What is the Manufacturing industry?
"The Manufacturing Division includes units mainly engaged in the physical or chemical transformation of materials,
substances or components into new products (except agriculture and construction). The materials, substances or components
transformed by units in this division are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining, or
products of other manufacturing units." (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006, Division B: Mining, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classificatio(ANZIC), [online], Available at: http://url.edna.edu.au/k4Tj).
Manufacturing
- Thirteen new manufacturing case-studies released
- These snapshots are summaries of thirteen case studies commissioned by Manufacturing Skills Australia. They highlight some stories of outstanding success experienced by Australian manufacturing businesses. These organisations have experienced significant improvement in staff morale, efficiency, quality and productivity as a direct result of their c...
- Vocational education and training: Meeting the skill needs of the manufacturing industry
- This 2006 report examines provision of publicly-funded vocational education and training (VET) in Victoria and determines the extent to which it is meeting the skill needs of the manufacturing industry, focusing on the vehicle manufacture, engineering, and pharmaceutical manufacture. Specifically two research questions are asked: to what extent doe...
- Business prospects for Australian manufacturing in 2007
- This paper presents a summary of the Australian manufacturing environment in 2007. Issues covered are: business directions, sales, sales by sector, employment, employment by sector, investment in plant and machinery, investment by sector, Research and Development (R&D), R&D by sector, exports, exports by sector, selling prices, average wages, and n...
- Brokering partnerships for workforce development in the new manufacturing sector
- This report discusses part of the implementation of TAFE NSW's New Manufacturing Strategic Directions Plan over five regional locations in New South Wales. TAFE NSW Institutes are invited to pursue projects that meet four criteria. They are: support the establishment of New Manufacturing Workforce Development Networks; empower these Networks to ass...
- Manufacturing futures: Achieving global fitness
- Among other issues, this report focuses on skill shortages in the manufacturing sector. There is the ageing population that will not be fully replaced by younger generations; and the decrease in the training of apprentices in the 1990s. Employers express concern about the quality and number of applicants seeking to undertake apprenticeships. As man...
- Skilling the existing workforce
- The findings from this report re-enforce the importance of skilling up the existing workforce. They include: strategies for an ageing population; the need to retain existing workers; lack of post-secondary skills and qualifications; and rapid change in the nature of skills required in the 21st century workforce. Workers learn by informal and formal...
- Manufacturing is cool
- This American website administered by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers presents a diverse range of resources such as information about manufacturing engineering careers, testing your manufacturing engineering IQ, a video vault, a directory of engineers and inventors, and case studies about businesses and manufacturing engineers. It covers mec...
- Manufacturing Industry Skills Report
- This report has been written to assist stakeholders plan for the skill needs of the manufacturing industry, with a focus on light manufacturing, process manufacturing and metals/engineering and related manufacturing. It considers four drivers of industry skills needs: participation, market pressures, technological changes, and regulatory compliance...
- Pedagogical issues for training of mature-aged workers in manufacturing industry
- This paper is set in the context of a tight labour market and change in age distribution in the manufacturing sector resulting in the increasing value of mature-aged workers. Key findings are: working performance does not deteriorate with age; mature-age workers are often quick to learn on the job; focussed at work; amenable to change; reliable; an...
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