Overview

The Shared Technology 2 project is the follow-on study from the original study into that examined the range of emerging technologies that are likely to be shared across the automotive, building and construction, engineering, electrical, electronics, information technology and telecommunications industries.

The purpose of this first study was to ensure that sufficient information is in place to plan for training in these areas to meet future skill requirements. From the original study a number there were a number of recommendations. These are:

1. How will the training systems and related infrastructure respond in a timely and flexible manner to the issues of shared technology and how will businesses apply these respective technologies within an Australian context?
   




2. How are we to ensure that the skill sets residing across industries in common are acknowledged and responded to in an effective manner? Additionally, how will the range of cross discipline technology be managed in terms of industry leadership and advice to the training system?
   




3. Finally, how do we manage the adoption of these technologies by the existing workers through national workplace planning strategies and processes?

These recommendations have been incorporated into the two main research questions for this second project. These questions are:

• How is shared technology redefining work and therefore the VET level skills required by the Australian workplace in the next five years?
  




• Secondly, what VET level training models and institutions could provide the best options in dealing with the impact of shared technology in the workplace.

An issues paper is currently being prepared and should be available on this site by 15 June, 2004.
If you would like to contact the consultant for this project, please email Andrew Lindhjem at andrew@v3rc.com.au

If you would like to see the issues page from the first report, Click Here