Information for business and employers
How can Skilling Solutions Queensland help my business?
Why do businesses need to develop a skilled workforce?
Is it important in my workplace to develop my staff's skill base?
What is recognition of prior learning and what are the benefits?
How can Skilling Solutions Queensland help my business?
By helping people to fast track their employment prospects, Skilling Solutions Queensland assists new and emerging industries in meeting their need for trained, qualified staff, as well as traditional industries seeking to upgrade the skills base of their workforce in order to remain competitive.
Why do businesses need to develop a skilled workforce?
With new technology and new industries developing at a fast pace, the business environment is lot more competitive than it used to be. Industries need access to a highly skilled workforce that will help them keep one step ahead of the competition.
Is it important in my workplace to develop my staff's skill base?
A common response when employees are surveyed in the workplace to determine job satisfaction is, after a fair and equitable pay rate, professional development or skills development and the opportunity for advancement.
Recognition of prior learning is a vehicle for you to provide both. It enables you to recognise your staffs existing skills and provide a formal process for certification that offers a high degree of flexibility.
You will also have the opportunity to identify the skills gaps of your employees thus improving the overall productivity of your staff. It also provides them the opportunity to network with other staff re skills gained and the ability to mentor younger less skilled staff and most of all it makes you a desirable employer with the ability to recruit a more talented pool of workers.
What is recognition of prior learning and what are the benefits?
Recognition of prior learning is a credible and practical skills recognition process that looks at what individuals know and can do, and may lead to recognition of individuals skills and knowledge – regardless of how they acquired them. The potential benefits to employers and business are:
- maximising the skills and knowledge of everyone in your workplace
- gain a better understanding of your employee's skills, knowledge and training needs
- recruit, develop and retain a skilled workforce
- promote efficiency by eliminating unnecessary repetitive training
- define, document and verify your employee's skills and knowledge through a systematic process
- increase staff morale and productivity through the recognition of your employee's skills and knowledge
- create job descriptions and expectations to help in hiring and training processes.
This page was last updated 28 July 2005
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