2017-18 Delivery

• Minister for Training and Skills announced results on 9 February 2017

• 175 projects worth $33.87 million approved to provide jobs, skills and training to 5,756 disadvantaged Queenslanders

2016-17 2nd Round Results

Program No Projects FundsTarget

Assist

Community Work Skills 80 $9,111,400 3,047

Work Skills Traineeships 55 $21,354,100 1,106

Get Set for Work 17 $1,986,100 569

Youth Skills 7 $785,600 204

Ready for Work 16 $640,100 830

TOTALS 175 $33,877,300 5,756

• Four funding rounds held – two in 2015-16 and two in 2016-17

• 751 community-driven projects worth $124.22 million approved to provide jobs, skills and training to 27,353 disadvantaged Queenslanders

• 560 additional traineeships across 59 local councils

• $476,000 paid to private sector employers for employing former SQW participants as trainees or apprentices

Cumulative Overall Results

Overall Training Investment by Industry

Training

CodeIndustry

Training

Places

Total

Investment% Places % $$

AHC Agriculture, Horticulture & Conservation and Land Management 1,600 $20,724,807 5.8% 16.7%

AUR Automotive Industry Retail, Service and Repair 285 $780,905 1.0% 0.6%

BSB Business Services 2,336 $18,627,416 8.5% 15.0%

CHC Community Services 4,670 $13,043,068 17.1% 10.5%

CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services 2,430 $33,697,262 8.9% 27.1%

CPP Property Services 147 $432,966 0.5% 0.3%

FDF Food Processing 158 $405,994 0.6% 0.3%

FNS Financial Services 15 $49,350 0.1% 0.0%

HLT Health 324 $993,155 1.2% 0.8%

ICT Information and Communications 279 $902,100 1.0% 0.7%

LMT Textiles, Clothing and Footwear 44 $110,300 0.2% 0.1%

MAR Maritime 15 $59,900 0.1% 0.0%

MEM Metal and Engineering 217 $659,175 0.8% 0.5%

MSA Manufacturing 72 $171,956 0.3% 0.1%

MSF Furnishing 14 $29,100 0.0% 0.0%

MTM Australian Meat Industry 24 $29,700 0.0% 0.0%

RII Resources and Infrastructure 341 $1,234,182 1.2% 1.0%

SIR Retail Services 2,077 $5,701,407 7.6% 4.6%

SIS Sport, Fitness and Recreation 99 $226,450 0.4% 0.2%

SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality 3,175 $9,613,391 11.6% 7.7%

TLI Transport and Logistics 703 $2,043,514 2.6% 1.6%

GEN ED/FSK General Education and Foundation Skills 8,328 $14,684,772 30.4% 11.8%

27,353 $124,220,870

Overall Training Investment by Industry

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10%

27%

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2% 12%

Agriculture, Horticulture & Conservation and Land Management Automotive Industry Retail, Service and Repair

Business Services Community Services

Construction, Plumbing and Services Property Services

Food Processing Financial Services

Health Information and Communications

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Maritime

Metal and Engineering Manufacturing

Furnishing Australian Meat Industry

Resources and Infrastructure Retail Services

Sport, Fitness and Recreation Tourism, Travel and Hospitality

Transport and Logistics General Education and Foundation Skills

• Over 13,600 people recruited onto projects state-wide and enrolled in training

• 5,700 people gained jobs as a direct result of SQW

• 62% disengaged youth 15-24 years

• 18% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

• 12% people with disability

• 18% migrants and refugees

• 14% mature age 45 years and over

• 16% underemployed or low skilled workers

• 41% unemployed for 12 months or more

• Of exited participants, overall 57% are employed, in training or a combination of employment and training

Outcomes so far – who we are helping

• $60M in 2017-18 to assist a minimum of 8,000 disadvantaged Queenslanders through seven programs:

− Community Work Skills

− Work Skills Traineeships

− Get Set for Work

− Ready for Work

− Youth Skills

− Work Start incentives

− First Start

• Funding available state-wide

• Priority given to areas of identified high need for job seeker groups

Funding in 2017-18

• Community based organisations (CBOs) partnering with RTOs with PQS Status

• Local councils

• School P&C and P&F associations – for Ready for Work

• Must have experience in delivering training and learner support to job seeker group relevant to program

• Must have experience in delivering services in the location in which they are applying

• Applications are on a regional-basis – need to submit separate applications if delivering in different regions

Who can apply?

