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Submission to the Inquiry into Sustainable Employment for Disadvantaged Jobseekers Parliament of Victoria, August 2019

LA EIC - Disadvantaged Jobseekers Inquiry Submission no. 84Received: 9 August 2019

GIPPSLAND EAST LLEN: INQUIRY INTO SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT FOR DISADVANTAGED JOBSEEKERS

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1. Who we are

The Gippsland East Local Learning and Employment

Network is a not-for-profit association working

across the East Gippsland and Wellington Shires

(Outer Gippsland). We are dedicated to increasing

local pathways for education and employment.

We bring together over 360 employers, schools,

tertiary education providers, community and

government agencies and individuals - so people in

Gippsland East can develop the knowledge, skills and

experience to succeed in the world of work.

We undertake networking, information exchange

and analysis, strategic planning, and supporting

regional initiatives that are beyond the scope of

capacity of individual stakeholders.

Our uniquely valuable contribution to the region is to

deliver a range of initiatives co-designed with the

community to create change by bridging gaps and

facilitating opportunities.

People in our region have access to fewer local

education and training opportunities than those in

cities. This, in turn, limits their capacity to attain

sustainable employment.

This is the focus of our submission to the Committee

of Inquiry into Sustainable Employment for

Disadvantaged Jobseekers.

Jane Ponting

Jane Ponting

Executive Officer


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2. Summary

Access and attainment

a. Given Gippsland East’s geography and social demography, equity in accessing opportunities to access the

skills and knowledge required for sustainable employment is a significant issue of concern within

Gippsland East.

b. With median household incomes in the region up to 35% lower than the national income level, the cost of

access to education and employment can place strain on decisions to invest in education or participate in

employment.

c. Although the Region traditionally has strong achievement in traditional trades, its economy is vulnerable

to changes - including but not limited to technological disruption – that are occurring in many industry

sectors, and which affect areas of technical careers and their employment outcomes.

d. Limited access to formal and informal education and training can be a significant barrier to economic and

social growth – particularly as one moves further east.

e. ‘Lack of aspiration’ is not about motivation but can be more accurately considered as the ‘capacity to

imagine futures’.

f. Regional labour requirement factors and individual jobseeker preparedness challenge employers in

recruiting the Region’s workforce.

Supporting sustainable employment

a. Barriers of distance from centres of learning and commerce, lack of public transport, limited internet

access, travel and accommodation costs in pursuing sustainable employment in Gippsland East

b. Government investment in education and employment programs affect the extent to which jobseekers

are able to enter the workforce

c. The need for sustainable employment in Gippsland East is as relevant for jobseekers attempting to enter

the workforce as it is for workers who are caught up in precarious work cycles.

d. Technology such as internet-based learning and video-conferencing presents significant opportunities but

can also fail geographically remote students or remote job seekers.

e. Additional targeted support to access opportunities is required in areas which lack public transport,

especially for travel to study in tertiary education and employment.

f. Workers require ongoing access to training and support to increase their skills so they can remain working

now and in the future.

g. Community-led support programs that engage industry, schools, training providers and other

organisations help to lift aspiration for post school pathways and are proven to impact successful

transitions into sustainable employment.


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3. Setting the scene

Gippsland East comprises the second and third largest geographic municipalities in Victoria, with significant natural

resources: mountains, wilderness areas, lakes and coastline. Nearly half of the population lives in Bairnsdale and

Sale– the region’s largest commercial hubs and service centres. The other half lives in 50 small towns and villages

making a regional patchwork of isolated localities from Mallacoota to Rosedale (east to west) and from Omeo to

Port Albert (north to south).

The Region’s Remoteness Area Classification ranges from Inner Regional on the western side of Wellington to

Remote in the East Gippsland eastern corner.

Approximately 90,837 people call the Gippsland East home. The population is generally ageing and only 11% of

residents who will contribute to the next generation workforce are young people between 15-24 years.

Gippsland East accounts for only 1.5% of the State’s population (33% of Gippsland’s population); with a population

density of less than three people for every square kilometre.

In many ways Gippsland East residents have a strong sense of connection with the region and the lifestyle it offers.

Commitment to the natural environment, the people in the local community and a strong sense of social

engagement1 contributes to compensating for isolation of distance and often limited employment opportunities.

