Transcript Global Education – Victoria’s International Education Strategy

Victoria’s Supply Chain &
Logistics Training
GEOFFREY CONAGHAN
VICTORIAN COMMISSIONER TO INDIA
About Victoria
3% Australia’s land mass
25% Australia’s GDP
High value exports: currency,
pharmaceuticals, gold, seafood
Food processing is one of
Victoria’s biggest exports, at A$5.6
billion in 2010.
MELBOURNE
Victorian economy driven by:
services, manufacturing and
agriculture, not resource mining.
Victoria produces 60% of
Australia's dairy exports, and has
850 wineries producing 30% of
Australia's wine.
Transport and Logistics Industry
165,000 + businesses in Australia's Transport and Logistics Industry,
Worth $122B and contributes $90B to Australia’s economy annually.
Represents 14.5% to Australia's GDP &14.7% to Victoria's GSP
The industry is the Second largest employer:
3.5 million workers nationally, 500,000 in Victoria.
Key characteristics of logistics industry
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Transport - Road, Rails, intermodal terminals and Aviation
–Melbourne is the southern hemisphere’s largest SEA PORT
–Melbourne has Australia’s 24 hour international AIRPORT and largest share of air
freight.
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Infrastructure – manufacturing, advanced processing technologies &
capabilities, procurement, systems planning.
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Warehousing, Cool storage, packaging and servicing industries
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High skilled workforce
Transport and Logistics Training Package
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Contains forty seven qualifications, eleven of which relate to logistics.
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Transport and Logistics qualifications range from
Vocational education: Certificate 1 in Warehousing to
Higher education: Masters of Business in supply chain management.
Portable skills across industries:
• Transport, storage, handling
• Marketing, finance, management
Industry specific skills include:
• Cold storage, air and sea freight, customs brokers.
Transport & Distribution Training (TDT) Victoria
TDT Victoria is the peak training body advising Government on skills needs in
the Transport and Logistics industry.
The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia
membership based, governance framework, established representation, and
strategic reach for its members.
Victoria's Education System
9 Universities
including 4 Dual Sector *
14 Public Technical & Further Education
(TAFE) Institutes
Over 1300 private training providers
Over 50 private higher education
providers
* Dual Sector: bridges TAFE and university offering qualifications from
certificate through to PhD.
Victoria has the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, attached to
Victoria University.
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