We see our role as skills bridge for four industry sectors:
- Arts
- Sport & Recreation
- Retail & Wholesale
- Personal Services
We are determined to make a significant contribution to vocational learning, up-skilling and workplace and workforce development by being an exceptional proactive facilitator between the Services Industries, the government and the community in a highly skilled and flexible South Australian economy.
Service Skills SA has base funding from the SA Government through the Department of Further Education Employment Science and Technology (DFEEST).
This base funding requires SSSA to provide bipartite advice between industry, community and government stakeholders on skills needs, vocational training and workforce and workplace development.
Our role is seen as one of proactive facilitation creating rapid action to deal with issues and skills shortages.
Key Objectives
- Dramatically reduce existing skills shortages and identify and preplan for emerging shortages
- Improve the availability of user driven, smart delivery, short and affordable skills training
- Establish obvious vocational career pathways in all sectors to attract and retain employees
- Dramatically expand access and uptake of commercial and technology skills
- Improve the pathway of skilled migrants into sector employment
- Improve access to skills development in regional areas
- Improve skills recognition and development opportunities for volunteers
Strategic Focus 2010/2011
- Simple, accurate and time efficient skills information gathering from industry
- Improving industry management skills and workforce development awareness
- Advocating for a more efficient trainining package review and implementation process
- Facilitating collaborative industry skills projects (Productivity Places Program)
- Promoting closer linkages between entry level training and employment outcomes
- Sustainable industry career resources
- Closer linkages between industry and Vet in Schools programs
- Promotion of skills set training where appropriate
- Broader regional industry engagement
- Advocating for appropriate skills funding for our industry sectors
Specific Goals to 2010/2011
- Expand information gathering and dissemination
- Improve management and Workforce Development awareness
- Funding entry training combining employment
- Evidence to ensure equitable funding
- Influence effective Vet in School delivery
- Create sustainable industry career resources
- Funding for industry specific skills set training
- Training package and quality improvement
- Regional skills delivery
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