TAFE cuts are exacerbating the ECEC workforce crisis, AEU says   
AUGUST 12, 2021
The Sector.


The early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector is one of several sectors and industries being placed in jeopardy by cuts to the TAFE system, the Australian Education Union (AEU) has said.


Along with ECEC, IT, carpentry and plumbing are at risk of significant workforce shortages, the Union said, which may in turn undermine the strength of Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery.



An investment in TAFE, AEU Deputy Federal President Meredith Peace said, will ensure that there is a sustainable supply of highly trained workers as well as supporting people to gain the skills they require to get good jobs.



“TAFE has suffered over $3 billion in Federal Government funding cuts since 2013,” Ms Peace added, sharing her belief that poor quality training alternatives are contributing to challenges faced in ECEC and other sectors, with these alternatives being funded by the Government, rather than TAFE receiving the funding.   



“TAFE is the centre of our vocational education system. Public TAFE institutions are ideally placed to train the workforces our nation needs to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,” she added.



The Federal Government’s Skills Priority List shows 153 professions with current workforce shortages and projects an additional 144 will experience moderate to strong levels of future demand by 2025, including ECEC.



Ms Peace’s comments were made on National TAFE Day, acknowledged on 11 August, with the Union inviting the community to support its Rebuild with TAFE campaign and sign an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a guaranteed minimum of 70 per cent of total government funding for the public TAFE system.



“In order to ensure these sectors and industries have the highly trained workforce they require to function effectively, Australia requires a properly funded TAFE system,” Ms Peace said.

 

“Without proper investment in TAFE, the Federal Government will fail to provide the education and training workers need to get real jobs. They will also fail to ensure critical industries have the highly skilled workforces they need to deliver the services we all rely on.   

Ownership Matters found that ASX300 companies had banked a total of $3.8bn in government subsidies in 2020. Many had positive income which is tafe Technically A False Earning.

those 100,000 a day covid tests are dear.

japan( a sensible country) has drasticly reduced testing.

what does it prove?

delta is circulating anyway

Bobby. wrote on Aug 16^th, 2021 at 4:31pm:


The companies were paying the Australian workers twice the amount they were legally required to?

I find that very hard to believe, Bobby.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 16^th, 2021 at 4:42pm:



Easy.
They hire someone at a low level but with far more education and then
get them to do the work of someone
with that higher education.

example:
hire a forklift driver but get them to do
all the shipping paperwork, ordering of parts,
emailing all over the world, updating the computer accounting system,
send out invoices,
handling complex accounting packages,
Make them a health and safety officer.
Get them to do all sorts of other work as well.
But they get the minimum wage as a forklift driver.

It happens in EVERY job -
there is no such thing as being hired to do one job anymore.

whiteknight wrote on Aug 16^th, 2021 at 12:46pm:


they want to privatize it and let their mates run it like they let them run the job network scam

Defunding TAFE should warrant a long spell in prison for whoever is/was responsible.

Permitting the sacking of qualified tradespeople and replacing them with unqualified
or under-qualified workers (whether migrant, refugees or Aussies) should also involve
a long prison sentence.

If I was interviewing an new worker, one of my first questions would be 'Where did you
get your qualifications and where did you do your training'?

If I didn't hear 'TAFE' somewhere in their reply, it would be a case of 'Thank you for
coming - don't call us, we'll call you'.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 16^th, 2021 at 5:45pm:



Read it all again - comprehension!

They avoided hiring a qualified secretarial type person
at double the money.