• CBOs responsible for designing and leading the project, providing ongoing engagement with participants and working in partnership with RTO who delivers the training

• CBOs funded to provide ‘wrap-around’ individual support and services in a community-based environment

• CBO support is delivered separately and in addition to the training component

• CBOs expected to provide tailored individual assistance including personal support that addresses work-related and non-work related issues

• CBOs expected to assist RTO with development of individual Training and Support Plans

• CBOs responsible for recruitment of participants

CBOs role and expectations

• Individual skills audit and training needs analysis – enables informed decisions and input into Training and Support Plan

• Living skills – structured training to assist in preparing for workforce and may include communication skills, problem solving, decision making, relationship skills and budgeting

• Counselling services – or appropriate referrals for any drug and alcohol problems, mental health and/or housing issues

• Group-based and individual activities to build confidence and address any cultural, learning and employment barriers

• Job search – training to include resume writing, interview skills, career advice and planning, job search techniques

• Job placement – links with local employers to assist participants into employment and provide ongoing support

CBOs - types of assistance

• Development of individual Training and Support Plans in partnership with CBO

• RTO is responsible for the delivery of training and assessment services funded under C3G or User Choice

• RTO to customise training to suit individual participant needs including strategies to address any literacy and numeracy deficiencies

• RTO must have education and support services and learning resources appropriate for disadvantaged learners

• RTO must deliver sufficient volume of learning to ensure learners gain all relevant skills and knowledge

• RTO responsible for reporting training delivery to DET and must use SQW AVETMISS codes as detailed in Services Agreement

RTOs – role and expectations

• Qualifications should be subsidised qualifications on the Queensland Training Subsidies List

• Selected RTOs must be pre-qualified suppliers (PQS) with DET

• RTOs must have the selected qualifications within their scope of registration

• Training must be linked to local employment opportunities – evidenced by current employer letters of support

• Choose a PQS with flexible and blended delivery models and assessment methods – extended periods for learning and not restricted by minimum class size

• Department monitoring organisations delivering multiple projects or with dual role of CBO and RTO

Training Issues

• Supported learner pathways and transitions built into learning experience

• Strong partnerships exist to support learners’ needs and their successful transitions to further learning and/or work

• Training has been integrated with work experience and aligned to area of labour market demand to support sustainable employment outcomes

• Embedded support for foundation skills within vocational training

• The voice of the learner – knowing the learner, their community and their culture

Good Practice Principles

• Individual Training and Support Plans mandatory – strategies to encourage participation and completion

• Identify any support (directly or through a third party) individual learners need prior to their enrolment or commencement of training

• Provide access to support throughout training:

− LLN support

− assistive technology

− additional tutorials

− other mechanisms, such as assistance in using technology for online delivery components

• Reasonable adjustments in the assessment process

Maximise completions

• Use the correct Budget Tool – new version for 2017-18 available on the web

• Student contribution fees must be included in the Budget Tool

• Student contribution fees must match the PQS published fees for C3G

• Non-accredited training costs to be included in ‘other costs’ NOT student contribution fees

• Check if PQS requires minimum class numbers – instances where PQS withdrawing from projects

• Work out your ‘in-kind’ costs and provide written confirmation on official letterhead

• Include a template example of your Training and Support Plan – mandatory requirement

Top Tips

• Under-utilised workers including under-employed and those marginally attached to the labour force

• Young people (aged 15-24 years) including those in and transitioned from out-of-home care

• Mature-age job seekers (aged 45 years and over)

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

• People with disability

• Migrants and refugees from culturally diverse backgrounds

• Women re-entering the workforce

• People can be recruited outside of these key target groups if they have barriers to training and employment e.g. recently retrenched workers marginally attached to workforce

SQW Key Target Groups

• SQW programs will primarily target:

− job seekers who are ineligible for Australian Government employment services or assistance

OR

− job seekers who require complementary services because they have significant barriers to learning and employment

− job seekers who have accessed Australian Government employment services for more than six months and remain unemployed

• Participants must be 15 years of age and above and no longer attending school

• Existing or prior qualifications do not matter as SQW provides a second chance to retrain and gain new qualifications