One third of residents undertake volunteer work against a Victorian average 19% volunteering. For those who

leave to experience city life at university or work, there is often a strong pull to return home to raise families.

Connectivity

Most residents rely on motor cars to travel from home to school or work rather than infrequent regional train

services and a network of bus services that is based mainly on the Princes Highway spine that runs along the length

of Gippsland East.

Although the NBN is being rolled out across the Region, the digital divide remains a significant barrier to

participation in tertiary education and training – and to new industry creation and associated jobs growth. The

Digital Inclusion Index measures affordability and digital ability indicators as well as access and identifies Victoria’s

eastern region as being almost 11.8% under levels of digital inclusion of Melbourne and well under statewide and

national rates.

TABLE 1. ACCESS TO DIGITAL SERVICES2

Australia Victoria Melbourne Gippsland East

Household access 83.2% 83.7% 85.6% 76.2%

Digital inclusion* 54.5% 55.9% 58.5% 46.7%

1 Vic. Dept Health & Human Services Outer Gippsland profile 2015

2 Roy Morgan / Swinburne CSI Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2018


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Regional disadvantage

The region is considered to be one of relative low socio-economic status. Median weekly household incomes in the

region range between 25% to 35% lower than the national income level.

TABLE 2. GIPPSLAND EAST MEDIAN WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME 20163

Median weekly income

East Gippsland Wellington Victoria Australia

$935 $1,101 $1,419 $1,438

For many people living in Gippsland East, distance and financial disadvantage work together to create barriers to

accessing education and employment outside of their local community. Many families fall within the lowest two

categories of unskilled and unemployed workers.

The 2016 SEIFA combined indicators of advantage and disadvantage rank Gippsland East’s shires below the median

national and Victorian scores.

TABLE 3. RELATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE IN GIPPSLAND EAST 20164

Shire Score National Ranking Victorian Ranking

East Gippsland 942 192 14

Wellington 961 257 25

Employment base

Gippsland East has approximately 34,500 jobs, predominantly in SMEs of five or less employees. This represents

32.8% people working in Gippsland. The top employing industries range of sectors from health/social assistance to

manufacturing.

TABLE 4. GIPPSLAND EAST TOP EMPLOYING INDUSTRIES 20185

3 ABS Community Profiles Census 2016

4 ABS SEIFA INDEX SCORES 2016

5 REM Plan Economic Profiles Wellington and East Gippsland Shires 2018, representing total number of employees in the sector – full time, part time and casual.

2340

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Manufacturing

Public administration and safety

Accommodation and food services

Education and training

Construction

Retail Trade

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

Health Care and Social Assistance


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Despite a broad regional industry base (see Appendix 1 Top three employing industries by township), individual

towns are particularly susceptible to the health of single employing businesses, for example [food] manufacturing

in Bairnsdale or [timber milling] manufacturing in Heyfield.

Economic growth in Gippsland East is anticipated to yield a modest 7,150 additional people employed by 2032.

Demographic change and an ongoing shift towards a service-based economy are important drivers of employment

demand6.

Accessing education and training

Secondary education7

The region is serviced by nine secondary colleges, three P-12 schools, and four campuses for alternative VCAL

provision. Student retention to Year 12 (or equivalent) is 73% (against the Victorian average of 88%).

Four in ten school leavers go on to further education and training at Certificate IV or higher (against the state

average of 7 in 10). Five in ten school leavers exchange study for paid full time or part time work. Over 20% young

people between 15-19 years who leave school are described as ‘disengaged’ – they are not studying, looking for

work or working (against the Victorian average for disengaged youth is 16%).

Under its Education State Policy, the Victorian Government is making significant investments in programs that

increase students’ access to careers education and connecting schools to industry. Some programs, for example

Headstart for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships, are slow to commence in Gippsland East when their

rollout is prioritised by size of population.

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Most local VET courses from Certificate III and above are provided by TAFE Gippsland, which has campuses at

Bairnsdale and Sale. A small facility at Lakes Entrance provides limited maritime training. The existing Sale campus

is located 10 km out of town and construction of a new campus at the Port of Sale is imminent, with an opening

date planned for 2022.

