VET system
Employers and qualifications: At a glance
- Item:
- 1638
- Title:
- Employers and qualifications: At a glance
- Authors:
- Ann Blythe, Kaye Bowman
- Publication date: 
- 8 November 2005
- Type:
- Research summary
- Themes:
- Industry and employers > General
- Industry and employers > Industry and employer views > General
- VET system > Qualifications framework > General
- ISBN:
- 1 921169 25 7
Over the past decade, the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector has focused on the outcomes of training in terms of qualifications and competencies. Up until this time there had been little information available on the value that employers place on qualifications and how they use them to contribute to the success of their business. This 'at a glance' synthesises recent research, which shows that employers do value qualifications, and see them as having three main benefits: to 'screen' candidates in the recruitment process, to meet compliance requirements, and to provide career development for existing workers. However, VET providers could encourage employers to view qualifications more favourably by linking them to skills required at work and by keeping costs down, especially of the assessment process.
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