Women on Track: Addressing skills shortages in transport and construction industries
Women on Track: Addressing skills shortages in transport and construction industries
In 2008, WAVE secured funding under the Office for Women’s, ‘Women’s Leadership and Development Program Grant’ for two projects. In NSW, WA and VIC the project running is ‘Women on Track: Addressing skills shortages in transport and construction industries’.
Documents
Turner-Zeller, Kimberley, 2009, ‘Women on track: addressing skills shortages in the transport/logistics and construction industries’. Paper presentation at Aligning Participants, Policy and Pedagogy: Traction and Tensions in VET Research AVETRA 12th Annual Conference Coogee Beach, NSW, 15-17th April 2009 (paper 62; ISBN: 978-0-9805275-1-3).
http://www.avetra.org.au/papers-2009/papers/62.00.pdf
About this project:
It is a well known fact that Australia has one of the most gender segregated labour forces in OECD countries. Furthermore, this imbalance is mirrored in and so perpetuated through VET training statistics. At times of national skills shortages, the under-representation of women in ‘non-traditional’ industries re-emerges as highly problematic. This project seeks to enhance the inclusion of women and girls in the current skills shortage strategies of two industries: transport/logistics and construction. These masculinised industry areas are highly paid and provide stable permanent employment opportunities.