TAFE Gippsland delivers approximately 30% of the courses that students undertake through VET in Schools

programs; the majority of courses being delivered by other TAFEs and private RTOs. This creates a tension for the

local TAFE in delivering pathways into further VET courses that lead to local employment.

VET courses are regarded as pathways to employment in services and traditional trades - and are clustered

predominantly around community services, trades, office work and health. Enrolments in Certificate III courses and

more highly represented in the Region than across Victoria as a whole with less uptake of higher Certificate IV or

Diploma level courses.

The Region continues to need leadership from a strong local TAFE to help meet the rapid industry transformation

and skill shortages now and into the future by skilling new workers and upskilling existing workers8.

6 Vic. Dept Education and Training Overview of Skills and Jobs in Outer Gippsland 2018

7 Vic. Dept Education & Training On Track 2017 8 Parker, Stephen Importance of TAFE to Victoria’s Prosperity, (KPMG) 2018


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TABLE 5. GIPPSLAND EAST VET COMMENCEMENTS 20179

Level of education Certs 1 and 2 Cert III Cert IV Dip / Adv Dip

Gippsland East 16% 52% 15% 16%

Regional Victoria 16% 49% 21% 13%

Victoria 19% 37% 24% 20%

The geography and demographic profile of the Region’s distributed population makes it unviable for TAFE

Gippsland to offer a broad range of VET options outside of its main campuses, except via online delivery. Inhibiting

factors include the:

• Difficulty in building scale in student cohorts;

• Difficulty in recruiting experienced and qualified discipline-based trainers;

• Costs of maintaining dedicated infrastructure;

• Costs of administering distributed systems and services.

These barriers to VET provision mean that in spite of significant Government investment in the sector, potential

VET students in Gippsland East remain disadvantaged in their capacity to access VET locally. Of the ‘Free TAFE’

courses, responding to identified industry demand for skilled workers, 68% courses are either not delivered by

TAFE Gippsland or are not delivered within Gippsland East (see Appendix 2: Gippsland East local VET (Feb. 2019) by

top 5 employing industries).

TABLE 6. SUMMARY OF GIPPSLAND EAST ACCESS TO ‘FREE VET’ COURSES 2019

Industry by ANZSIC Gippsland East top employing

industries

Victorian

‘Free TAFE’ courses

Federation Training

‘Free TAFE’ courses

Closest campus

Health Care & Social Assistance 1 15 9 4 B’dale, Traralgon

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 2 7 6 2 B’dale, 5 Sale

Retail Trade 3 - - -

Construction 4 15 9 4 B’dale, Yallourn

Education and Training 5 2 2 2 B’dale

Accommodation & Food Services 6 4 3 2 B’dale

Public Administration & Safety 7 1 0

Manufacturing 8 6 3 1 B’dale, 1 Sale

It is also important to remember that where there is access to ‘Free TAFE’ courses, this means free tuition but does

not allow for associated materials costs, travel costs or sometimes required accommodation costs – all of which

form realistic financial barriers to accessing the initiative.

9 Vic. Dept Education & Training On Track 2017


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Higher Education

Gippsland as a whole, is serviced by the Federation University campus at Churchill (see Appendix 3. Gippsland East

access to tertiary education). Most Gippsland residents who enrol as ‘on campus’ students leave home to attend

universities in Melbourne.

University participation and attainment within Gippsland is lower than the average national participation and

attainment figures. This is also reflected in Gippsland East where university courses generally are regarded as

pathways to the lower professions and services – careers clustered predominantly around teaching and health.

TABLE 7. GIPPSLAND HIGHER EDUCATION TRENDS 2005 - 2017

Australia has Gippsland has

30% more people hold degrees 8% less students enrol full time

16% more people study Post Graduate courses 8% less male students enrol

15% more people enrol per 1,000 population 4% less students enrol ‘on campus’

6% more people commence degrees per 1,000 population

Overall Gippsland university trends10 also show:

• School leavers are twice as likely to defer and not later take up their place (Gippsland 31% vs Victoria

16%)

• Off campus or multimodal course growth has nearly doubled since 2005

• Off campus and part-time enrolments is growing faster than on-campus enrolments

• The percentage of students enrolling has increased since 2005 by a modest 4%.

