Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE

Skills for Growth

What is Skills for Growth

A workforce Development Program to assist small and medium sized businesses to explore training and education opportunities that will benefit the operation of the business and develop the skills of their staff

The program provides a team of independent Specialists to work with you and your staff, at no cost, to review staff skills, plan for your business future and identify training opportunities for your employees

What are the benefits?

By participating in the Program your business will:

Identify its strategic priorities and direction
Assess the current workforce skill and training needs of your employees
Provide a clear and customised training plan for your staff
Place employees in training (qualifications and/or skill sets – which may be subsidised by the Victorian Government)

Eligibility

Small and medium businesses need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for the Skills for Growth Program:

Employ between 1 and 199 employees
Your business needs to be Victorian-based
You need to have been in operation for at least 12 months
You need to be financially viable (a business that has an effective trading history & one that anticipates being able to meet its debts as & when they fall due)

For more information go to www.skills.vic.gov.au/get_training/who is eligible

How does the Program work?

Once you have registered at www.business.vic.gov.au/skillsforgrowth a Workforce Planning and Training Specialist will be assigned to assist your business to work through the Skills for Growth process

The Business Specialist will contact you to arrange an onsite visit. The Specialist will:

Identify the strategic direction of your organisation and assess the training and skill needs of your employees
Complete a Workforce training and Action Plan to identify business & individual skill needs
Link you and your staff to training providers to training to be completed

Who are the Workforce Planning &Training Specialist?

Key Victorian organisations have tendered to deliver the Skills for Growth Program on behalf of the Victorian Government.

Specialists within these organisations have been specially trained to deliver the Skills for Growth Program to your business.

GOTAFE is one of the providers of the Skills for Growth Program.

What is the process?

Business Diagnostic and Action Plan
Skills Needs Assessment
Training & Development Plan
Training
Follow-up Review

Business Diagnostic & Action Plan

Onsite assessment provided by a Workforce Planning and Training Specialist, focusing on workforce planning, training needs and skills development
Considers your business’ strategic priorities, development of workforce profiles and forecasts your future skill needs
Identifies barriers to business performance and opportunities for improvement
Provides workforce planning advice
Delivers a Workforce Action Plan

Skills Needs Assessment

Skills needs analysis conducted of the whole business
Training needs audit of individuals and sections conducted
Assessment of individuals eligibility for the Victorian Training Guarantee

Training & Development Plan

A customised training plan including all employees developed
Referrals made to relevant training programs
Choices offered of appropriate accredited and short course training
Best method for training delivery considered
Delivery of your Workforce Training Plan

Training

You identify your preferred option of training
Delivery requirements can be customised for your business
You commit to undertake the training
Specialists facilitate the placement/purchase of the agreed training, including liaison with training providers

Follow-up Review

Workforce Planning and Training Specialist delivers an onsite follow-up with your business
Together you identify business outcomes and improvements
Together you review and update the action plan and training plan
Specialist undertakes further skills needs assessments where appropriate

For more information or to register

www.business.vic.gov.au/skillsforgrowth
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For further information contact 1300 GOTAFE (1300 468 233)

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