 year olds to hold an
AQF level 3 or above qualification by 2020 (as
opposed around 64% today), effective strategies to improve student readiness prior to
commencement will become crucial. Over the
next decade the tertiary education system (including VET) will be asked to increase the pool
of students it engages, without compromising
outcomes, and to ensure that this new cohort
of students has the capacity to succeed.
This is a significant challenge which will require
a particular effort be made to lift student attainment rates amongst disadvantaged students.
It is of concern to industry that the capacity of
the compulsory education system to effectively
prepare students for the further education is
faltering, with both the relative and absolute attainment standards of 15 year old Australian
students falling between 2001 and 20093.
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills focused training aligns closely to the concept of core skills identified by
the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF).
These skills allow people to engage with society more broadly, improving their ability to communicate through language and mathematics.
They help people think critically about information and ideas. They also play an important
role in facilitating further learning by improving
a learners ability to absorb and manipulate information.
In Australian Workforce Futures, Skills Australia
identifies a link between the aggregate level of
language, literacy and numeracy skills in a society and productivity.
Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy
(LLN) skills are now recognised as fundamental to improved workforce participation, productivity and social inclusion
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For RTOs, more accurate and timely recognition of individual skill levels allows training
solutions to be tailored to individual needs,
facilitating progression when competency
is demonstrated and the early identification
of strategies to minimise impediments to
progression.
For employers, recognition of their commitment to adequate supervision and exposure to workplace experience as evidence
of competency progression, which reflects
real productivity.
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12
technical teaching qualification at at least Diploma level, as a pathway into a training role.
This qualification should incorporate industry
specific units for currency verification and to
contextualise pedagogical skills to the industry context, as well as educational delivery and
management competencies.
The intention of such a qualification is not to
replace the Cert IV TAE as an entry level requirement but to encourage recent entrants to
the training sector to refresh their underpinning
technical knowledge and develop pedagogical
skills related to their chosen field.
its reliance on construction demand), implications of this reduced cohort will be felt across
all the traditional trades.
Figure
4: 4:
NCVER
commencement
and completion
data for
Electrician
(ANZSCO
- 3411), 2000-2010.
Figure
NCVER
commencement
and completion
data
for Electrician
(ANZSCO
- 3411),
Completion
projections
for
2011-2014
are
derived
from
commencement
data
2007-2010,
using
average
2000-2010. Completion projections for 2011-2014 are derived from commencement data 2007-2010,
completion modifier rate from the previous three years
using average completion modifier rate from the previous three years
10000
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
Commencements
3000
(Completions)
2000
1000
0
Source:
historical
datadata
drawn
fromfrom
NCVER,
VOCSTATS
Source:
historical
drawn
NCVER,
VOCSTATS
The dotted line is a forecast of student completions for 2011 2014 based on historical data
from completions from the preceding three years. It is worth noting that the graduating class of
2013 is expected to be considerably smaller than the 2012 cohort. Taking regular workforce attrition
into account, the increase in the electrical workforce in 2013 will be half of the increase in 2012,
which was itself insufficient to meet predicted workforce demand.
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THE ELECTROTECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY
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Electrotechnology Industry
The electrotechnology industry is responsible
for harnessing electricity to a huge variety of
applications, to meet business and individual
needs, and demand for electrotechnology
skills is closely linked with the aggregate level
of demand across the domestic economy.
As modern work practices increasingly rely on
integrated energy, communication and control
technologies, skilled electrotechnology industry practitioners will be essential in ensuring
that Australian business can compete in a
global environment. On the other hand, failure
to develop sufficient industry practitioners to
meet demand would act as a bottleneck on
broader economic activity and drive up the
cost of infrastructure investments.
Latest Intelligence
Although demand for electrotechnology services is primarily driven by domestic factors,
adopting international best practice in terms of
technology, compliance and work organisation
is a primary source of competitive advantage
for individual enterprises and a determinant in
national economic competitiveness.
Evolving technological applications continually
trigger new processes and equipment, making
the industry highly responsive to changing international circumstances and requiring industry practitioners to continue learning throughout their careers.
Fluctuations of the economic cycle aside, the
key determinant of long term economic growth
is productivity and the key determinants of long
term productivity growth are skills and technology. The electrotechnology industrys role in
disseminating technological advances through
the domestic economy will ensure it remains
an industry of national importance, contributing to living standards and economic growth.
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16
Figure Figure
5: Enabling
skills for NBN
Training Package
coverage
5: Enabling
skillsexploitation,
for NBN exploitation,
Training
Package coverage
Unit Code
UEENEEE121A
UEENEEF102A
UEENEEF104A
UEENEEF105A
UEENEEF107A
UEENEEF111A
UEENEEF114A
UEENEEH104A
UEENEEH105A
UEENEEH108A
UEENEEH135A
UEENEEH150A
UEENEEH152A
UEENEEI040A
UEENEEI041A
UEENEEI042A
UEENEEI043A
UEENEEI044A
Unit Title
Plan an integrated cabling installation system
UEENEEK152A
UEENEEK153A
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appropriately trained tradespersons to undertake fault finding where required by their job
role. This will be particularly applicable to air
conditioning and refrigeration operatives who
need these capabilities.
The training impact of this change will be significant as skills development and/or RPL will
need to be provided to those seeking this new
class of restricted licence to verify their ability
to safely perform this type of work. RTOs will
need to seek extensions of scope and ensure
they can meet regulatory requirements to address these training needs.
