December 14, 2017 | 17:59 (GMT+7)
Australia supports promotion of industry linkages with vocational education and training in Vietnam
PANO - The Australian Government, through its Aus4Vietnam investment - Aus4Skills, launched the pilot Logistics Industry Reference Council to promote industry linkages with vocational education and training (VET) in partnership with the Government of Vietnam on December 14 in Ho Chi Minh City.
This
pilot council aims to draw on the example of Australia’s vocational education
and training system and adapt it to Vietnam’s context with stronger engagement
with the business community.
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At the launch of the
pilot Logistics Industry Reference Council
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“Australia
is happy to share our experience in an industry-led vocational education and
training system to assist Vietnam to develop a system that will increase its
productivity and support its economic growth. Our system, developed over a
number of decades, is underpinned by a national framework of skills standards
developed through a process of consultation with industry. This ensures that standards
for training are of a high quality and meet the workforce development needs of
industry, enterprises and individuals,” said HE Mr. Craig Chittick, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam.
“The
pilot Logistics Industry Reference Council is an innovative approach to actively
engage the logistics enterprises in VET. The council will validate the occupational
skills standards developed under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Transport and Logistics project which was led by Australia and Vietnam is a
participating economy. VET providers can then use these skills standards to develop
short courses and long-term training to address the relevant labour needs of
the logistics industry,” said Mr. Vo Tan Thanh, Vice President, Vietnam Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, cum Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Branch.
The
logistics sector has been selected as a focal industry that can serve as a
demonstration model that can potentially be applied in other sectors in
Vietnam. The selection of logistics was based on the readiness of logistics
sector leaders to participate, the importance of this expanding sector for
Vietnam’s economic development, Australia’s trade with Vietnam, and the
occupational standards recently defined by the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Transportation and Logistics Project 2014-2016.
This
launch will be followed by the first workshop, from December 18 - 21, 2017, on
competency- based curriculum writing for academic leaders and senior trainers
of selected VET colleges as well as enterprise-based trainers from logistics
enterprises. The training will equip the participants with theory and skills
for writing competency-based curricula for warehouse operator and supervisor,
logistics administration, freight forwarder and forklift operator.
Reported by Song Anh