Missing links: Connections between skills, qualifications and pay in modern awards

Oliver, D; Walpole, K

Missing links: Connections between skills, qualifications and pay in modern awards

Oliver, D

Walpole, K

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Publisher:: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: 23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills': refereed papers, 2015, pp. 67 - 72
Issue Date:: 2015-06-19

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dc.contributor.author	Oliver, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-3013	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Walpole, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	O'Connor, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ackehurst, M	en_US
dc.date	2014-07-09	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-06-19	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills': refereed papers, 2015, pp. 67 - 72	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978 1 925173 17 8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/120926
dc.description.abstract	An assumed incentive for an individual to complete a VET qualification is the chance to earn higher pay. This paper examines the relationship between AQF qualifications, job roles and pay rates in Australia’s 122 modern awards. Modern awards directly determine the pay and employment conditions of around one in five Australian workers (many of them in VET-relevant occupations) and indirectly influence many more, by setting the standard for enterprise agreements. Each classification in each modern award was analysed and allocated to one of six categories describing the relationship between an AQF qualification and the pay rate, ranging from no mention of an AQF qualification to exclusive (only someone with that AQF qualification can be employed in that classification). Preliminary data suggest:  35 out of 122 modern awards contain no reference to AQF qualifications.  By contrast, 32 out of 122 modern awards contain at least one classification that guarantees an employee with a particular qualification a higher pay rate. The paper details how these patterns linking qualifications to classifications vary by industry. While awards in traditional blue collar areas such as manufacturing include extensive connections between AQF qualifications and job classifications, many modern awards in fast-growing service industries contain few, or no, connections	en_US
dc.publisher	National Centre for Vocational Education Research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills': refereed papers	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference (No Frills)	en_US
dc.title	Missing links: Connections between skills, qualifications and pay in modern awards	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Adelaide	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Melbourne	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2014-07-11	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Adelaide	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

An assumed incentive for an individual to complete a VET qualification is the chance to earn higher pay. This paper examines the relationship between AQF qualifications, job roles and pay rates in Australia’s 122 modern awards. Modern awards directly determine the pay and employment conditions of around one in five Australian workers (many of them in VET-relevant occupations) and indirectly influence many more, by setting the standard for enterprise agreements. Each classification in each modern award was analysed and allocated to one of six categories describing the relationship between an AQF qualification and the pay rate, ranging from no mention of an AQF qualification to exclusive (only someone with that AQF qualification can be employed in that classification). Preliminary data suggest:  35 out of 122 modern awards contain no reference to AQF qualifications.  By contrast, 32 out of 122 modern awards contain at least one classification that guarantees an employee with a particular qualification a higher pay rate. The paper details how these patterns linking qualifications to classifications vary by industry. While awards in traditional blue collar areas such as manufacturing include extensive connections between AQF qualifications and job classifications, many modern awards in fast-growing service industries contain few, or no, connections

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