Employability Skills Community of Practice

Table of Contents

1. Welcome
2. About Us
3. Meetings
4. Recent Events
5. Employability Skills
6. Employability Skills replacing Key Competency Information
7. 8 Employability Skills
8. Employability Skills Summaries
9. Links
10. Resources
11. Contact Us

About Us

The Employability Skills Community of Practice (ESCP) is a peak community for the VET sector.

The ESCP was established in 2007. Members include a range of VET professionals and other stakeholders for the purpose of Integrating Employability skills within Vocational and Education programs.

The purpose of the Employability Skills Community of Practice is:

• To develop staff capabilities to continuously improve the quality of competency based training and assessment within training packages
• Strengthening provider capability in teaching, learning and assessment in relation to employability skills.

The ESCP aims to provide opportunities for its members to develop:

• The ability to manage and respond to change,
• The ability to access and utilise knowledge,
• The ability to extend professional capabilities,
• The capacity to deliver Employability Skills through models of 'best' practice
• The ability to build knowledge and skill base for the integration of Employability Skills within new and revised Training Packages and
• The capacity to engage with Industry and other stakeholders

The ESCP has been actively engaged in:

• Benchmarking models of best practice concerning Employability skills to be shared by participants,
• Professional Development for VET practitioners on Employability skills,
• Engagement with Industry Stakeholders, that has fostered a deeper understanding of the dimensions of Employability Skills within Industry,
• A "clearing-house "for Employability skills information, including: resources for professional development, approaches to teaching/training, assessment and reporting.