2013 Environmental Scan - Community Services & Health Industry ...

THE CARE INDUSTRY – A TIME FOR ACTION
Figure 4: Community Services and Health Training Package
students, 2007-2011
Community Services Training Package
Other States
126.5
150
107.0
100
89.5
83.0
107.0
126.5
100 71.2
50
83.0
89.5
71.2
50
0
26.1 25.2 31.1 37.2 45.3
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
26.1 25.2 31.1 37.2 45.3
0
Year
60
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Health Training Package
Year
37.8 34.0
Victoria
50 60
33.1
Other States
37.8 34.0
Victoria
40 50
33.1
Other States
30 40
18.8
Students Students (’000) (’000)
Students Students (’000) (’000)
200
200
150
20 30
10 20
100
Victoria
Other States
Victoria
Source: NCVER (2012), Table 8.
8.9
5.0 10.6 18.5 22.3 24.3
8.9
2007 5.0 2008 10.6 2009 Year 18.5 2010 22.3 2011 24.3
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Year
Figure 5: Health students in VET and Higher Education, 2007-2011
Students (’000)
0
150
120
90
60
30
0
Higher Education
VET
112.7
13.9
2007
18.8
29.4
119.8
129.4
51.6
Year
139.8
148.6
60.1 58.3
2008 2009 2010 2011
A related issue is the scope of data
available. Currently only Government
funded VET activity is reported. Capturing
total VET activity, another aspect of the
transparency agenda, would also improve
the ability of this EScan to provide an
insight into how training packages are
currently being used.
Research commissioned by the
Australian Council of Private Education
and Training (ACPET) estimated that
there were 1.4 million full time equivalent
students in the private tertiary education
and training market, many of whom
receive no public subsidy (Horwart, 2010).
However, it is not possible to report what
proportion of this activity covers students
in community services and health.
This means that the enrolments reported
in Figure 5 and Tables 5 and 6 do not
capture the full extent of training activity
in community services and health. Only
publicly funded training providers are
currently required to report this activity
until 2014. As a result, it’s difficult to
estimate how many persons are actually
qualified. In Appendix D a comprehensive
list of course enrolment details for the
community services and health training
packages is provided.
Data in Tables 5 and 6 cannot be directly
compared to those in Appendix D as the
data reflects the sectors that have been
recently defined as a result of the Training
Packages review and streamlining
process that is still ongoing.
INDUSTRY VIEWS ON
CURRENT TRAINING
Less than two thirds of respondents to
the CS&HISC online survey (60%) were
satisfied with the quality of the training
currently provided to students and existing
workers. The most commonly raised
concerns were:
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The speed with which some providers
are graduating students may
compromise quality training
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Capacity of e-learning and simulated
learning environments to substitute
for a workplace setting.
A number of respondents would like a
greater emphasis in current training on:
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Workplace learning and assessment
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Developing the skills of workplace
supervisors.
Poor quality and consistency of training
outcomes undermines the confidence of
employers in the value of qualifications
and the reputation of RTO’s delivering
quality training. In response we will
leverage an action plan developed by key
stakeholders in Children’s Services and
Aged Care at a Training Quality Forum
and broker the NWDF (which engages
employers in planning and managing
the development of their people) to work
with RTOs to encourage good practice.
Table 5: Enrolments in
Community Services Training
Package qualifications by sector,
2009-2011
Sector 2011
%
Change
Aged care 40 106 49.3
Alcohol and
other drugs 3 401 58.9
Case management 1 495 58.4
Children's services 69 741 75.6
Community
development 667 44.1
Community
services general 33 197 47.8
Disability services 14 812 52.2
Education support 12 391 83.5
Employment
services 1 509 62.3
Management and
coordination 2 279 36.7
Mental health 3 491 60.7
Other areas 2 047 70.3
Volunteering 935 24.7
Youth, family
services, child
protection 6 387 35.9
Total CHC08 192 458 59.7
Table 6: Enrolments in
HLT07 Health Training Package
qualifications by sector,
2009-2011
Sector 2011
%
Change
ATSI primary
health care 1 918 25.8
Ambulance 330 117.1
Complementary &
alternative health 5 094 17.9
Dental/oral health 5 964 11.4
Emergency
response 7 546 -18.6
General health
services 19 641 10.6
Health support
services 1 761 -81.2
Health technical 1 225 -22.3
Nursing 22 922 18.7
Population health 391 -1.3
Total HLT07 66 792 -3.2
ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN 2013 : SECTION THREE CURRENT IMPACT OF TRAINING PACKAGES
Source: DIISIRTE (2012), NCVER (2012).
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