Examining the transferability potential of skills developed within the Australian vocational education and training system - support document 2

It is generally acknowledged that an individual's level of skills affects the probability of employment or unemployment during changing economic circumstances and that transferable skills are particularly important (National Quality Council 2010; Skills for Jobs 2013; Sweet 2009). This report is stage two of a three part study aimed at better understanding cross-occupational skills transfer. The research team considers the training architecture of the Australian VET system with a view to examine the extent to which it may facilitate or impede cross-occupational skills transfer. This examination is based on the skills demand profile developed in the first stage of this research project.