The Victorian Government is committed to creating job opportunities and promoting a strong and sustained vocational training culture through the employment of apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets within the Victorian building and construction industry.
To implement this commitment, the Victorian Government, through its Major Projects Skills Guarantee (Skills Guarantee), will use the awarding of Victorian Government building, construction, infrastructure, civil engineering and other capital projects to stimulate job opportunities and enhance vocational training in these sectors.
Under the Skills Guarantee, all principal contactors awarded contracts for Victorian Government funded building, construction, infrastructure, civil engineering and other capital projects which have a pre-tender estimated value at or over $20 million must utilise Victorian registered apprentices, Victorian registered trainees or engineering cadets for at least 10 per cent of the project's total estimated labour hours. The Skills Guarantee will also apply to public-private partnership (PPP) project contracts valued over the applicability threshold.
The Skills Guarantee operates separately to VIPP. Shortlisted Respondents will be required to prepare a Major Projects Skills Guarantee Compliance Plan at the RFP Phase.
A copy of the Skills Guarantee is available at http://economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au/about-us/strategies-and-initiatives/major-projects-skills-guarantee.