All the above classes of licence within the national licensing regime will also be applicable to
electrical work in the Gas and Electricity Supply industry sectors.
Converging technology - Environment
Converging technology is a continuous process, describing the tendency of distinct technological systems to develop similar applications over time. An example is the ubiquitous
use of computer chips in previously unrelated
modern technologies.
Advances in digital communications technology has allowed automation and remote control technologies to be applied to a much wider
variety of applications, from robotics, intelligent
lighting and power, grid management, security
and industrial processes. Improved automation
and remote control technology, supported by
faster communications infrastructure, is driving
the convergence of energy sector skills with
Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) skills.
Demand for measurement and monitoring applications will also draw the energy and ICT industries closer, as electrical devices become
smart appliances whose operation can be altered remotely to accommodate the needs of
the grid. This technology is already driving Australias response to peak demand management
and opportunities for its applications (with as-
Given the booming construction industries of the resource rich states, it is worrying to note that
NCVER and ABS predict that growth in the electrical workforces of Queensland and Western
Australia will be below the national average over the next five years. This is due to comparatively
small increases in training intakes despite escalating demand, which has the capacity to constrain
infrastructure development with negative, potentially long term, effects.
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5.5
Percentage of electrical
apprentices employed in
the resource sector
1.5
Relative share
27%
Derived from table 5, 7 and 9 of NCVER Tradespeople for the resources sector: projections 201020
20
Despite this limited duration, electricity networks must be built to withstand peak demand
levels without failing. Over the past decade the
rate of peak demand growth has far exceeded
total demand growth for energy, largely due to
the uptake of airconditioning systems (AC penetration has risen from around 30% in 2001 to
over 70% in 2011). While this rapid growth is
expected to stabilise, system enhancement to
accommodate peak demand growth will continue to be a major driver of electricity price rises, with over $15 billion of investment required
in the next few years.
A recent review of the Queensland grid has
indicated that for each privately purchased
$1,500 air conditioning system, a further
$7,000 must be invested in the electricity network to ensure there is enough capacity to run
that system during peak periods.
Peak demand management
Skills impact
Australian Standard (AS4755) defines a requirement for an electrical product to allow the
alteration of its normal mode of operation from
a remote location. Products complying with
this standard accomodate sophisticated smart
systems to actively control system usage in
peak periods. Complying products can be
Source:
Energex
presentation
at EE-Oz
conference
2010 2010
Source:
Energex
presentation
at EE-Oz
conference
Despite this limited duration, electricity networks must be built to withstand peak demand levels
without failing. Over the past decade the rate of peak demand growth has far exceeded total
demand growth for energy, largely due to the uptake of airconditioning systems (AC penetration has
risen from around 30% in 2001 to over 70% in 2011). While this rapid growth is expected to stabilise,
system enhancement to accommodate peak demand growth will continue to be a major driver of
electricity price rises, with over $15 billion of investment required in the next few years.
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Sustainability
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As scientific evidence mounts that human action is contributing to global climate change,
and that there are considerable environmental
risks associated with global warming, international attention is increasingly being directed
towards developing sustainable energy practices; which meet the energy needs of the
current generation without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own
energy needs.
The focus of this attention is currently on limiting global carbon dioxide emissions to maintain atmospheric carbon below an acceptable
level. Without limiting global population or
growth in material living standards, only two
vectors are available to reduce carbon emissions associated with human activity:
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assessment,
management
and improvement.
Carbon price (Energy auditing)
Skills
impact
This popularity has also brought increased
Seeing
energy efficiency
as a cycleforindicates
EE-Oz is involved in
development
training standards
energy auditing
and with
performance
scrutiny,
industry regulators taking a more
monitoring which will underpin
the
design,
deployment
and
successful
operation
of
energy
efficient
that these roles are supportive of each other
vigilant approach to inspecting and approving
integrated systems. Specifically, there are new roles emerging for qualified personnel to:
such level
installations. This is driving demand for
and that
these
roles mayboth
merge
over time
Audit and assess
current
installations,
holistically
and or
at a systems
electrical
Provide advice
on the reconfiguration
optimisation
systemsinspectors
for energyholding a Certificate IV in
according
to the scale at and
which
the cycle ofofexisting
Electrical
Inspection
and Audit.
efficiency
AAAA MMM is applied (Figure 8).
Provide advice on the design, deployment and integration of new technologies to
increase energy efficiency
2: Cut
levels for
Small
Unitsenergy efficiency
Optimise Table
individual
andoff
integrated
systems
to Generation
achieve maximum
Manage andSystem
monitor
system
performance
type
System capacity and annual
Installation periods
electricity output
(photovoltaic) systems
Small scale generationSolar
- Environment
trade specialisations. Small generation units have proven to be a popular way for Australians to take
wind turbines
No installation
more than 10
and a to- (PV)
Onpanels
or after 1 April 2001
up various governmentSmall
initiatives,
particularly through the
ofkW
Photovoltaic
tal
annual
electricity
output
less
and solar hot water heaters. Although funding levels have been volatile and the program
than 25 MWh
oversubscribed (which has led to some short term slow down), this trend is expected to continue in
the longer term.