Eligibility

• School students are not eligible to participate in SQW

• Some concern that SQW providers are actively recruiting school students onto projects

• School students ‘at risk’ of disengaging are only allowed to participate in exceptional circumstances – need joint approval by School Principal and DET Regional Director

• Departmental position is that school students should be completing their schooling, undertaking alternative options or pathways available at school and discouraged from exiting school to participate in SQW

School students – not eligible

• $15.0M in 2017-18 to provide supported training to 5,000 disadvantaged Queenslanders

• Project-based delivery model

• Tailored support including mix of: career advice, job preparation skills, nationally recognised training (up to certificate III), foundation skills and individual case management

• Training and assessment services funded under C3G

• All participants must be enrolled in nationally recognised training

• Lower level qualifications and foundation skills recognised as appropriate pathway

• Stand-alone foundation skills projects can be delivered with pathway to vocational skills articulated

Community Work Skills

• Challenge Employment and Training identified a large retail employer with significant recruitment needs in North Lakes, Caboolture, Maroochydore and Minyama.

• Challenge designed the training, support and practical experience in conjunction with the employer to ensure that graduates met the employer’s expectation re skills and attitude.

• 79 out of the 96 participants gained employment as a direct result of the program.

• A further 8 went on to further training.

Challenge Graduation

Targeted Retail Training

• Cowboys Rugby League Football Limited delivered Certificate III in Customer Engagement and Certificate III in Hospitality in Townsville – Dream, Believe Achieve project

• Partnering with local employers and a major shopping centre

• 37 people assisted, 21 completions and 13 employment outcomes to date

• Over half (56.8%) of participants Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Hospitality services training

• Centacare Cairns delivered J2J project in Cairns

• Provided supported training in Horticulture to 21 CALD participants

• 21 people assisted, 17 completions and 12 employment outcomes

• Jit Rai arrived in Australia from Nepal 7 years ago with three sons, having worked as a farmer

• Despite being over 50, Jit excelled with her training and work experience

• Jit now working as a kitchenhand at Wild Bean Café in the Flecker Botanic Gardens

Journey to Jobs

• $25.875M in 2017-18 to provide 1,325 traineeships/jobs

• Work Skills Traineeships are unique entry-level traineeships for participants undertaking a project-based work placement

• Traineeship includes three qualification streams as options with only one qualification required to undertake the traineeship

• Nominal duration is 6 months

• Trainees are employed on public works, community or environmental projects

• Projects must be of benefit to the broader community

• Trainees undertake certificate I qualification that integrates vocational skills with on-the-job accredited training

• Supervising registered training organisation (SRTO) must be pre-qualified supplier under User Choice program

• Work Skills Trainees fully exempt from student contribution fees

Work Skills Traineeships

• Refurbishment of community centres or buildings

• Minor infrastructure works – pergolas, seating, fencing, picnic tables and pre-fabricated structures

• Re-development of community spaces – sporting fields and parks requiring general landscaping and horticulture-type works

• Track construction – construction of walking tracks, heritage trails or nature paths

• Re-vegetation, regeneration and creek/river restoration works

• Repairs to riverbanks and foreshores

• Media activities – publication of community newsletters and magazines or development of a community website

• Event management – organising community careers expos, community workshops or cultural celebrations

• Project length can vary from 18-26 weeks

Work Skills Traineeships – types of projects

Heritage Restoration

• United Synergies – Tait Duke Community Cottage Restoration

• Small project of 10 Work Skills Trainees

• Restoration of a 98 year old Queenslander to become a community centre in Tewantin

• Community partnership between United Synergies, Council and industry

• Industry evening where trainees networked with local employers

• So far 7 participants have already secured employment and 1 has gone on to study the Cert IV in WHS

Making Tracks - Construction • Gidarjil Development Corporation Ltd – Making

Tracks Construction Traineeships – Bundaberg

• 9 Work Skills trainees completed the Cert I in Construction

• Fantastic outcomes – 8 have already gained employment

• Trainees gained skills in concreting, carpentry, painting and cabinet making as well as completing life skills programs to ensure they were a well rounded potential employee with an excellent work ethic

• Unique employment-based delivery model combines elements of a government funded works project with benefits of a traineeship model

• Work Skills Trainees generally employed on a full-time basis – approval needs to be obtained for part-time work

