The following documents provide information in relation to the Shared Technology project.

NEW!!! - DEST Releases VET Practitioner Guide!

The Department of Education, Science and Training has released a practical guide for VET practitioners who are working with enterprises and industries that are applying shared technology. This guide contains teaching and learning strategies to be used in the class room and the workplace.

To go to the DEST web page, Click Here (Opens new page)

New Technology, training and public funding: A case for greater flexibility

This report follows on from the findings of the Shared Technology report which suggested that further research examine how innovative companies are approaching the task of training in new technologies. Additionally is a review of the issues facing publicly-funded and privately-funded training providers who are addressing the needs of companies who are training in new technology.

New_technology_training_and_ public_funding-The case_for_greater_flexibility_Web_Version.pdf (1.62 Mb)

Shared Technology: A roadmap for traditional and emerging industries to 2008 - first report.
For the full version of the first report, please choose one of the following files. Please note: As these files are very large, it may be easier to download them onto your hard drive and then open them. To do this, place the cursor over the hypertext and click the mouse using the RIGHT button. This will open a menu and you should chose the Save Target As... option. This should bring up a 'Save As' window for you to select your folder.

Final_Shared_Technology_Report.pdf without cover (1.7Mb)
Final_Shared_Technology_Report_with_cover.pdf (2.9Mb)

The files listed below have been prepared to allow for only those chapters of interest to be downloaded and to speed file transfer.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements.pdf (12kb)

Executive Summary
On-line (Web Page)
PDF Document (36kb)

Part 1 - Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction.pdf (54kb)
Chapter 2 - Technology_Innovation_and_Adoption.pdf (124kb)

Part 2 - Networking
Chapter 3 - Networking_for_Automated_Buildings.pdf (73kb)
Chapter 4 - Networking_for_Engineering.pdf (115kb)
Chapter 5 - Next_Generation_Telecommunications _Networks.pdf (109kb)

Part 3 - Wireless Communications
Chapter 6 - Wireless_Personal_Area_Networks.pdf (119kb)
Chapter 7 - Wireless_Local_Area_Networks.pdf (93kb)
Chapter 8 - Wireless_Broadband.pdf (100kb)
Chapter 9 - Comparison_of_Wireless_Technologies.pdf (27kb)

Part 4 - Electricity Generation
Chapter 10 - Electricity_Production_and_Distributed_Generation.pdf (106kb)
Chapter 11 - Micro_Gas_Turbines_and_Heat-Driven_Cooling.pdf (125kb)
Chapter 12 - Renewable_Energy_and_Power_Electronics.pdf (108kb)
Chapter 13 - Fuel_Cells.pdf (176kb)

Part 5 - Embedded Processing
Chapter 14 - Embedded_Processing.pdf (49kb)
Chapter 15 - Field_Programmable_Gate_Array_Microprocessors.pdf (44kb)
Chapter 16 - Microelectromechanical_Systems.pdf (38kb)

Part 6 - Enabling Technologies
Chapter 17 - Radio_Frequency _Identity_Tags.pdf (64kb)
Chapter 18 - Geographic_Information_and_Location_Sensing.pdf (63kb)

Part 7 - Human / Technology Interface
Chapter 19 - Individuals_and_Technology.pdf (110kb)
Chapter 20 - Management_and_Technology.pdf (68kb)

Chapter 21 - Conclusion.pdf (42kb)

Appendices

Appendix_1_National_Steering_Group.pdf (18kb)
Appendix  2  List of Contributors (not available on the Web for privacy reasons)
Appendix_3_Combined_list_of_Implications_by_Industry.pdf (108kb)

Presentation to ANTA - 26 May, 2003
This is a PowerPoint presentation that outlines in very brief terms an overview of the Shared Technology Project. ANTA_26_May_presentation.ppt (127kb)

Presentation to the IEU Annual General Meeting - 17 October, 2003
This PowerPoint presentation was presented at the IEU Annual General Meeting. The presentation has been left as a PowerPoint file as there are speaker's notes for nearly each page.
IEU_AGM_Shared_Technology_Presentation.ppt (200kb)

Presentation to the QUSITAB Conference - 22 July, 2004
This is the presentation to the QUSITAB conference held in Brisbane on 22 July, 2004
Brisbane QUSITAB presentation (286kb PowerPoint presentation)

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The documents listed below were created prior to the outcomes of the Shared Technology Report. These documents have been retained for review purposes.

Issues Paper for the second part of the Shared Technology Project
 Issues_paper_for_Shared_Technology_2.pdf (70kb)

Issues Paper
Issues Paper for the Shared Technology Project
This document sets out the background for the project and raises a number of issues relating to what the term new technology means, the development of computer literacy across the population, the increased use of computers within workplace processes and education and training. In addition to this there is a brief examination of some of the newer products being adopted by the industries being covered in this report.

Shared_Technology_Issues_Paper_111002.pdf (205kb Adobe Acrobat file)

To view the first report's Executive summary, CLICK HERE (webpage)

December_2002_Shared_Technology_Summary.pdf (100kb)
This report anticipates the final report. Data for the report has been assembled from a broad range of publicly available documents and from individual interviews. The next stage of the report will involve a nation-wide validation/contribution from interested individuals.

December_2002_Table_of_Shared_Technology.pdf (70kb)
This is a highly condensed overview of the data available for the project as at December 2002.