92
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Gen Green: Changes in Australian apprentices’ and trainees’ experience of skills and sustainability from 2008 to 2011

Pages 30-42 | Published online: 17 Dec 2014

References

  • Bentley, M, Fien, J and Neil, C (2004) Sustainable consumption: Young Australians as agents of change, National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, Canberra.
  • Council of Australian Governments (COAG) (2009) Green skills agreement, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (2010) Skills for a sustainable future: analysis of an employer survey conducted in November/December 2009, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (2011a), Skills for sustainability professional development research project: Final report, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (2011b), Australian Jobs, Australian Government, Canberra. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) (2010) Who Cares about the Environment in 2009? Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) (2009) Living sustainably: The Australian government’s national action plan for education for Sustainability, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Dusseldorp Skills Forum (DSF) (2008) Gen Green: What young Australian tradespeople think of green skills, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Melbourne.
  • Dusseldorp Skills Forum (DSF) (2011) Gen Green Survey 2011 – Australian apprentices’ and trainees’ experience of skills and sustainability in 2011, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Melbourne.
  • Fien, J and Maclean, R (2009) ‘Introduction: The Legacy of the Bonn Declaration’, In Work, learning and sustainable development – Opportunities and challenges Eds. J Fien, R Maclean, MG Park. UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series Technical and vocational education and training: Issues, concerns and prospects, vol. 8, pp. xix–xxxv. Springer Press, Dordrecht.
  • Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (2006) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Global Reporting Initiative, Amsterdam.
  • Hatfield-Dodds, S Turner, G Schandl, H and Doss T (2008) Growing the green collar economy: Skills and labour challenges in reducing our greenhouse emissions and national environmental footprint, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne.
  • International Labour Organisation/European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (ILO/CEDEFOP) (2011) Skills for Green Jobs: A global view (Synthesis report based on 21 country studies, Publications Office of European Union, Luxembourg.
  • Industry Skills Councils (ISC) (2009) Environmental sustainability: An industry response, Industry Skills Councils, Melbourne.
  • Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education (MCVTE) (2009) The national VET sector sustainability action plan 2009–2012, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Mission Australia (2010) National survey of young Australians 2010 – Key and emerging issue, Mission Australia, Sydney.
  • National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (2008) Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentices and trainees – March quarter 2008, NCVER, Adelaide.
  • National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (2011) Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees – December quarter 2010, NCVER, Adelaide.
  • Office for Youth, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2009) State of Australia’s young people, Australian Government, Canberra.
  • Partridge, E (2008) ‘From ambivalence to activism: Young people’s environmental views and actions’, Youth Studies Australia, 27(2): 18–25.
  • Queensland Department of Education Training and the Arts, Information Technology and Product Services (QDETA) (April 2011), Training packages @ work back 2 basics edition 4: A guide to Australia’s vocational education and training system for teachers and trainers, Queensland Government, Brisbane.
  • The Climate Institute (March 2011), Clean energy jobs in regional Australia. United Nations Environment Programme/International Labour Organisation/International Organisation of Employers/International Trade Union Confederation, Geneva.
  • UNEP/ILO/IOE/ITUC (September 2008), Green Jobs: Towards decent work in sustainable, low-carbon world, UNEP, Geneva.
  • White, P (2011) ‘Climate change, uncertain futures and the sociology of youth’. Youth Studies Australia, 30(3): 3–19.
  • World Skills Australia (WSA) (2011) WorldSkills Australia Green Team – Driving excellence in skills for sustainability, World Skills Australia, Melbourne.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.