All Victorians should be able to access education and training throughout their lives at the level that suits their needs. Post-secondary education and training, including VET and higher education, continue to provide good pathways into many in-demand jobs now and into the future.
Since 2022, actions from the Skills Plans have strengthened access to vocational education for secondary school students and supported learners and their influencers (e.g. parents and careers advisers) to make informed decisions about good pathways into training and jobs.
Key achievements since the 2022 Skills Plan include the examples below.
| The Victorian Government is helping Victorians access good skilling pathways and good jobs | |
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| The Victorian Skills Authority’s annually updated Employment Projections Dashboard provides a comprehensive view of employment growth across Victoria. By providing up-to-date projections on workforce needs across industries, occupations and regions, it is helping Victorians (including learners, parents and careers advisers) make informed decisions about future training and job pathways. | ✔ |
| The Victorian Skills Gateway provides comprehensive information on VET courses, training providers, and careers — making it easier to find pathways into training and employment. In 2024, over 1.7 million visits were recorded for the Gateway course finder and associated learner resources. | ✔ |
| The VET Delivered to School Students program is growing each year, providing more secondary school students with access to vocational education. Career education reforms have also expanded access to work-based learning experiences and new career diagnostic tools, helping students make informed training and employment decisions. | ✔ |
| The Head Start program, expanded to all government schools in 2023, has enabled over 5,000 students in Years 10 to 12 to begin school-based apprenticeships or traineeships, helping students develop the skills and confidence needed to succeed in a workplace. | ✔ |
| Skills and Jobs Centres (SJCs) deliver free career, employment and training services for all Victorians. In 2024, SJCs provided course, training and careers advice to almost 30,000 people and almost 13,000 people attended a one-on-one counselling session with a qualified careers adviser. | ✔ |
| The Victorian Government supports fast and targeted up-skilling in priority areas such as clean economy, care and construction, adding 67 new skill sets to the Training Needs List since 2022. | ✔ |
| The Victorian TAFE Network is promoting seamless pathways between VET and higher education in priority areas. In nursing, GOTAFE established pathways with Charles Sturt University and La Trobe University. South West TAFE’s Diploma and Advanced Diploma graduates can access pathways into Deakin University in fields such as agriculture, nursing, arts, accounting, children’s services and community services. | ✔ |
Since the release of the 2024 Skills Plan, the Victorian Government has continued to support Victorians to pursue post-secondary education, training and career pathways by:
- promoting career pathways and providing improved tools and supports for participation in training
- enhancing training pathways and opportunities for practical work placements
- developing tools to support the recognition of existing learning and skills.
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