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Issue No. 48 - August/September 2009

Commision delivers five year plan

SA’s Training and Skills Commission will focus on three key areas under a new Five Year Plan to increase workers’ skill level and replace workers who retire.

Commission Chair, Prof Denise Bradley says the Skills for Jobs: Priorities for Developing South Australia’s Workforce plan was developed through consultation with Industry Skills Boards, regional, community and industry groups and the Economic Development Social Inclusion Board.

The Five Year Plan aims to:

• Increase the proportion of South Australians with higher level qualifications;

• Broaden and deepen SA’s skills base; and

• Improve employment participation.

“The Commission estimates that growth in the economy, and the need to replace workers who retire, will create about 134,000 job openings over the next five years, primarily in the business and financial services, wholesale, retail and personal services, and health and community services sectors,” Prof Bradley says.<...

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