Survey on mature aged Victorians in education and training

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The Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) Board has formed the Taskforce on the Mature Aged Workforce to develop advice to the responsible Minister on how the education and training system can support mature aged Victorians to remain connected to paid employment, or to continue to build relevant skills to enable them to remain in the workforce.

Thank you for your participation in this survey. Your feedback is invaluable to this work.

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* 1. What is your education and training organisation? Select all options that apply.

A Learn Local organisation

A Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

A TAFE

A senior secondary provider

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* 2. Where is your training organisation located? Select all options that apply.

Inner regional Victoria

Outer regional Victoria

Major city

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* 3. What proportion of learners enrolled in your organisation are over the age of 55 years?

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* 4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements, based on your understanding of mature aged learners?

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree or disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Strongly agree	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Agree	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Neither agree or disagree	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Disagree	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Strongly disagree	Mature aged Victorians are enthusiastic about further education and training Don't know
Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Strongly agree	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Agree	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Neither agree or disagree	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Disagree	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Strongly disagree	Mature aged Victorians engage in education and training in order to upskill or reskill for employment Don't know
Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Strongly agree	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Agree	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Neither agree or disagree	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Disagree	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Strongly disagree	Compared to younger learners, mature aged Victorians require different supports to engage in learning Don't know
Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Strongly agree	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Agree	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Neither agree or disagree	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Disagree	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Strongly disagree	Mature aged Victorians have sufficient support (from their employers, their families or communities) to participate in education and training Don't know
Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Strongly agree	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Agree	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Neither agree or disagree	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Disagree	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Strongly disagree	Mature aged Victorians are satisifed with their experience of the education and training system Don't know
Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Strongly agree	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Agree	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Neither agree or disagree	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Disagree	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Strongly disagree	Mature aged Victorians in your community are not accessing education and training Don't know

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* 5. What works well within the current education and training system to support older Victorians and why? What does not work well?

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* 6. Do you partner with employers to provide education and training programs? If so, can you describe the partnership arrangement and what you deliver? Could it be improved?

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* 7. What is the most important support an education and training provider could offer to engage mature aged Victorians in learning?

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* 8. Are there any barriers for you to working with employers?

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* 9. What other stakeholders should organisations such as yours be working with to support participation by mature aged Victorians?

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* 10. Should you be willing to be contacted by the Department of Education and Training for further information or case studies, please provide your contact details.

Name

Organisation

Phone number