Hydroelectric systems
No more than 6.4 kW and a toOn or after 1 April 2001
tal annual electricity output less
than 25 MWh
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27
25
ACT
NSW
QLD
SA
TAS
NT
VIC
WA
Total
226
4783
3539
1384
264
320
2771
1970
15257
10
491
1592
137
189
67
1371
568
4425
Restricted Domestic
Refrigeration and Air
conditioning Appliance
79
67
11
54
43
266
Restricted Refrigerant
Recoverer Licence
37
60
17
55
19
193
77
56
22
103
22
284
14
29
14
75
156
251
37
41
26
111
178
805
Refrigerant Recoverer
Transitional Licence
27
27
22
96
37
33
15
52
146
17
78
1213
922
345
66
64
944
410
4042
325
6918
6580
1980
576
498
5499
3230
25606
Trainee Licence
Total
26
27
28
Identified Workforce
Development Needs
Short term
Industry Skills Councils contribute to the development of the Priority Occupation List (POL),
Table 4: Industry identified high risk qualifications and skills sets in the
Electrotechnology industry
ELECTROTECHNOLOGY QUALIFICATIONS / SKILL SETS
Qualification Code
Qualification Title
UEE30807
UEE31707
UEE40207
UEE40307
UEE40407
UEE40507
UEE40607
UEE40807
UEE41107
UEE41207
UEE41807
UEE41907
UEE42009
UEE50207
UEE50307
UEE50407
UEE50907
UEE60107
UEE60607
UEE60907
UEE61207
UEE32211
UEE41010
UEE42711
UEE42911
UEE50310
UEE51211
UEE62511
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Occupation Title
2333
Electrical Engineers
2334
Electronics Engineers
3123
3124
3126
Safety Inspectors
3411
Electricians
3421
3422
3423
3424
Electrical
engineer
Electrical
engineering
draftsperson
Electricians
Electronics
engineer
30
Electronics
trades
worker
Australian
average
industry qualifications recording growth in excess of the Australian average) and expectations for strong growth to continue well into the
future (Figure 11 below).
This growth is particularly evident in the electrician occupation, in which employment has
risen from 1% of national employment in 2006
(ABS Census data) to 1.32% in 2010 (DEEWR, Australian Jobs, 2011). This increase can
be attributed to technological change, infrastructure investment and construction sector
growth. As Australia transitions to a low carbon
future, the proportion of electricians required by
the workforce can be expected to continue to
outpace broader population growth. Electrical
skills required to update existing infrastructure,
implement industrial control techniques and
account for energy usage (as required under
a carbon price) are expected to drive demand.
Figure 11 indicates that demand for electrotechnology workers across all areas other
than the electronics trades, is expected to
exceed the national average rate of skills demand growth. The stand out again are electricians, with employment demand expected to
be more than three times the national average
over the next five years.
A concerning note is that over this same period NCVER forecasts expect supply side constraints to limit workforce expansion to 3%
(under the average scenario), considerably below the 6.8% growth in demand. As discussed
in the Systemic Overview section of this report,
the 2013 cohort is expected to represent a
significant reduction in graduates, exacerbating this shortfall and deepening the skills shortages already experienced in the industry.
Medium term
Emerging environmental factors identified by
industry as workforce development priorities
in the medium term (i.e. factors expected to
affect demand for skills in the future) are heavily influenced by the international sustainability
agenda, which is driving both technology and
work practice development.
Community and business awareness and use
of electricity are expected to change dramatically as Australia moves towards a low carbon
future. In addition to increased use of smart
grids, automation and instrumentation technology, all of which will increase demand for
post-trade electrical skills, moving to a more
energy conscious future will require electricians
trained in energy auditing and reporting techniques, such as those required to calculate obligations under a carbon price.
The importance of the electrical and electronic instrumentation and industrial control
disciplines in increasing the energy efficiency
of industry and industrial processes cannot
Electrical
engineer
Electrical
engineering
draftsperson
Electricians
Electronics
Electronics
engineer
tradesworker
Australian
average
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be overstated. Not surprisingly, instrumentation was one of the fastest growing elective
choices for electrical apprentices and the most
heavily subscribed qualification field under EBPPP and NWDF places brokered by EE-Oz.
Since 2008, EE-Oz has consistently identified
these skills as essential to strategies for carbon
pollution reduction in reports to government
and industry, stating that effective measurement must underpin any abatement technology and that integrated control and monitoring
systems empower industry to maximise and
maintain benefits. These roles are highly flexible across a range of industrial/commercial
settings and that skilled operatives in these
trades are in high demand in the resources
sector, leading to increased competition as
abatement strategies are implemented and
mandated.
The establishment of the NBN will support
modern and sustainable work practices by improving data access and communication, necessary in the remote monitoring and operation
of energy systems. Stakeholders in the National Broadband Rollout agree that a nationally consistent approach to training and workforce development will provide the project and
the community with a mobile, skilled workforce
able to meet the required technical, quality and
safety required.
Technical trainer, energy auditing and specialist photovoltaic design and installation qualifications were also identified as key facilitating
skills in the medium term.
Trade qualification
The environmental factors discussed above indicate continued strong demand for electrical
trade qualified workers for the foreseeable future and numerous pressures to integrate previously specialised skills into the trade program.
