Vision, Mission and Objectives
Strategic directions
At its September 2009 meeting the VSC approved a 2009-10 work plan including:
- vision
- mission
- objectives
- work plan and tasks.
Vision
A Victorian workforce with the mix and enhanced level of qualifications, skills and knowledge required to meet current and emerging needs of employers, employees, industry and the community.
Mission
The Victorian Skills Commission will advance Victoria’s economy by leading the vocational education and training system in Victoria to enhance skills that meet the needs of industry, the economy and the community. It will do this by advising government, informing individuals and enterprises, advocating the benefits of training, monitoring, and using its regulatory powers.
Objectives
1. Stimulate demand for training:
- that meets immediate and longer-term employer, employee, industry, community and economic priorities
- sufficient to meet Council of Australian Governments (COAG) objectives in respect of increased qualifications overall and at particular levels including literacy and numeracy.
- influence and monitor access to skills development opportunities for all individuals to develop and enhance their potential skills and employability; and
- provide systemic opportunities for existing workers to attain skills and build towards higher qualifications.
2. Align supply to demand: align training opportunities in the vocational education and training system with the needs of industry.
3. Improve effectiveness of supply: oversee the effectiveness of the vocational education and training system in Victoria including cost-effectiveness, industry input on quality1 and overall industry confidence in the VET system.
4. Improve access: increase workforce participation through enhanced access to skilling opportunities, especially for groups with low participation rates or low qualification levels.
Work plan
1. Engage enterprises and industry (within the context of market facilitation and strategy) includes identifying industry needs (demand), gaining feedback on responsiveness of the VET system and identifying barriers (supply), and advocating skills development. There is an initial need to lead industry and enterprises to understand their leadership role with respect to training and the opportunities that flow.
Work tasks
- establish a VSC ITAB working group to align ITABs with the VSC’s market facilitation focus flowing from Securing Jobs for Your Future;
- identify and implement strategies other than through ITABs to engage industry and enterprises;
- provide input to and endorse evidence base for emerging/future skill needs;
- develop and implement market facilitation & industry engagement strategy, including options available under regulation, pricing, incentives, and market design; and
- provide advice to the Minister and Skills Victoria on strategies for market facilitation including engaging with industry and enterprises.
2. Monitor market effectiveness to provide an evidence base to support and inform the VSC achieving its objectives.
3. Governance relationships between the VSC, Skills Victoria and the Minister:
- clarify roles, responsibilities and protocols of VSC and Skills Victoria and strengthen their relationship;
- provide the VSC with assurance on the exercise of delegations by Skills Victoria; and
- clarify and formalize mechanisms for providing advice to the Minister.
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