Completed Projects

2007 Pedagogical issues for training of mature aged workers in the manufacturing industry, Manufacturing Skills Australia.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Co-researchers: Andy Smith, Chris Selby Smith (CSU).

Report available from Manufacturing Skills Australia.

2007 Increasing vocational learning opportunities for indigenous students (IVLOIS), DEST.
RIVET researcher: Ros Brennan Kemmis. Co-researcher: Quantum Consulting.

2007 Consultancy to review the State Training Board’s Industry Advisory Arrangements for the VET sector, Department of Education and Training, WA.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Co–researcher: Simon Hood (Quantum Consulting).

Project overview

2006 Review of the Joint Group Training program, DEST, $142,005.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Co–researchers: Simon Hood, Helene Fung (Quantum Consulting); Tony Bush (CSU).

Some of the findings were reported in a 2007 AVETRA paper - Group Training Organisations: Bellwethers or shepherds?

2006 Exploring vocational education options in stage 5 of schooling, NSW Board of Studies.
RIVET researchers: Erica Smith and Ros Brennan Kemmis.

Project overview

2006 Evaluation of HSC On–Line web resources for VET curriculum framework, HSC On Line Board of management, $9,000.
RIVET researchers: Erica Smith and Ros Brennan Kemmis. Co–researchers: Rachael Randall and Blair O'Meara (CSU).

Project overview

2005 Pre–apprenticeships: Policy options in the key trades, NVETRE nationally competitive grant, $49,900, with Tom Dumbrell Consulting.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Co–researcher: Tom Dumbrell (Dumbrell Consulting).

Project overview
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1781.html
Some of the findings were reported in two 2007 AVETRA papers -
- Pre-apprenticeships in Australia 2006
- Experiencing pre-apprenticeships: Participants' views of a program with dual purposes

2005 TAFE Pedagogy project, International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning, $15,600.
RIVET researchers: Ros Brennan Kemmis and Erica Smith.

2005 International perspectives on innovative apprenticeships (INAP), ten-country project managed by University of Bremen.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Project Manager: Dr Philip Grollman, University of Bremen.

Project Overview
Findings from some of the international projects will be published in a special edition of the journal Education + Training (2007)
Australian findings were reported in a 2006 AVETRA paper - Australian enterprises’ use of apprenticeships and traineeships to meet specific labour shortages

2004 Indigenous Staff in Vocational Education & Training, NCVER $70,000.
RIVET researchers: Ros Brennan Kemmis, Richard Pickersgill, Peter Rushbrook. Project Manager: Stephen Kemmis.

Project Overview
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1652.html

2004 How workplace experiences while at school affect school leavers' pathways, NVETRE (formerly NREC) $19,945.

Project Overview
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1606.html

2003 Innovation & VET in Australia: An historical perspective, NREC, $8,500

Project Overview
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1623.html

2003 Enterprise's commitment to nationally recognised training for existing workers, NCVER, $49,000.

Key Messages
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1550.html

2003 Constructions of learners and learning in Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training programs, NREC nationally competitive grant, $49,250, with CREEW (UniSA) and TAFE QLD.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith. Project Manager: Michele Simons.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1665.html

2003 Mid Term Review of the VET Indigenous Strategy, ANTA, $80,000.

Report available from the DEST website.

2002 The development of employability skills for novice workers, NREC, $49,000.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith.

Project Summary
Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/992.html

2002 One Size Doesn't Fit All: The Pedagogy of the Online Delivery of VET, NREC, $60,000.
RIVET researcher: Ros Brennan.

Report (Part A) available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/965.html
Report (Part B) available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/958.html

2002 The effects on Registered Training Organisations of the AQTF provisions on teaching and assessment, School of Education Grant.

Project Summary

2002 The Kapooka tragedy 1945: When training fails, GREAT seed grant, $5000.
RIVET researcher: Peter Rushbrook

2002 Online Learning in Regional Australia, Joint project with Wodonga TAFE and CIT, NREC, $40,000.
RIVET researcher: Ros Brennan.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/964.html

2001 All that glitters is not gold: Online delivery of education and training, NREC, $40,000.
RIVET researcher: Ros Brennan.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/662.html

2001 Organisational learning in the NSW Police Service, CSU Small Grant, $6,000.
RIVET researcher: Peter Rushbrook.

2000 The purpose, nature and utility of work placements in VET course: Evidence from the cross-sectoral literature, Joint project with University of South Australia, NREC, $10,000.

1998 Competency-based training: Staff development implications, NREC, $50,000.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/388.html

1997 The likely effects of user choice in apprenticeship and traineeship training, DTEC, NSW, $40,850.

1999-2000 School students' learning from their paid and unpaid work, Joint project with University of South Australia, NREC, $37,850.
RIVET researchers: Erica Smith, Annette Green.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/706.html

1998-2000 The role of staff development for teachers and trainers in VET providers, Joint project with University of South Australia and Queensland TAFE, NREC, $99,400.
RIVET researcher: Erica Smith.

Report available from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/595.html

Updated: 12 November 2007