Industry requires personnel able to apply their
knowledge and skills, communicate ideas
both orally and in writing, control highly technical equipment, critically assess and appraise
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Electrotechnology Qualification
EBPPP
EBPPP
322
EBPPP
15
EBPPP
96
EBPPP
EBPPP
536
Total
974
NWDF
311
NWDF
63
NWDF
200
NWDF
16
NWDF
funded
126
NWDF
20
NWDF
174
NWDF
64
NWDF
48
NWDF
79
NWDF
29
NWDF
68
NWDF
300
NWDF
PV Skill Sets
66
NWDF
33
Total
CSIF
50
CSIF
155
CSIF
110
Total
315
1597
33
of post trade and para-professional qualifications and natural refrigerant skill sets under
NWDF.
The success of these programs demonstrates
that collaboration between industry and government provides a model for skill development which targets resources to areas of
greatest need.
Current Impact of
Training Packages
The tables below reflect the impact of the
currently endorsed UEE07 Electrotechnology
Training Package including current number of
enrolments (Table 7), RTOs with qualifications
on scope (Table 9) and RTOs registered to provide training from this package (Table 10).
The data reported by NCVER appears to be
anomalous in some respects, particularly in
relation to the reporting of data related to the
Certificate IV in Electrical Photovoltaic Sys-
Total
Enrolments
(Rounded)*
Type of accreditation
34
Status of
Qualification
- Certificate
Current
24
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
10
Current
22
Current
21
Current
12
Current
Total
Enrolments
(Rounded)*
Status of
Qualification
Type of accreditation
16
Current
Current
Current
Current
71
Current
73
Superseded
Current
99
Current
65
Current
18987
Current
954
Superseded
Current
Current
214
Current
2225
Current
62
Superseded
Current
Current
79
Current
Current
Current
17
Current
Current
Current
35
Total
Enrolments
(Rounded)*
Status of
Qualification
Type of accreditation
Superseded
Current
10
Current
Current
Current
Current
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
1407
Superseded
40
Superseded
11
Superseded
280
Superseded
24798
Total
* Source; NCVER, VOCSTATS Apprentice & Trainees July 2011 series, Jan-March in training 2011 (accessed Feb 2012)
Note: Qualifications at CIII and above are typically delivered as 3-4 year apprenticeships hence overlap
between current and superseded qualifications
In-training
476
7,020
Completed
179
1,872
Training contract
status
* Source; NCVER, VOCSTATS Apprentice & Trainees July 2011 series, Jan-March in training 2011 (accessed
Feb 2012)
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tems which was first endorsed in 2009 and revised in 2010 but does not appear in the NCVER
VOCSTATS dataset.
Under the Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program 2010 -2011, 308 places were allocated
for this qualification. EE-Oz will work with enterprises and RTOs contracted to deliver this training to
ensure that relevant data is recorded.
This summary includes all data from NCVER VOCSTATS in relation to the various versions of the
UEE Electrotechnology Training Package. Superseded qualifications have been included in this report to document the full cohort as qualifications delivered as apprenticeships have durations which
exceed the period of endorsement of some qualifications and when transition arrangements are
taken into account significant overlaps between versions occur.
Data for the two highest volume qualifications UTE30999 - Certificate III in Electrotechnology Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and UTE31199 - Certificate III in Electrotechnology Systems Electrician
from the UTE99 Electrotechnology Industry Training Package are reported in Table 8.
Table 9: RTOs with Scope for Qualifications from UEE Electrotechnology Training
Package All Versions
By Current Qualifications
RTOs
30
17
21
10
16
39
20
12
10
37
Table 9: RTOs with Scope for Qualifications from UEE Electrotechnology Training
Package All Versions continued
By Current Qualifications
11
14
79
27
19
17
30
15
20
21
18
19
12
15
Total
Source: training.gov.au (accessed February 2012)
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RTOs
629
Table 10: RTOs with scope for UEE07 Electrotechnology Training Package All Versions
By Training Package
RTOs
197
The 2011 review saw the first major amendments to the high use, regulated trade level
qualifications since 2007. Industry and its training providers are now seeking a period of stability to to implement these changes and adapt
training systems to meet new training requirements embedded in these, particularly those
aligned to new national licencing requirements.
Further work in 2012-2013 will focus on the
redesign of units to align with the new template for unit of competency and assessment
requirements identified by NQC/NSSC in
2010-11. Prototyping of units for this work has
begun. However clear policy guidance is not
yet available on the implementation of the templates and systems for the publication of draft
material are yet to be developed.
Further review work will encompass an ongoing Essential Knowledge and Associated Skills
(EKAS) review and the inclusion of the new
components already identified including new
post trade components to address pathways
to higher level qualifications.
Continuing work on the mapping of Australian
Core Skills Framework indicators will also be
incorporated in the new units design.
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Electricity Supply
Industry (ESI)
40
41
42
These national licences will give greater impetus to the harmonisation of training and regulatory standards within the industry and further
strengthen the industrys ESI Passport initiative
and nationally agreed refresher training protocols.
National Licensing Skills Impact
Greater interconnectedness within the National
Electricity Market (NEM) and a trend toward
firms increasingly operating across borders
has led to strong industry support for an alignment of regulatory requirements between jurisdictions, of which national licensing is a key
component.
Dealing with the combination of strengthened
VET, Work Health and Safety (WHS) regulations and National Occupational Licensing requirements will be a major challenge for training providers in the coming year. However the
impacts of these will be mitigated through the
close relationships between enterprise and the
training system, with the majority of training
provision for the sector provided through enterprise RTOs or enterprise/RTO partnerships.
