What will the future look like for the manufacturing industry in Western NSW

The Future of ManufacturingWhat it means

Leon DruryExecutive Officer – NSW ITAB

Your State. Your Workforce. Your Future.

01. Workforce development, skills development and future expectations?

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STEM! STEM! STEM!

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Need for Workforce development

This summary from the AIG’s “Advanced manufacturing” argument is that “New Age” advanced manufacturing must:

• Incorporate a mix of products and services

• SMEs to focus on globalised markets in Asia

• SMEs must collaborate for innovation

• Collaboration and networking between businesses, universities, RTOs & Government

• SMEs need to be nimble, flexible, agile to meet challenges in the complex rich environments facing future manufacturing

• Adopt digital technologies

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Management and leadership skills are essential for the future productivity of innovative firms operating in digital

economies.

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Four Skill Sets - Conceptual, Problem Solving, Technologies, Reflexive

CONCEPTUAL – Abstract Skills1. Conceptualise The Issue2. Adapt Thinking To Situation3. Innovative Abilities4. Intelligence Scanning

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PROBLEM SOLVING – Tacit Knowledge

1. Flexibility In Response2. Agility And Acuity In Response3. Problem Identification And Problem Solving4. Manage Unstable/Unpredictable/Complex

Environments

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TECHNOLOGIES – Explicit Technologies

1. Handle All Digital Technologies2. Knowledge Of Augmented Realities3. Knowledge Technology & Management

Skills4. Remote Design Capabilities

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REFLEXIVE – Tacit Experience

1. Embedded Experience2. Reflective Capacity In Learned Environments3. Entrepreneurial & Commercialise Actions

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02. Transition plans and development projects for Training Packages

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MSAs Continuous improvement plan

03. Foundation Skills

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What are Foundation Skills?

Foundation Skills are defined as the combination of:

• English language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) - listening, speaking, reading, writing, digital literacy and use of mathematical ideas

• employability skills, such as collaboration, problem solving, self-management, learning, and information and communication technology (ICT) skills required for participation in modern workplaces and contemporary life

• digital literacy.

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These results translate as follows:• > 46% of those aged 15 – 74 years had prose literacy scores below level 3• > 47% of those aged 15 – 74 years had document literacy scores below level 3• > 53% of those aged 15 – 74 years had numeracy scores below level 3; and• > 70% of those aged 15 – 74 years had problem solving scores below level 3.• This data was updated in 2013 with the recent release of the Programme for

International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)3• and is provided in Chart 2.3 4228.0, Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, Australia, 2013, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Getting it Right: Foundation

Skills for the Workforce report October 2013• The link to the download can be

found here

04. Women in the manufacturing industry

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Women in manufacturing - a snapshot

Population characteristics (ABS 2013)

• In June 2012, women made up just over 50% of the population (50.2%)

• New South Wales was the home state for almost one third of women (3,678,704 or 32.3% of the female population)

• The median age of the female population of Australia was 38.2 years, slightly older than the median age of the male population (36.4 years)

• There were more females living in capital cities in than males (7.57 million to 7.45 million) while males outnumber women outside of the capital cities (3.86 million to 3.84 million)

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Women in manufacturing - a snapshot

Employment (ABS 2013)

• Women made up 45.8% of the employed population in August 2013

• In manufacturing, women make up only 26.2% of the workforce – this is the fifth lowest proportion of female employment for all industries

• New South Wales has the highest proportion of women employed in manufacturing (30.1%)

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Women in manufacturing - a snapshot

Manufacturing (ABS 2013)

The textile, leather, clothing and footwear industry had the highest proportion of women employed (59.5%)

The transport equipment manufacturing industry employed the lowest percentage of women (10.1%)

Within manufacturing, women are more likely to be employed in clerical and administrative roles (26%) or as labourers (19.8%)

05. MSA resources and tools 

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MskillsManager, My Skills & TP Pages

Level 3, 104 Mount StreetNorth Sydney NSW 2060(PO BOX 289 North Sydney NSW 2059)AUSTRALIA

Phone 1800 345 458Fax +612 9955 8044Email info@mskills.org.auWeb www.mskills.org.au