Skills for jobs and growth 2010
Originally released as a discussion paper in June 2005, the Queensland Government Green Paper, 'Queensland's proposed responses to the challenges of skills for jobs and growth' aimed to identify the most effective ways to address the skills supply in Queensland.
Recently extensively updated to reflect the emerging needs of the Queensland economy in 2010 and beyond, both the 2005 and 2010 editions can be found below.
Skills for Jobs and Growth (2010)
Skills for Jobs and Growth (2010) [PDF 1MB] presents an update of the 2005 background paper Skills for jobs and growth. While part of the focus is on what has changed over the past five years some new material has been included in a number of areas to reflect recent developments in the labour market or where information is no longer available.
It is also the case that the policy agenda has progressed since the original document was released and this has influenced the content of the current work.
The first chapter presents a brief examination of recent developments in the Queensland labour market and then looks at some sources of longer run change in the labour force. The second chapter looks at changes in the skill profile of the Queensland population and at the value of qualifications to individuals. The third chapter then considers issues in the supply of skilled labour including, education and training pathways, population ageing, migration and the measurement of skill shortages. Finally chapter 4 summarises the patterns of growth in the different areas of Queensland VET over a longer period.
Skills for Jobs and Growth (2005) - A Queensland Government Research Paper
View the Skills for Jobs and Growth (2005) on the Queensland's proposed responses to the challenges of skills for jobs and growth page.