• The percentage of students successfully completing since 2011 has decreased by 9%

• Mature age entry (25 years and over) is growing faster than youth entry (15 – 24 years).

In Gippsland East, these trends play out as:

• Nearly half of all university enrolments in the Region are ‘off campus’ (i.e. online or multimodal)

• Wellington students have the highest Gippsland number of university commencements but also the

lowest number of successful completions- high % commence/lowest % completion

• East Gippsland students have the lowest number of university enrolments in Gippsland and the highest

number of off-campus (online or multi-model) enrolments.

The fields of study in which students enrol are measured broadly by state. They indicate strong alignment with

Gippsland East industries in areas of Health and Education and then alignment gradually decreases. The fields of

Science, Engineering and Information Technology help to underpin technical innovation.

TABLE 8. VICTORIAN HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLMENTS BY FIELD OF STUDY 201711

Top field of study enrolments

20% Health 3% Information Technology

11% Education 1% Agriculture & Environment

9% Science <0.5% Food & Fibre

6% Engineering <0.5% Tourism

10 Aust. Dept Education Higher Education Returns 2005-2017

11 Aust. Dept Education Higher Education Returns 2017


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4. Equipped for sustainable employment

Aspiration: you can’t be what you can’t see

A frequent comment in discussions about many jobseekers in the region is that ‘they lack aspiration’ - as if this

translates lack of motivation and that they are somehow to blame for limited hopes or ambitions. For these and

other regional job seekers it is more accurate to recast education and employment aspiration as ‘the capacity to

imagine futures’12. This capacity is affected by the impact of practical and financial constraints on opportunity,

shaped by: geographic location; access to education and jobs; and family and peer tradition. Student experience at

school plays a key role in informing and influencing students’ decisions about the pathways they choose after

school and which subjects they study to help them onto that pathway.

There may also be a tension between recognising the value of taking up opportunities and the lack of

opportunities to successfully do so, thus limiting or precluding choices that, in another setting, would indicate high

aspirations. For example, concerns such as the cost of transport in accessing education or employment or a

tolerable travel-to-study/employment distance before needing to leave home are key factor in jobseekers’ choices,

particularly if they live in places characterised by socioeconomic disadvantage.

In this more constructive way, determinants of ‘aspiration’ can be viewed as the cumulative relationships between

factors that affect a jobseeker’s capacity to see different opportunities and possibilities and reflect how far they

wish to progress. All play a part in determining how jobseekers in Gippsland East ‘choose’ and navigate pathways

to employment.

What employers are seeking

Across Gippsland, employers recruiting staff13 tend to select:

• mature age workers 39%

• recent school leavers 28%

• tertiary qualified (university 13% and VET 14%)

• unemployed for longer than 12 months – to a far lesser extent.

Over 80% employers agree that trained staff are more valuable to the workplace and nearly 80% say that skills are

more important than qualifications. Their increasing reliance on contract services acts as a disincentive to formal

training and businesses are turning to informal training as a solution to their skills needs.

Over half of Gippsland employers looking for staff report difficulties in filling roles. The main reasons for this reflect

either regional labour characteristics or individual jobseeker preparedness. On top of these, are the shortfalls

associated with 75% future jobs are forecast to involve skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

(STEM) 14, with estimates that over one third young people lack the STEM proficiency they will require.

12 NCVER Geographical and Place Dimensions of Post-School Participation in Education and Work 2015

13 Vic. Dept Education and Training Overview of Skills and Jobs in Outer Gippsland 2018 14 FYA How are young people faring in the transition from school to work 2015


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TABLE 9. DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING THE RIGHTS PERSON FOR THE JOB

Regional labour characteristics Jobseeker preparedness

Small populations i.e. few applicants apply Lack of relevant experience

Workloads offered are part-time and seasonal work. Lack relevant qualifications/technical job specific skills

Workplace is difficult to access e.g. remote location Lack of enterprise skills e.g. management/leadership, problem solving

Type of work is unappealing Lack of basic language, literacy, numeracy or digital literacy skills

Not work ready - poor attitude/presentation

Transitioning into employment

Current Government initiatives aim to make a difference by helping priority cohorts, such as young people who

have left school early, indigenous and long-term unemployed jobseekers to enter the workforce.

