GLAAS inc Skills Sets Glazing Survey 2021

Do you want to design the skills required for your business?

Would you like to employ new workers with specific skills to grow your business?

The Federal and State governments are looking at expanding the use of “Skills Sets”. Glaas Inc, in consultation with our members and the wider glass industry, is looking to identify and develop specific skill sets beneficial to your business without having to include the additional training and expense that your business may not need.

Invest 8 minutes of your time in completing this survey to ensure your thoughts and needs are included in the feedback to develop the Skills Sets we need in the Designed glazing sector.

All responses are treated confidentially.

Thank you for your time in completing this survey.

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* 1. Please include your details here. No information supplied will be linked to you in any publication of the results of this survey.

Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Do you generally support the idea of government-funded skill sets as a means of improving your business?

Yes

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* 3. Would you (or your business) see skill sets as a means of skilling any of the following;

New employees

Upgrading skills of current employees

Apprentices

Part time staff

Older workforce

New migrants

Other (please specify)

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* 4. The following groups of units have been suggested as possible skill sets. Please tick which sets might best add skills to/suit the needs of your business.

Manually move glass
Cut thin glass by hand
Process glass by basic machines
Apply OHS requirements policies & procedures in the construction industry

Glaze and re-glaze residential doors and windows
Assess glass and glazing requirements
Prepare and install architectural engineered leadlight and stained glass

Fuse glass
Paint and fire glass
Form glass

Construct and repair leadlight panels
Assemble leadlight and stained glass components
Assemble copper foil components
Process coloured and textured glass by hand

Integrate colour theory and design processes
Produce and prepare photo images
Select sites for creative projects and plan work

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
Communicate in the workplace
Work in a team

Make measurements and calculations
Apply patterns and design to glass

Apply first aid

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What impact has the present economic and COVID 19 situation had on your workforce? (Select more than one response if required)

Increased staff turnover

Increased cost of labour

Decrease in suitable applicants for vacancies

Increase in hours of existing staff

Difficulty in finding workers/staff

Loss of Business/orders/work

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 6. In the past 12 months has your business engaged a training provider to provide training to staff?

Yes

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* 7. If you did organise training where was this training undertaken?

Training delivered off site (Such as at a TAFE)

Training delivered on site (Your workplace or related site)

Combined onsite and offsite training

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 8. Can you provide the main reasons why you have not engaged a training provider in the past 12 months? (Select more than one response if required)

Certificate III qualification requirements excessive to my workforce requirements

Too expensive

Too busy to organise training

Too busy for staff to attend training

All training conducted in house

Not familiar with how to access training

No suitable training providers in my area

Time and dates of courses inconvenient

Duration of training too long

Poor experience with training providers

Don’t see any value in training

Staff leave before benefits are felt

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Do you expect to have any difficulty filling vacancies in the next 2-5 years?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 10. If yes to the previous question why do you expect to have difficulty filling these occupations? (Select more than one response if required)

Lack of experienced people

Limited skill level of applicants

Lack of available Apprentices

Localised shortage of applicants

Trade training qualification to complex

Lack of knowledge of our industry

Localised shortage of applicants

Other (please specify)