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Australia’s residential trades workforce needs to grow by at least 30 per cent to meet housing targets. In Victoria, applications to become a licensed domestic builder have fallen 23 per cent since 2017/18. The skills shortage extends beyond trades and builders and extends to planners, building inspectors, and surveyors.
HIA calls on the incoming state government to:
Invest in industry-based mentoring programs for apprentices and their employers.
Make work experience compulsory for all Victorian secondary school students.
Advocate to the federal government for increased incentives for SMEs taking on apprentices — with targeted support for women in construction and regional skill shortages.
Invest in industry-based training academies and cadetship-type models that combine employment contracts and learning programs.
Create a new credentials framework combining apprenticeships with business qualifications at diploma level.
Support schools to promote apprenticeship pathways at a much earlier age.
Investigate reducing the age to get a driver’s licence from 18 to 17.