In Gippsland East training and employment programs such as:

• VET: Regional and Specialist Training Skills Fund, Skills and Jobs Centres

• ACFE: Strengthening Pathways for Learners in Gippsland Project

• Employment: Jobs Victorian Employment Network

have had reasonable success in making jobseekers ‘work ready’ and encouraging them into regional industries –

upskilling disadvantaged workers in horticulture, hospitality and health support.

It is unclear how many of these workers who have accessed these programs have maintained their employment or

have cycled back into unemployment after a short time.

Sustainable employment in the ‘gig’ economy

Most new jobs created in the region in the past three years have been part time. This provides a significant

challenge for workers in Gippsland East, escaping the ‘gig’ economy’s cycle of precarious part-time, temporary,

casual work. The average quality and security of work in Australia has deteriorated over the last few years with the

growth of part–time work, temporary work and work casualisation. This means that for more people in Gippsland

East work is increasingly insecure. Workers don’t know when they’re going to be working or if they’ll have enough

work.

A decreasing number of young people between 15 and 24 years have full-time work. They experience

unemployment and underemployment more than other groups. Some, including those who are building digital or

entrepreneurial careers seek the flexibility to balance multiple jobs and studies. Others seek but struggle to find

stability and secure incomes15.

Traditionally reliable pathways from university or VET to a permanent, full-time job are not providing the Region’s

young people with the same outcomes they once did. For younger workers there is often a mis-match between

study decisions and employment opportunities. Older workers have outdated or less relevant qualifications.

Retraining costs, to update or better align are often prohibitive where same level qualifications are already held.

15 Torii, K and O’Connell, M Preparing Young People for the Future of Work (Mitchell Institute) 2017


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5. Community-led approach to supporting sustainable employment

Access to education and skills is identified as the Region’s top priority, with a desired outcome that people in

Gippsland succeed - and are prepared for life and future life opportunities16. This is the underpinning for Gippsland

East’s capacity to increase sustainable employment opportunities.

The challenges of increasing sustainable employment are related not only to unemployed jobseekers but also to

workers whose skills are outdated or who are working in ‘precarious’ employment – all of whom face the financial

and social problems of cycling between work and government benefits.

To close the gap between the skills workers have and those employers are looking for, access to education and

training opportunities is paramount in ensuring workers are set up to succeed in employment.

For workers, the challenge is not just transitioning to work but also to build long-term capacity by acquiring the

right skills, knowledge and mindsets required for long term success in a changing jobs market.

In Gippsland East, local commitment and robust partnerships are helping to line up government, education

providers, industry and community with local action so that people are not just helped into work but to stay in

work. Additional targeted support places emphasis on what can be achieved locally to enhance connectivity

between employers and the current and next generation workforce – mitigating against regional barriers of

distance from centres of learning, lack of transport, lack of internet access, travel costs, limited education

providers and programs are mitigated.

Case study 1: informing pathways decisions Gippsland East LLEN manages partnership brokerage and workplace learning contracts through Dept Education

and Training that support schools by linking students to our industry network. A series of place-based initiatives

are delivered each year and, in 2018, these resulted in 854 students participating in 21 programs aimed at building

their knowledge of regional career and work opportunities in regional growth industries – and increasing their

aspirations. We recognise that no single program will provide the answer to introducing students to new

possibilities for their post-school life, and so utilise a range of initiatives that are tailored to meet the needs of

individual schools and suit local industry sectors. They include career planning; industry immersions; working with

local businesses to solve problems; learning work-ready skills; digital innovation festivals; and meeting with

potential employers.

Further challenges to be addressed include:

• expanding the scope of programs to include digital innovation in the context of limited access to relevant

courses being offered in local schools and at TAFE Gippsland; and as central to underpinning future

industry demand

• supporting people to understand what the job landscape of the future is and how their skills can be used

to transition between roles and stages of their career

• helping employers prepare for student placements to ensure quality experiences for all parties in the

process.

16 Gippsland Regional Partnership priorities 2018


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Case study 2: Leveraging cross-border opportunities Gippsland East LLEN recognises that geographic barriers to education and employment increase as people live

further east. It is easier for some of the region’s population to access to education and employment in New South

Wales than it is in Melbourne (see Appendix 3. Gippsland East access to tertiary education).