RTOs will need to be aware that the revisions
to Training Standards at AQF 3 to match national licencing requirements are necessarily
reflected in post trade and para professional
qualifications within the revised UET12 Training Package. RTOs will need to ensure that resources, methodologies and staff professional
development are available to implement these
amendments across the AQF levels.
Sustainability
As scientific evidence mounts that human action is contributing to global climate change,
and that there are considerable environmental
risks associated with global warming, international attention is increasingly being directed
toward developing sustainable energy practices; which meet the energy needs of the current
generation without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own energy
needs.
The focus of this attention is currently on limiting global carbon dioxide emissions, to maintain atmospheric carbon below an acceptable
level. Without limiting global population or
growth in material living standards, only two
vectors are available to reduce carbon emissions associated with human activity:
Peak demand growth coupled with a historically low level of infrastructure investment
over the past decade, has necessitated significant network upgrades in the current cycle.
This has already had an impact on electricity
prices which is expected to continue. Thankfully, consumer awareness of the infrastructure
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44
----
base load
peak load generation
large scale and small scale renewables
systems
-- localised and grid connected co/trigeneration.
Improved systems control and data acquisition systems to enable more responsive
systems management across the increasing variety of generation types, feedstock
sources and transmission and distribution
networks.
Deployment of advanced metering systems across networks to provide accountability for bi-directional energy flows
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instrumentation and industrial control competencies which reside in the Electrotechnology Training Package but are increasingly
accessed by operatives in these emerging
generation sector operations.
This cross sector transfer of skills has been referenced in relation to other aspects of this ESI
industry environmental scan and is a feature of
the move towards sustainable and energy efficient energy systems.
As outlined in the accompanying publication
to this Environmental Scan, Skills to realise
energy efficiency opportunities,, EE-Oz has
identified qualifications Trade, Post-Trade and
Para-professional from the Electrotechnology,
ESI - Generation and ESI TDR Training Packages covering various aspects, technologies
and scales of application.
Peak demand management
Environment
In an energy system, peak demand refers to
the highest level of demand experienced within
the network. In Australia, peak demand only
occurs on about 1% of days but can result in a
50-100% surge in demand for energy.
Figure
13:
Example
of residential
substation
peak peak
demand.
Two consecutive
summer summer
days in 2010,
Figure
13:
Example
of residential
substation
demand.
Two consecutive
only
difference
is
ambient
temperature
days in 2010, only difference is ambient temperature
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Despite this limited duration, electricity networks must be built to withstand peak demand levels
without failing. Over the past decade the rate of peak demand growth has far exceeded total
demand growth for energy, largely due to the uptake of airconditioning systems (AC penetration has
risen from around 30% in 2001 to over 70% in 2011). While this rapid growth is expected to stabilise,
system enhancement to accommodate peak demand growth will continue to be a major driver of
electricity price rises, with over $15 billion of investment required in the next few years.
Transmission Drivers
Respondents from the Transmission, Distribution and Rail (TD&R) sector identified the dual
challenges of evolving work practices and implementing new technologies as the key short
term drivers for the sector. These drivers do not
necessarily act in concert, with combinations
of these anticipated to create compounding
skills demands in the future.
In regards to longer term drivers respondents
saw the challenge of an aging workforce and
accompanying skills deficits and skills development lags as the major factor in the industry
securing a productive future.
Impact of the Workforce Development
Funding Strategies
From November 2009, when the Enterprise
Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP)
was introduced, the workforce development
strategy of funding industry training places,
brokered by the ISC, on the basis of co-investment by enterprises and Government, has
been highly successful in the energy sector industries.
There have been three iterations of this implementation model, each with a slightly different
focus, demonstrating the flexibility of the model
to meet identified goals. These programs are:
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Qualification
Number of places
EBPPP
40
EBPPP
11
EBPPP
72
EBPPP
16
Total
139
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Program
Qualification
Number of places
EBPPP
14
EBPPP
33
Total
47
CSIF
110
457
Total
567
Identified Workforce
Development Needs
Industry Skills Councils contribute to the development of the Priority Occupation List (POL),
used as the basis for determining qualifications
eligible for funding under the National Workforce Development Fund.
EE-Oz supports the assessment made by the
Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relation (DEEWR) in relation to the
Refresher Units
UET30109
UET30209
UET30309
UET30409
UET40109
Certificate IV in ESI
Power Systems
UET40209
Certificate IV in ESI
Substations
UET40309
Certificate IV in
ESI Network
Infrastructure
Classification
3422
3123
Electrical Engineering
Draftspersons, Technicians
2333
Electrical Engineers
3411
Electricians
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The ESI Passport Committee maintains a database recording all industry operatives who
are issued with a passports for access to ESI
networks. This information provides a snapshot of the age profile of the personnel within
the database. The data in figure 15 below is
reported on a jurisdictional basis and allows an
industry overview of the workforce age profile.
Current statistics show that the ESI workforce
is still skewed considerably to the higher age
bracket with more than 54% of the workforce
39 years or older and with 27% of the workforce 50 or older.
This means that whilst recruitment has been
increased since the Global Financial Crisis,
significant further investment in skills will be
required to ensure that this age balance is redressed, and to place the workforce on a sustainable footing.
Although NSW has not entered a significant
data set into the system at the time of this
snapshot, other jurisdictions have done so.
