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Australia's VET System is Undergoing a Digital Transformation

On Wednesday, 21 July, from 11am – 12pm, the Australian Industry Standards (AIS) will be hosting a webinar titled, ’Digital transformation – what Australia’s VET system must do to ensure we leave no worker behind’.

This comes hot off the heels of the Digital Transformation Expert Panel’s release of ‘The Learning Country’ – its strategy for what Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system must do to support our nation’s workforce through the impact of digital transformation.  It emphasises that our training system needs to move quickly given predictions* that by 2034:

• Automation will displace 2.7m Australian workers

• Technology will supplement 4.5m Australian workers, leading to a 15% capacity uplift to Australian businesses.

The goal of the webinar is to promote the Strategy’s key messages to a wider audience. It’ll step through the actual Strategy and explore the key issues that Australia’s training system must address as digital transformation rapidly changes the world of work and job roles as we know them.

The webinar will feature Expert Panel members Professor Aleksandar Subic, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Science, Engineering, Health and Vice President Digital Innovation at RMIT University, Dr Claire Mason, Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO’s Data61, Mark McKenzie, Immediate Past Chair and Director of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) ), with me facilitating. AIS will be promoting the webinar through its stakeholder networks, Industry Reference Committees and via social media.

Register for the FREE webinar here

You can also access the full media release and download a copy of 'The Learning Country' through the below links:

• Digital Transformation Skills Strategy Webinar to Focus on What Australia's Training System Must Do to Ensure we Leave No Australian Worker Behind - Full Media Release
• The Learning Country - Digital Transformation Expert Panel

Date posted Jul 15, 2021