TABLE 10. FAR EASTERN ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Distance to Orbost Cann River Mallacoota

Melbourne 373 km 4.20 hrs

446 km 5.09 hrs

515 km 6.03 hrs

Canberra 364 km 4.10 hrs

289 km 3.17 hrs

358 km 4.11 hrs

In 2018 we trialled an initiative to link students from Cann River and Mallacoota with employers at Eden,

Merimbula and Bega. Following the success of this venture, we initiated discussions with the Victorian Cross-

Border Commissioner to investigate the feasibility of providing equality of access to VET ‘Free TAFE’ courses. These

have resulted in negotiations between TAFE Gippsland and Bega TAFE to support approximately ten potential VET

students who would otherwise be unable to access training without leaving home.


• developing a sustainable platform for building a network of southern NSW employers who will work with

Victorian jobseekers

• fostering uptake of VET in communities that have traditionally considered their geographic location to be

a barrier.

Case study 3: Co-designing with industry

Gippsland East LLEN is acutely aware that local employers are committed to supporting young people who will

make up the next generation of the workforce. They are also clear that they need to see value for the

contributions that they make for the time and effort invested in working with young job seekers.

Initiatives such as the Workplace Safety program at Patties Foods prepares students for work placements, aligns

with their VCAL studies, and provides Bairnsdale’s largest employer with an opportunity to meet prospective

workers. In 2018, 80 students from six schools completed the training and assessment for this program.

The work currently underway under the Shared Local Solutions project is co-designing with industry pre-accredited

training that will lead to an uplift in sustainable employment in the hospitality industry. Through program co-

delivery, employers shape training that covers the skills they are seeking and builds their confidence in the

workforce. They are able to look at prospective staff and contribute to their growth and jobseekers are able to

make direct contact with potential employers.


• helping regional businesses design work contexts that contribute to sustainable employment

• ensuring that regional training delivery matches employment skills needs and jobs

• accelerating employers’ capacity to test that workers have the enterprise skills required

• developing strategies to build literacy (language, numeracy and digital) in the workplace.


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Case study 4: Supporting tertiary study

Gippsland East LLEN is the lead organisation in partnership with: Federation University; East Gippsland Shire; TAFE

Gippsland; Wellington Shire; and Nexus Mutual. The project is supported in 2019 by Commonwealth Dept.

Education.

We are implementing the Gippsland East Higher Education Study Hub across the region. The Hub is due to

commence operation at the end of August 2019 and aims to increase the number of residents who successfully

complete university courses.

While it presents significant opportunities for geographically isolated and remote students, online and mixed-

mode learning can serve to further add barriers to students who attempt courses as off-campus. Although

predominantly established to support off-campus study, any university student whose home is in Gippsland East

and who holds a Commonwealth Supported Place - studying any course at any university is can be supported

through the Study Hub.

The Hub will provide learning and other support services to students who are dealing with factors inhibiting

enrolment and completion such as: the cost of studying away from home; limited access to student support when

studying online; and life-style decisions to balance study with home and work, and with community/social

engagement17.


• replicating the business model to provide support for VET students who are studying online.

• negotiating further uplift pathways from VET to Higher Education

• working with the Skills and Jobs Centre to link professional workers and employers to training that will

upskill the existing workforce and ensure jobseekers have skills that align with industry training demand

• linking research and other university projects with regional businesses to solve local problems.

Case study 5: Building digital entrepreneurial capability

Gippsland East LLEN is working with East Gippsland Shire to extend the value of the Gippsland East Study Hub base

in Bairnsdale by developing a Digital Entrepreneurs Hub. The focus of this project is to support (a) people who are

working in inherently digital jobs (e.g. web site design); and (b) people whose work is underpinned by digital

platforms (e.g. industrial design for international clients). The program has an already developed eco-system that

will support:

• enabled access to reliable, high speed digital infrastructure

• facilitating networks between digital entrepreneurs and local, influential business leaders

• linking businesses with innovative digital workers who can contribute to business solution design and

implementation

• linking workers with city-based entrepreneurs to build broader networks and maintain knowledge of

relevant and leading-edge thinking

• implementing a platform that raises broader community aspirations for technical innovation.

