Skills shortage
Combatting Australia’s skills shortage by unlocking women’s workforce participation
Australia is facing a critical shortage of skilled workers. To combat this shortage, it is essential that women’s workforce participation ...
Which Australian cities could face a labour crisis?
New research from ECI Software Solutions highlights which cities in Australia are being hit the hardest by the manufacturing skills ...
Bridging the gap between education and industry
Like every industry across the globe, Australia’s welding industry is feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to feedback ...
Holden’s workforce could be redeployed to Naval Shipbuilding project
Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price, has indicated that Defence may be closer to securing the 15,000 jobs needed to ...
SA delivers improvements to VET system
Strong investment and reforms have facilitated a boost to South Australia’s vocational education and training system (VET), the premier announced ...
Ai Group’s new report reveals major skill gaps
A new report released by the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has identified critical skill issues facing Australian businesses, with ...
STEM skills, education reform urgently needed for “hyper-connected” workplace future: BCA boss
The Business Council of Australia’s president has warned that Australia needed to adjust its education system and workplaces.
“STEM professionals are vital to our future prosperity”: BHP boss
BHP Billiton has launched a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
More than half of Aussie welders fail tests: Bechtel
American construction contractor Bechtel has complained that more than half of Australian welders have failed their welding tests.
Seeking your views – Management Skills in the Manufacturing Sector
The Australian Industry Group, in consortium with Precision Consultancy, is investigating training options for manufacturing employees/companies.
Towards a sophisticated manufacturing future
As a bridge between SMEs and the broader industry, MEIA helps share new ideas and the latest technologies to everybody ...
Advanced manufacturing is what Adelaide’s northern suburbs need
The future for Adelaide’s north may lie in advanced manufacturing. As such, school leavers need to receive the training to ...
Kimberley-Clark and GE execs highlight need for Australian innovation
Tony MacMahon, Kimberley-Clark’s CFO for Australia and New Zealand, has said that innovation – and not government subsidies – was ...
Attributes of the ideal employee in today’s manufacturing environment
Just as job skills change, so do the attributes that make up a desirable employee, according to a recent study ...
Government to reform VET system to promote skills development
The government has announced a skills reform plan that it claims will ensure Australia’s national vocational education and training (VET) ...