The data has been taken across a range of
callings within the sector that may require network access, requiring ESI Passport. Table 15
outlines passport categories which include the
following ESI workers:
Meter Technician
Non Electrical
Worker
Support Worker
Switching Operator
Team Leader /
Supervisor
Technical Worker
Tester, Protection,
Control & Cables
Trade Worker
Vegetation Worker
Live Line
Apprentice
Asset Inspector
Cable Jointer
Electrical Inspector
Electrician
Electricity Supply
Worker - Non Trade
Engineer
Lineworker
Distribution
Lineworker
Transmission
Source: ESI Industry Passport Data December
2011.
WAA
6000
VIC
5000
TAS
SAA
4000
QLD
3000
NTY
2000
NSW
ACT
1000
0
15-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50
50-59
60-69
70-79
Current Impact of
Training Packages
UET ESI Transmission, Distribution and
Rail Sector Training
Table 16 shows NCVER statistics for enrolments against the current UET09 Training
Package and the superseded UET06 and
UTT98 Training Packages.
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Table16: In-Training UTT and UET TDR Training Packages, All Versions
Apprentices and trainees - June 2011
Total
Enrolments
(Rounded)*
Status of
Qualification
Type of accreditation
Current
Current
Current
27
Current
1145
Current
84
Current
76
Current
26
Current
57
Current
44
Current
Superseded
Superseded
44
Superseded
1100
Superseded
102
Superseded
174
Superseded
27
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
197
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
Superseded
Total
3137
* Source; NCVER, VOCSTATS Apprentice & Trainees July 2011 series, Jan-March in training 2011 (accessed Feb 2012)
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14
24
14
Total
99
Table 18: Total RTOs with Scope to deliver components of UET06 and UET09
By Versions of the UET Training Package
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40
53
The revision of UEP06 initiated in 2010 has ensured consultation with those developing and
implementing alternative generation technologies, including renewable and sustainable energy sources. This combined with the impact
of carbon pricing on established generators
is anticipated to increase the take-up of qualifications in the sector as skills become more
mobile.
The enrolment data in Table 19 is extracted
from the official NCVER VOCSTATS system,
for the UEP06 Generation Training Package
and shows data from mid-2011.
The generation sectors response to the initial
round of Enterprise Based Productivity Places
Program (EBPPP) which encouraged enterprises to identify their own skills needs indicates that industry is already reacting to these
impacts.
The most popular qualification brokered by EEOz under the EBPPP for the ESI Generation
sector was the Certificate IV ESI Generation
Operations (71 places). The next most subscribed qualifications were the Certificate III in
ESI Generation Operations (51 training places)
and the Diploma of ESI Generation Operations
(16 places).
It should be noted that the NCVER VOCSTATS
enrolment figures below (Table 19) do not appear to report these enrolments fully as only 37
enrolments are reported nationally.
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Total
Enrolments
(Rounded)*
Status of
Qualification
Type of accreditation
Superseded
20
Current
Current
Current
Current
12
Current
Total
37
* Source; NCVER, VOCSTATS Apprentice & Trainees July 2011 series, Jan-March in training 2011 (accessed Feb 2012)
RTOs
11
Total
48
RTO with Scope to deliver any component from the UEP06 ESI Generation Sector Training Package, link to data source included.
Table 21: RTOs with Scope to deliver UEP06 Components
By Training Package
RTO
55
56
57
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This problem is at least partially related to inadequate industry coverage in federal data sets.
The sector remains underrepresented in formal
government statistics with no occupational
code (ANZSCO) explicitly related to industry
participants (occupations are obscured within
broad construction or plumbing classifications)
nor are industry codes appropriate (ANZSIC);
Gas Supply (3620) is based on an outdated
town gas industry which excludes transmission industry operations and Pipeline Transport
(6501) and covers all pipeline utility operations
including petroleum and water.
Without having an accurate picture of how
many workers are currently in the industry,
what their skills profile is and how sectoral
growth can be expected to impact skills demand, RTOs have difficulty in making a business case to justify the development of training
resources, recruitment of staff and formation of
partnerships with industry.
At the request of peak industry bodies, EEOz Training Standards, the Australian Pipeline
Association, LPG Australia, Energy Networks
Australia, the Australian Workers Union and
Transport Worker Union, the Skills and Labour
Branch of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace relations (now the
Department of Industry, Innovation, Science,
Research and Tertiary Education) conducted a
Survey of Employers Recruitment Experiences
in the Gas Supply Industry9.
This survey has provided insights into the GSI
workforce and highlighted the dire need for
skills in key occupations to facilitate industry
growth. The results also suggest that the industry is substantially larger than recorded in
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formal statistics with responses from employers representing over 11,000 workers (response rate for the survey was 45%).
Latest Intelligence
The Gas Supply Industry services both domestic and export markets. In 2010, approximately 1,100 Peta Joules (PJ) of gas was supplied to domestic markets and a further 1,000
PJ into LNG export markets (all of which was
from offshore basins in Western Australia and
the Northern Territory). LNG export from the
eastern gas market is set to begin from 2014.
The GSI has three discrete areas, the eastern,
northern and western markets (Figure 16 below).
Eastern market
High prices and improved technology are shifting the focus of eastern gas market operations
away from conventional production to meet
domestic demand (mostly in the southern
states), to unconventional reserves in northern
NSW and Queensland to meet the demand
from export markets in Asia. This shift will affect both gas and electricity markets, as gas
powered generation increases.
The eastern gas market has just over 40%
of Australias proven reserves or 45,230 PJs.