17 Halsey Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education 2018


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• sourcing resources to pilot the business model as a proof of concept

• implementing a business model that will ensure the sustainability for the regional entrepreneurial eco-

system so that there is a demonstrable uplift in sustainable employment for ‘digital’ workers

• increasing regional interest (aspiration) from young workers in industries that are innovating, including

engineering and agriculture.


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Appendix 1: Top three employing industries by township

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Manufacturing 28.4 11.1 9.8

Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 28.5 15.7 14.8 26.7 14.4 31.5

Construction 9.8 12.5

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Public Administration & Safety 16.1 Accommodation & Food Service 19.5 19.8 23.3 13.1

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Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 15.8 12.6

Construction 13.0

Education & Training 11.9 14.1 15.2 13.1 17.6 40.5

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Accommodation & Food Service 22.5 30.3 15.2 19.1 17.6 13.5

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1st largest employing industry

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3rd largest employing industry


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Appendix 2: Gippsland East local VET (Feb. 2019) by top 5 employing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance Jobs: 4,893 Output: $591m

COURSE TAFE VIC FREE 2019

TAFE Gippsland Closest campus

Health care

Cert III Allied Health Assistance X -

Cert IV Allied Health Assistance X Morwell

Cert III Dental Assisting X -

Cert IV Dental Assisting X -

Cert IV Massage Therapy Practice Traralgon

Dip Nursing X Bairnsdale

Dip Remedial Massage Traralgon

Social assistance

Cert III Community Services X Traralgon

Cert III Individual Support X Bairnsdale

Cert III Non-Emergency Patient Transport Morwell

Cert IV Alcohol and Other Drugs X Traralgon

Cert IV Ageing Support X - Cert IV Child, Youth and Family Intervention X -

Cert IV Community Services X Bairnsdale

Cert IV Disability X Warragul

Cert IV Leisure and Health Warragul

Cert IV Mental Health X Bairnsdale

Cert IV in Youth Work X -

Dip Community Services X Traralgon

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Jobs: 4,182 Output: $1,348m



Agriculture

Cert II Agriculture X Online

Cert III Agriculture X Online

Cert III Agriculture (Dairy Production) X Online

Cert IV Agriculture X Online

Dip Agriculture Online

Animal Studies

Cert II Animal Studies Bairnsdale

Cert III Companion Animal Services Warragul

Conservation and Land Management

Cert III Conservation and Land Management Forestec Dip Conservation and Land Management Forestec

Horticulture

Cert II Horticulture X Bairnsdale Sale (GTEC)

Cert II Production Nursery X -

Cert II Production Horticulture Bairnsdale

Cert III Horticulture X Bairnsdale

Cert IV Horticulture Bairnsdale


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Retail Trade Jobs: 3,812 Output: $422m



Cert II Retail Services -

Construction Jobs: 3,501 Output: $1,683m



Building and Construction

Cert II Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship (Bricklaying) X Yallourn

Cert II Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship (Carpentry) X Bairnsdale

Cert II Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship (Painting and Decorating)

X Yallourn

Cert II Construction Pathways X Bairnsdale

Cert II Glass and Glazing X -

Cert II Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship) X Yallourn

Cert III Bricklaying/Blocklaying Bairnsdale

Cert III Carpentry Bairnsdale Sale (Fulham)

Cert III Carpentry and Joinery Bairnsdale

Cert III Concreting X -

Cert III Construction Waterproofing X -

Cert III Joinery Bairnsdale

Cert III Painting and Decorating Yallourn Cert III Plumbing Bairnsdale

Cert IV Building and Construction (Building) X Yallourn

Cert IV Plumbing and Services X Bairnsdale

Cert IV Plumbing Operations X -

Dip Building and Construction (Building) X -

Adv Dip Building Surveying X -

Civil Construction

Cert III Civil Construction X Yallourn

Cert III Civil Construction Plant Operations Yallourn

Cert IV Civil Construction Supervision X Bairnsdale

Education and Training Jobs: 3,037 Output: $378m



Cert III Early Childhood Education and Care Bairnsdale

Cert III Education Support X Bairnsdale

Cert IV Education Support X Bairnsdale

Dip Early Childhood Education and Care Bairnsdale

Dip School Age Education and Care Yallourn


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Accommodation and Food Services Jobs: 2,689 Output: $395m