• Projects aim to give trainees chance to get back into the cycle of work, learn new skills that will make them competitive and gain confidence while learning in a supported work environment

• All work activities undertaken as part of the traineeship must align with competencies for the relevant Work Skills Traineeship qualification

• Maximum number of trainees per project or intake is 15 to allow for adequate supervision

• Project supervisor must be suitably experienced and qualified to provide appropriate supervision, training and support to trainees

Work Skills Traineeships – other features

• Focus on developing employability skills for long-term unemployed and disadvantaged job seekers

• Priority projects targeting 25-44 year olds and mature age job seekers 45 years and over – currently under-represented

• Employment based model – training conducted on-the job five days a week

• Trainees need to be getting into the pattern of going to work every day

• Overall objective is to offer practical hands-on training and work experience through work activities aligned with relevant competencies

• Job search activities integrated towards end of project to prepare trainees for transition into employment

Work Skills Traineeships – 2017-18 priorities

• Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) provider signs up Work Skills Trainees on day one of the project

• Work Skills Trainees work and are paid for five days a week – starting work on day one of the project

• Allows sufficient time to learn new skills and establish routine of attending work in a supportive but structured environment

• Project supervisors work with trainees on a full-time basis with a focus on skills and confidence being developed on the job

• Job search activities should be integrated and delivered in last couple of weeks – preparing for the transition to ongoing employment

Work Skills Trainees – work conditions

• Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation developing plant nursery and small crop production enterprise at former Home Hill Showgrounds

• Upgrading gardens and burial site around Gudjuda Cultural Centre – community facility for locals and tourists

• So far, 60% gained ongoing employment

Market Garden and Nursery

• GEA coordinated a range of community and council projects

• CALM trainees undertook garden, landscaping and ground maintenance works at local parks, gardens and camping areas

• Business trainees undertook administration and event planning tasks

• 29 trainees, 26 completed and 26 or 90% gained ongoing employment

Gladstone Work Skills

“As a trainee of GEA it has been a very rewarding experience being involved with the various community partners. One of our sites is on the bank of Lake Callemondah at the newly constructed fish way. When we started it was a deserted place prone to erosion. We have dug through the rock and clay to plant native species such as couch grass, native lavender and local growth succulents. The area at the moment is still only looks like a clump of grass and hay all over the ground but in a few months the plants will take hold, green up and hold the soil in place. It will be a great little spot.”

• Skills Alliance Work Skills to Employment project in Ipswich

• Certificate I in Construction, First Aid training, Construction White Card, Working in Confined Spaces, ACDC (Chemical) Licence

• 14 trainees – 10 secured ongoing employment

Sport and recreation clubs upgrade

Upgraded recreational trails and facilities at Kholo Precinct

(Kholo Gardens and neighbouring Council reserves) –

activities included weed control, re-vegetation, drainage, site

preparation, fencing and construction of

track/boardwalk/ramps

Undertook site preparation activities and construction of minor

retaining walls at Blackstone Reserve – Ipswich City Council

provided equipment and materials

• $7.0M in 2017-18 to assist 2,000 disengaged youth 15-19 years

• Project-based delivery model

• Funds locally based community organisations to deliver intensive training assistance over 12 months

• Aims to create a transition pathway by finding them a job, continue with education or training or return to school – employment outcomes considered primary objective

• All participants must be enrolled in training

• Training delivery and assessment services funded under C3G

• Integrated learner support funded under program

• Practical learning activities include: adventure-based learning; team building exercises; work experience or volunteering; employer visits; motivational speakers; learner driver training.

Get Set for Work

PCYC Gladstone GSFW

• Intensive support and training to prepare for entry into child care sector

• Undertaking Certificate III in Education Support or Certificate III Early Childhood Education and Care

• Case management model is ‘more than just training’ - provides practical learning experiences, leadership activities, drug and alcohol awareness, learner driver training, social media awareness, cooking skills, recreational activities

• Participants are transported to training

• First intake success – 10 out of 14 completed certificate III qualification and 13 or 93% have secured employment

• $1.5M in 2017-18 to get 2,000 young people ready for work

• Funds community organisations and school P&Cs and P&Fs to deliver basic job preparation and employability skills courses over 6-8 weeks in evenings or on weekends to unemployed youth aged 15-24 years to get them ready for work