Over three quarters of this comes from CSG
reserves in Queenslands Surat Bowen basin.
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Western market
Upstream gas infrastructure in Western Australia is approaching capacity, with new offshore
and onshore pipelines required to link reserves
to domestic markets.
Western Australia has almost 60% of Australias proven and probable gas reserves (68, 898
PJs), of which the vast majority is in the Carnarvon basin. Despite this, WA accounts for
just 32% of domestic sales.
Northern market
The northern gas market operations have focused on producing LNG for export, although
a pipeline was built connecting the Bonaparte
basin to communities in the Northern Territory
in 2008. In its Gas Statement of Opportunities,
the Australian Energy Market Operator has
flagged the possibility of expanding gas processing and transmission, to supply southern
gas demand centres with gas from the northern basins.
erations
For an innovative and technology driven industry experiencing dramatic expansion, this is
cause for concern.
Additional information from the Department of
Resources, Energy and Tourism, published in
the 2010 Resourcing the Future report, notes
that the advanced age of the gas workforce
will make substantial replacement recruitment
necessary, especially in light of the number
of new LNG trains due for construction to
2015, highlighting replacement demand in gas
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40%
30%
20%
10%
%
15-24
25-54
55+
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Sustainability
As scientific evidence mounts that human action is contributing to global climate change,
and that there are considerable environmental
risks associated with global warming, international attention is increasingly being directed
towards developing sustainable energy practices; which meet the energy needs of the
current generation without compromising the
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44% by 2050, under a carbon tax. This is in addition to demand for gas as a direct fuel source
for heating, transportation and cooking.
Carbon price Skills impact
The recurring theme of this report is that in order to realise the myriad opportunities provided by a flourishing gas sector, including those
related to sustainable energy usage, considerable investment will be required in transmission
and distribution networks.
The necessary first step for this to occur is investment in skills. Unless the skills required to
support network expansion are available, infrastructure investment bottlenecks risk compromising sustainability goals and carbon reduction targets, in addition to export revenue.
Community concerns about Coal Seam
Gas (CSG) - Environment
Coal Seam Gas production began in Australia in 2004 and has experienced rapid growth
from inception. The majority of activity is occurring in the Surat Bowen basin, which contains most of Australias proved and probable
CSG reserves and runs from northern New
South Wales into Queensland.
Community sensitivities to the environmental
impact of CSG exploration and exploitation
have centered on the impact on water tables
and prime agricultural lands. However communities also recognise the environmental,
social and economic benefits of having a low
cost, low carbon energy source, plus a reliable
source of export revenue.
Longer term resolution of these conflicts will
be in the best interests of all stakeholders.
Community concerns can only be addressed
through a comprehensive evidence based review of industry operations, focusing on establishing environmentally sensitive technologies
and work practices.
The application of environmental laws, regulation, and enforcement should be arrived
at transparently and be applied consistently
throughout the country.
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Industry
Industry is extremely bullish about the future
with a ratio of five employers expecting to
increase their staffing levels over the coming
year, for each expecting it to remain constant.
No survey respondent from the GSI expected
staffing levels to decline in the coming year
(Figure 18).
Figure 18:Employment expectations
Gas industry firms 2012
Market
Insufficient industry coverage in ANZSIC
and ANZSCO codes
Obtaining data on employment in the sector
and the identification of job roles in the sector
is difficult due the lack of the gas industry categories within the ANZSCO system used by
the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Currently many gas industry job roles are not
clearly identified as they are included in other
groupings such as Plant Operators associated
with civil construction and operatives in the
petro-chemical sector. This has led to a lack
of data on skills and skills shortages and no
readily available taxonomy for industry to apply
to its workforce.
In response to advice from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, EE-Oz and industry partners
conducted a campaign to encourage industry
participants to clearly identify themselves with
the industry on their 2011 census form. The
ISC looks forward to a review of ANZSCO
codes utilised from industry participants in light
of responses from the census.
Shortage of RTOs in the GSI
There are relatively few RTOs with Gas Supply
Industry qualifications on scope, making it difficult for enterprises to develop their workforce.
Evidence for this difficulty was provided in the
DEEWR survey, which indicated that the proportion of recently recruited staff in the industry
who require further development was one third
above the national average. Of these, 89% required skills specific to the job indicating that
their training had not been contextualised to
industry requirements. This category often includes workers brought in similar fields in the
construction or plumbing industries.
The additional training effort associated with
bringing new workers up to speed represents
a duplication of effort, an additional cost for
employers and a waste of time for employees.
Clearly improved outcomes could be achieved
if training effort was directed toward areas of
identified industry need.
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Employers in the sector report difficulties engaging RTOs to deliver Gas Training Package
qualifications without supporting data to quantify the demand for these skills. Enterprises
must be able to demonstrate to educators that
the demand for training is ongoing rather than
point in time, to encourage RTOs to investment in human and physical resources to support this training.
Despite these difficulties some headway is being made. In the past twelve months a new private RTO on the eastern seaboard and a major
Victoria TAFE have brought gas qualifications
on scope and are seeking to expand their capacities to deliver training.
Industry representatives hope that improved
industry information provided by the DEEWR
survey and investment certainty provided by
the carbon tax, will encourage more RTOs
to commit to developing resources to deliver
UEG qualifications.
