Unpacking the green skills challenge Dr Garry McDonald National Centre for Sustainability

1. Unpacking the green skills challenge Dr Garry McDonald National Centre for Sustainability Swinburne University of Technology

2. Australia’s emissions trends, 1990 to 2020

3. Swinburne Definition • Skills for sustainability, also known as green skills, are the technicalskills, knowledge, values and attitudes needed in the workforce to develop and support sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes in business, industry and the community • Green Skills Agreement (GSA) • endorsed by COAG November 2009

4. Swinburne Which jobs need ‘skills for sustainability’? • Emerging ‘clean and green’ jobs & industries • Existing jobs that provide green outcomes • All other jobs (professions, trades and disciplines)

5. Swinburne Which jobs need ‘skills for sustainability’? • Emerging ‘clean and green’ jobs & industries Examples include: • Electric & hybrid car design, manufacture and operation • Develop /assess / install low energy lighting • Carbon Farming • Wind, solar, geothermal energy • Water recycling

6. Swinburne Which jobs need ‘skills for sustainability’? • Existing jobs that provide green outcomes Examples include: • Sustainable landscape design • Building retrofits • Construction of 6&7 star buildings • HVAC – Install / upgrade/ maintain • Reforestation • Gas fired power station system operator

7. Swinburne Which jobs need ‘skills for sustainability’? Sustainable, resource efficient practices in: • Hairdressing • Sport & recreation • Fine arts • Finance • Hospitality • Nursing etc • All other jobs (professions, trades and disciplines)

8. Swinburne Skills implications?

9. Swinburne GSA – Revise Training Packages • Education (knowledge and skills) about sustainability • Green technical skills • Skills for sustainability “bolted on” • Skills for sustainability “embedded” • Qualifications in sustainability

10. Swinburne 1. Green Technical skills • Green Skills and Energy Efficiency Training Units (NSW Dept Education and Community) https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/forms_documents/industry_programs/workforce_development/greenskills/bus_incent_units.pdf • Energy and systems literacy?

11. Swinburne 2. Skills for sustainability “bolted on” Sustainable, resource efficient practices Competency standards for sustainability • Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices (AQF II) • Implement & monitor environmentally sustainable work practices (AQF IV) • Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability (AQF V & VI) • Core in all MSA, CPSISC, EE-Oz qualifications

12. Swinburne 3. Skills for sustainability “embedded” • Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs (TAESUS501A)

13. Swinburne 4. Sustainability-focussed qualifications • Diploma of Sustainability (21645VIC) • Voc Graduate Certificate in Sustainability (21545VIC) • Diploma of Carbon Management (22059VIC) • Certificate IV, Diploma and Vocational Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations (MSA) Certificate IV and Diploma Environmental Monitoring and Technology (MSA) Vocational Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management (MSA) Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Australia

14. Swinburne • Resources and support • Manufacturing Skills Australia (NEW) Sustainability site www.sustainabilityskills.net.au • TAFE NSW (NEW) Sustainability Hub http://ecommunities.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=19 • Sustainability Resources for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ALTC) http://sustainability.edu.au/ • Sustainability Victoria – Resource Smart – Sust Courses http://www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/for_educators/trades_professions.html • Go Green Sample Apprenticeship programs www.bsv.org.au/Careers/Go-Green/Go-Green-Resource • AACC: The SEED (Sustainability Education and Economic Development) Centre http://theseedcenter.org/default.aspx • AASHE: Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Equivalent to ACTS http://www.aashe.org/

15. Swinburne Green skills Skills for sustainability Job Done ?

16. Swinburne GSA: Upskilling VET practitioners • 1. Sector-specific green competencies

17. Swinburne GSA: Upskilling VET practitioners The role of educators: mobilising skills into action • Emerging ‘clean and green’ jobs & industries • Existing jobs that provide green outcomes • All other jobs (professions, trades and disciplines)

18. Swinburne GSA: Upskilling VET practitioners The role of educators: mobilising skills into action • Emerging ‘clean and green’ jobs & industries • Existing jobs that provide green outcomes • Education for Sustainability • All other jobs (professions, trades and disciplines)

19. Swinburne Education for sustainability • the skills, attitudes and values needed for: • Envisaging a better future • Systems thinking • Problem solving • Critical thinking and reflection Bendigo Advertiser

20. Swinburne Professional Development for VET Practitioners • TDC Professional Development Series “Integrating sustainability into teaching practice” • NSW Sustainability workshops • Voc Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability (NCS Swinburne) • Dip TAE10 Sustainability Skills Set • Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs (TAESUS501A) • Identify and apply current sustainability education principles and practice to learning programs (TAESUS502A)

21. Swinburne Unpacking the green skills challenge Conclusions • Green skills - embedded into training packages and qualifications  • Enormous challenges for the next 8 years • Equipping our teachers with: • Technical green skills • Capability in Education for Sustainability • Equipping our students with • A commitment to act on knowledge • Energy literacy • Training the existing workforce!

22. Swinburne Thank you Garry McDonald National Centre for Sustainability Swinburne University of Technology gmcdonald@swin.edu.au Ph 0419 521 238

23. Swinburne One perspective on green jobs Low Carbon Growth Plan ClimateWorks Australia

24. Swinburne Education about Sustainability • Emerging ‘clean and green’ jobs & industries • Existing jobs that provide green outcomes • All other jobs (professions, trades and disciplines)

25. Swinburne Low Carbon Growth Plan Energy efficiency Land management Power generation From ClimateWorks Australia

26. Solar PV

27. Swinburne (national) Green Skills Agreement Primary objectives: 1.  Develop national standards for skills for sustainability instruction 2.  Revise Training Packages to incorporate skills for sustainability 3.  Upskill VET teachers and instructors to deliver skills for sustainability; and 4.  Support vulnerable workers through the transition to a low carbon economy.

28. Swinburne Low Carbon Growth Plan Lowest cost opportunities to reduce emissions by 249 Mt CO2e1 Cost to Society A$/tCO2e 150 50 $$ 0 -50 -150 -250 50 0 100 200 250 150 Mt CO2e From ClimateWorks Australia

29. Swinburne Voc Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability It’s changed the way I view my role as an educator… I’ve gained a new motivation in my working life. I now believe I can make a real difference to the way we equip students to face complex societal problems in moving to a more sustainable future. As a result I feel like there is a huge amount of good that can be done. Miriam Downes

30. Who are we? Established since 2003 as a Specialist Centre A collaboration of 6 institutions including: Challenger TAFE (WA) South West TAFE Institute (Vic) Sunraysia TAFE Institute (Vic) Swinburne University of Technology (Vic) Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE (Qld) University of Ballarat(Vic) Swinburne National Centre for Sustainability

31. Swinburne Australian policy drivers

32. Swinburne A sustainable living journey

33. Swinburne The legacy?