Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation Incorporated (ETITO)
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2011)
Reporting Period: 2011
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Skills Development
- Industry Training
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Operational Excellence
Social Achievements
- Increased field staff in electrotechnology and telecommunications by over 40% to improve trainee results.
- Launched Skills Plus program offering generic business-focused training packages.
- Improved workplace assessment using technology solutions.
- Migrated Registered Training Workplace (RTW) model to larger firms in electrotechnology and telecommunications.
- Commenced market research to tailor services to address firm's human capability challenges.
- Amalgamated with REAL ITO, expanding coverage to the real estate industry and tripling the number of people engaged in national qualifications training in that sector.
- Developed curriculum to support continuing professional development for over 10,000 licensed real estate salespeople in partnership with the Real Estate Agents Authority.
Governance Achievements
- Improved monitoring capabilities to identify and enable focused interventions for at-risk trainees.
- Implemented a new information system and customer relationship management database to improve operational performance and service for firms.
- Concluded leadership of the Financial Advisers Act project, delivering a new training and assessment system for financial intermediaries.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Lacklustre economy
- Depressed demand for industry training services
- Focus on improving value for money in industry training
- Barriers to credit achievement and qualification completion
- Need for sensible rationalisation of the industry training sector
- Varying service quality among ITOs
- Depressed demand for training in several industries
Mitigation Strategies
- Invested significantly in working with the Tertiary Education Commission to refine and test operational policy.
- Field staff worked with firms to identify and resolve barriers to credit achievement and qualification completion.
- Invested in working with polytechnics and other VET providers to improve benefits to firms from a whole-of-VET system approach.
- Amalgamated with REAL ITO to consolidate existing office space and overhead costs.
- Committed to engaging with association members and industry stakeholders to consider future amalgamation prospects.
- Undertook a significant revision of its organisational strategy with a focus on improving trainee results, lifting firms' ability to gain and use skills, providing industry leadership, delivering operational excellence, and pursuing targeted acquisitions.