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KC wrap on Manufacturing Forum - 

Via AP emails:

To all members, 

I attended this Forum early last week to find out what the government’s new “Made in Australia” policy, presented by Senator O’Connor, was about and what manufacturing industries, we are part of manufacturing, and unions are doing to attract and retain employees with such a shortage of potential employees available. See attached review.

The purpose of this forum was to find solutions to Australia’s staffing levels in the manufacturing sectors.

Civil aviation is competing with construction, food trades, new technologies, and many other manufacturing sectors for a limited number of available personnel.  Without doubt, a short-term foreign LAME recognition process is needed.

Many of these sectors have implemented changes or are in the process of implementing changes to modernise their sectors.

Two major points became obvious from the presentations and discussions.

1. School career advisors do not advise school leavers to take up trades. In fact, it was stated by apprentices presenting at the Forum that they knew nothing of the jobs available in trades when they left school.
   
2. “Relevance” of the trade training and the also relevance of licences were high in the discussions.
   

These points were repeated by many sectors that stated they have been reviewing the relevance of the training and licences available.

Those that have done this stated it has helped in their attraction & retention of staff.

These are basically the issues raised by the civil aviation maintenance sector for more than a decade.

Licencing Examples

The current CASR Part 66 licences are not relevant to the non-airline sectors.

• The EU abandoned the current CASR Part 66 licences because it was not relevant to their industry.
  
• CAR 31 group ratings were more relevant to the Australian civil aviation industry, except for airlines.
  
• A modular avionic licence like the EASR Part 66 B2L is more relevant than just a B2.
  

Training Examples.

1. AME rotorcraft training course has not been available for decades.
   
2. AME small aeroplane training course has not been available for decades.
   

The “relevance” of training and licences was raised by both employer groups and unions.

AMROBA recognises that MISA who organised this Forum, are currently working on these missing courses.

There was a lot of common ground between employers and unions in successful industry sectors.

There is much that can be learnt from this Forum, especially how other licencing authorities are reviewing their licences for relevance and the training sectors are reviewing the  relevance of the training as related to the job.

It is no longer applicable for licencing authorities and training providers to determine what is taught and the type of licence.

It is important that the training and licences are relevant to the jobs created by employers.

Those that are attracting and retaining staff have had complete cooperation between trade training, employers, and licencing.

It starts with the employers’ job needs, the ability of the training sector to provide relevant training to basic trade level to meet job needs, relevant licencing at that level and the provision of training electives that trades person can acess to expand the scope of trade capabilities without licence changes. The scope of the licence is based on additional VET training/qualifications.

This is similar to the EASA B2L approach.

In industry sectors not suffering from shortages, the cooperation between employer groups, ASQA, VET course developers , providers and Licencing Authorities have been cohesive.

AMROBA has produced training course curriculum for the large aeroplane, small aeroplane and helicopter pathways based on the modules 11A, 11B and 12. We have also developed on for the B2L based on the EASR modules that CASA must adopt.

Refer Training News on our website. 

Ken Cannane

Executive Director

AMROBA

Phone: (02) 97592715

Mobile: 0408029329

www.amroba.org.au

Safety All Around.

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