• Job search support or activities only – nationally recognised training is not available or funded under this program

• Referrals to other SQW training programs encouraged

Ready for Work

• $2.0M in 2016-17 to assist 500 young people aged 15-19 years engaged with Youth Justice Services or Queensland Corrective Services with nationally recognised training and supported into employment

• Funds locally based community organisations with relevant capacity and experience to work with these young people

• Encourages a creative and dynamic approach to intervention – barriers identified and provides a supported pathway

• All participants must be enrolled in training

• Training delivery and assessment services funded under C3G

• Integrated learner support funded under program

• Practical learning activities include: adventure-based learning; team building exercises; work experience or volunteering; employer visits; motivational speakers; learner driver training.

• Outcomes will vary according to individual learning pathways and goals

Youth Skills

• Projects targeting mature aged participants

• Innovative projects

o new qualifications

o new locations

o new inclusions

o new industries

Regional Priorities

NCR staff look for a variety key elements when assessing applications. This includes:

• Likelihood of employment outcomes

• Linking participants to industry

• Recruitment strategies

• Wrap around support

• Volume of learning

• Past performance

• Local links

• Value for money

NCR Assessment Checklist

• $3.0M in 2017-18

• Complements Back to Work regional employment package

• Provides a one-off financial incentive of $10,000 to private sector employers in South East Queensland who offer a traineeship or apprenticeship to disadvantaged job seekers who have participated on Community Work Skills, Work Skills Traineeships, Get Set for Work, Ready for Work or Youth Skills projects

• Payment made after a qualifying period of three months of employment

• SQW participants given a letter of introduction and registration form for prospective employers

• SQW providers expected to promote availability of incentive to local employers

Work Start incentives

• $4.25M in 2017-18 for 340 subsidised traineeships

• Provides wage subsidies of $12,500 per trainee to local councils to employ additional trainees.

• Provides 12 months paid employment and nationally recognised qualification

• Targets new labour market entrants – young people and disadvantaged job seekers

• Program is centrally managed

First Start

• Completed qualifications

• Enrolment in further education/training – to complete up to a certificate III

• Employment outcomes – can be full-time (>25 hrs pw) or part-time (<25 hrs pw) in a permanent, temporary, casual or self-employed capacity

• All participants will be externally surveyed by Queensland Government Statistician’s Office 12 months after exiting a project

Outcomes

• Regional Priority Jobs Committees (RPJCs) established in each of the seven DET regions to ensure independent, regional coordination of SQW

• Membership comprised of representatives nominated by community, employer bodies, employee bodies, government and regional stakeholders

• Role is to review, prioritise and recommend applications for funding

• Determine local skills and entry-level industry and labour needs

Regional Priority Jobs Committees

• Online application process – applications submitted via the SQW Apps application portal

• User friendly – apply for funding in a secure cloud-based environment

• Users can access information securely at any time and from any device with internet access

• Applicant organisations must register first online to create a SQW Apps account for their organisation

• Users must re-register every funding round

• Passwords are issued on an organisational basis – one password for each organisation but you can have multiple people using that password

• You can work on your application over time, in more than one sitting – just save it and come back to it later on

• Once submitted, the application cannot be edited

Online Application Process

• Two funding rounds each year held on a state-wide regional basis

• Transparent contestable application process

• Applications assessed against published program assessment criteria

• Stage 1 – if an application meets capacity to manage then it proceeds to stage 2

• Applications that do not meet eligibility screening or capacity to manage do not progress

• Stage 2 – assessment of eligible applications against assessment criteria by DET and locally-based RPJCs

• Applications assessed on a regional comparative basis

• Draw on departmental knowledge and experience – current and past program performance taken into account

Assessment Process

• 2017-18 first funding round opened 22 February 2017

• Funding round open for 6 weeks

• Closing 5pm Thursday 6 April 2017

• Organisations encouraged to submit prior to closing date

• No late applications accepted – online access will shut down

• April/May 2017 – assessment process

• July 2017 onwards – projects commence

• Projects must start in financial year funded - 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Intakes can roll into next financial year.

Indicative Timelines

Contact DET on:

• Telephone: 1300 369 935

• Website: www.training.qld.gov.au/sqw

• Feedback: sqwapps@det.qld.gov.au

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