Identified Workforce
Development Needs
Industry Skills Councils contribute to the development of a number skills/occupation lists,
which utilise ANZCO codes as their basis, including the Priority Occupation List (POL) and
Skilled Occupation List (SOL). The difficulty
in identifing skills specific to the GSI through
these mechanisms is further evidence of the
deleterious impact to the industry of the current classifications.
Despite the shortcoming of the ANZSCO classifications, Government agencies have been
quick to recognise that skills shortage conditions exist across a broad range of occupations covered by the UEG Training Package,
explicitly including these qualifications in programs despite their lack of an ANZSCO code.
Anecdotally, industry representatives advise
that skill availability is already the limiting factor in determining sector growth. Current
construction capacity is committed for the
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Employers in the Gas Supply industry attracted fewer suitable applicants (1.5 suitable applicants per vacancy) compared
with all industries (2.0 suitable applicants
per vacancy).
With projected annual growth between 8.9%
and 12.6% over the next 20 years, this situation will only get worse.
In order to improve the skills base of its workforce, industry will focus on encouraging new
RTOs to deliver UEG qualifications (and existing providers to expand their scope) and recruiting new young workers into the industry
in 2012.
Current Impact of
Training Packages
Please note that the enrollments data sourced
from NCVER is for the first quarter 2011, whilst
RTO scope data from training.gov.au is from
February 2012.
These figures (identified in Table 22) are from
first quarter 2011 and so do not reflect the 46
training places brokered under the NWDF for
the Certificate III in Gas Industry Operations
qualification.
The number of RTOs with full qualifications on
scope is approximately one seventh of those
with some element of the Training Package on
scope. This confirms intelligence that training
Type of accreditation
81
56
Total
144
* Source; NCVER, VOCSTATS Apprentice & Trainees July 2011 series, Jan-March in training 2011 (accessed Feb 2012)
RTOs
Total
22
Table 24: RTOs with Scope for UEG06 Training Package Components
By Training Package
195
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68
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Ongoing consultations in regard to the development of new components for the large scale renewable sustainable energy generation sector will also be continued in 2012.
APPENDIX A
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Appendix A
Status of Continuous Improvement
At the time of this plan, the status of the four Training Packages is as follows:
Training
Package
Code
Currently
Endorsed
Version
Revised
Version for
Endorsement
Status in the
Continuous Improvement
Cycle
UEE07
UEE07 V4
UEE11 V1
UEG06
UEG06 V1.1
UEG11 V1
UET09
UET09 V3
UET12 V1
UEP06
UEP06 V1.1
UEP12 V1
Undergoing Quality
Assurance processes
This reflects the work of industry Technical Advisory Committees, National Training Advisory Committees and the EE-Oz secretariat in developing new and revised Training Package components to
meet both industry priorities and NSSC and other government policy objectives.
This indicates that all four packages are in various stages of the continuous improvement process:
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Activity 1:
EKAS Review
Activity 2:
Research of Gas
Industry Job Roles
Activity 3:
Review of current and
emerging regulatory
requirements, codes
of practices and
applicable standards in
response to changing
industry needs
Activity 4:
Review of Diploma and
Advanced Diploma
Level Qualifications
Activity 5:
Review of pathways to
higher qualifications
from AQF 2 level
Restructuring of qualifications
EKAS Review
Streamlining of qualifications
72
Activity 6:
Competencies
and Qualifications
Coal Seam Gas
Transmission and
Distribution
Activity 7:
Streamlining of
Training Packages and
Migration to TGA
Activity 8:
Inclusion of ACSF
Indicators and
Foundation Skills
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Activity 9:
Energy Efficiency
Activity 11:
Renewable Energy Small Generation Units
Up to 10 Kw
Activity 12:
Renewable Energy Emergency Isolation
Activity 13:
Industrial Networks
74
Activity 14:
Vendor Mapping
Activity 15:
National Licences
Electrotechnology
Trades
Activity 16:
Integrated systems
75
Activity 17:
Automation and
Industrial Computer
Systems
Activity 18:
EKAS Recoding
Activity 19:
Sector skills
Identification/Work
Outcome
Activity 20:
Rationalisation and use
of imported units
Activity 21:
Streamlining of
Training Packages and
Migration to TGA
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Activity 22:
Career Pathways
Certificate IV, Diploma
and Advanced Diploma
Activity 23:
Certificate II Pathways
to higher qualifications
- Vegetation Control
Activity 24:
Incorporation of
Pathways for Metering
units
Activity 25:
Smart Grids and Grid
Connected Renewable
Energy systems
Activity 26:
Isolation of Renewable
Energy Systems
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Activity 27:
Distributed Generation
Activity 28:
Peak Demand Energy Markets
and infrastructure
development
Activity 29:
Refresher Training
Activity 30:
Streamlining of UET
ESI- TDR Training
Package and Migration
to TGA
78
Activity 31:
EKAS Recoding
Activity 32:
Inclusion of ACSF
Indicators and
Foundation Skills
79
Activity 33:
Renewable Energy
Large scale Generation
Activity 34:
Gas Fired Electricity
Generation
80
Activity 35:
Cert II Pathways to
higher qualifications
Activity 36:
Streamlining of UEP
ESI- Generation
Training Package and
Migration to TGA
Activity 37:
EKAS Recoding
Activity 38:
Inclusion of ACSF
Indicators and
Foundation Skills
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Cross Sector
2011 - Continuous
Improvement Plan Activity
Activity 38:
Renewable Energy
Inspections
Activity 38:
Pathways for
HV switching
competencies
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