APESMA
: Position Paper for Skills Summit 
(63KB, 2 pages)
APESMA believes that there are a number of complex issues which need to be
addressed in a comprehensive approach to ensuring that Australia has the
supply of professional level skills to ensure the nation’s international
competitiveness in the 21st Century. It is widely acknowledged that a key
element of a nation’s competitive advantage will be is access to a
highly skilled workforce for the knowledge economy of 21c. |
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IPWEA
: National Skills Shortage Project
(93KB, 3 pages)
The IPWEA Skills Shortage project identified 3 strategic levels that needed to be addressed: engineering as a career; local government and public works engineering as a career; and local government as an employer of choice.
Initially the problem was seen as attracting young people to a career in the industry. |
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RACI
: Future of Chemistry Study – Supply and Demand of Chemists
The Future of Chemistry Study sets out the challenges that chemists and chemistry face in the future. The report examines the complete pathway that chemists travel from education to employment with an emphasis on the important role our primary and secondary teachers play in sparking an interest in science in the hearts and
minds of our young people.
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Engineers
Australia : Position Paper for Skills Summit
(158KB, 7 pages)
Australia’s economic future depends on our ability to invest in and reap rewards from a strong skills base and skilled workforce, which is dependant on our education system.
There is a need to mobilise schools to improve the science, engineering, technology and mathematical
(SETM) literacy of students. Strategies are needed to ensure that all students gain a broad base in the enabling sciences. SETM education must be given a high priority across Australia, in all education systems and in every school. |
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The
Allen Consulting Group : International Factors Influencing the Availability of Australia's Science, Engineering and Technology Skills
(909KB, 52 pages)
June 2005 - Report to The Department of Education, Science and Training
The supply of and demand for science, engineering and technology (SET) skills is a matter of national interest because of the potential negative impact that shortages of such skills can have on the Australian economy. While government can take steps to assure a national supply of SET graduates, this workforce is internationally mobile. As a consequence, skills shortages in other
countries can impact on Australia.
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AEEMA
: Science & Technology Skills - Choice and Flexibility Required
(40KB, 2 pages)
While Australia allocates considerable public sector resources to predicting, analysing and planning for roads, schools, hospitals and
other essential infrastructure, we do not allocate sufficient resources, or give sufficient attention to, predicting and building our equally essential skills capability and human infrastructure to ensure we have the people with the right skills to underpin technology assisted productivity growth into the future. |
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AusIMM
: Position Paper for Skills Summit
(67KB, 2 pages)
The AusIMM is the pre-eminent organisation in the Australasian region representing professionals in the minerals sector. It has over 8,000 professionals spread across the disciplines of geoscience, minerals processing and mining engineering.
The AusIMM is uniquely placed to comment on a number of issues impacting on the engineering, science and technology skills needs of the minerals sector. |
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API
: The Challenge in the Power Industry
(92KB, 2 pages)
The energy industry established a national organisation, The Australian Power Institute, to boost the quality and numbers of engineering graduates with the skills and motivation for a career across the whole energy supply chain
(i.e. from generation through to transmission and distribution, to use by end customers). |
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ARA
: Position Paper for Skills Summit
(88KB, 4 pages)
The rail industry through the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has enormous interest in the continuing development of quality graduates in
science and engineering areas due to a significant dependence on engineering skill as a core requirement for most companies to be able to access these skill sets. |
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NSW
Business Chamber
: Position Paper for Skills Summit
(79KB, 2 pages)
In 2003 the NSW Business Chamber members first identified as a critical issue, the negative impact on business sustainability of difficulties attracting and retaining an appropriately skilled workforce. In the intervening period this has escalated due to both a tightening labour market and difficulty attracting individuals to undertake key skill development (both professional and vocational) and specific industry sectors. |
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ACEA
: Position Paper for Skills Summit
(55KB, 2 pages)
The Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA) is an industry body representing the business interests of firms providing engineering, technology and management consultancy services. To address the immediate need for engineers ACEA has developed a series of strategies it would like to see implemented in the area of skilled migration. |
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