Cookery

Cert II Baking X -

Cert II Kitchen Operations Bairnsdale Cert III Commercial Cookery X Bairnsdale

Cert IV Commercial Cookery Bairnsdale

Hospitality

Cert II in Hospitality -

Cert III Hospitality Bairnsdale

Cert III Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House) X Workplace

Cert IV Hospitality Morwell

Tourism

Cert III Tourism X Bairnsdale

Public Administration and Safety Jobs: 2,563 Output: $628m



Dip Justice X -

Manufacturing Jobs: 2,340 Output: 1,471m



Engineering

Cert II Engineering Pathways X Sale (Fulham)

Cert II Engineering Studies X -

Cert III Engineering (Computer Aided Manufacture) Yallourn

Cert III Engineering (Fabrication trade) Sale (Fulham)

Cert III Engineering (Mechanical trade) Sale (Fulham)

Cert IV Engineering X Yallourn

Cert IV Engineering (Fabrication perform welding supervision) Sale (Fulham)

Cert IV Engineering (Heavy Fabrication) - Furniture Making

Cert II Furniture Making X Bairnsdale

Cert III Cabinet Making Bairnsdale Sale (Fulham)

Food Processing

Cert II Meat Processing (Food Services) X -

Signage

Cert II Signage and Graphics X -


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Appendix 3. Gippsland East access to tertiary education

CITY SECONDARY

SCHOOLS 2018

TAFE GIPPSLAND CAMPUSES

FEDERATION UNIVERSITY

Melbourne Bairnsdale Sale Traralgon Yallourn Churchill

West to East along the Princes Highway

Rosedale 186 km 2.09 hr

Sale College 768 students

94 km 1.06 hr

29 km 0.24hr

24 km 0.20 hr

49 km 0.37 hr

45 km 0.34 hr

Sale 216 km 2.32 hr

Sale College 768 students

Catholic College Sale

791 students Gippsland

Grammar (P-12) 959 students

68 km 0.50 hr

54 km 0.43 hr

75 km 0.56 hr

74 km 0.56 hr

Stratford 230 km 2.39 hr

Maffra SC 548 students

51 km 0.36 hr

17 km 0.16 hr

68 km 0.51 hr

89 km 1.03 hr

88 km 1.04 hr

Bairnsdale 282 km 3.18 hr

Bairnsdale SC 1,151 students Nagle College 773 students

68 km 0.51 hr

119 km 1.28 hr

139 km 1.40 hr

139 km 1.38 hr

Lakes Entrance

319 km 3.53 hr

Lakes Entrance SC 236 students

39 km 0.39 hr

106 km 1.26 hr

156 km 2.03 hr

177 km 2.15 hr

177 km 2.12 hr

Orbost 373 km 4.20 hr

Orbost SC 232 students

92 km 1.05 hr

159 km 1.53 hr

210 km 2.32 hr

230 km 2.42 hr

230 km 2.40 hr

Cann River 446 km 5.09 hr

Cann River P-12 45 students

165 km 1.54 hr

232 km 2.42 hr

282 3.19 hr

303 km 3.31 hr

303 km 3.29 hr

Mallacoota 515 km 6.03 hr

Mallacoota SC 122 students

234 km 2.49 hr

301 km 3.36 hr

352 km 4.13 hr

373 km 4.25 hr

372 km 4.24 hr

North to South

Omeo 400 m 4.44 hr

Swifts Creek P-12 126 students

121 km 1.35 hr

188 km 2.21 hr

239 km 2.56 hr

259 km 3.09 hr

259 km 3.11 hr

Swifts Creek

377 km 4.28 hr

Swifts Creek P-12 126 students

97 km 1.19 hr

164 km 2.05 hr

215 km 2.40 hr

236 km 2.53 hr

235 km 2.55 hr

Maffra 222 km 2.34 hr

Maffra SC 548 students

63 km 0.46 hr

19 km 0.17 hr

60 km 0.45 hr

79 km 0.58 hr

80 km 0.59 hr

Yarram 221 km 2.31 hr

Yarram SC 292 students

140 km 1.38 hr

74 km 0.51 hr

65 km 0.47 hr

84 km 1.0 hr

75 km 0.57 hr

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