Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 64, 7 November 2012, pp 1757–1758.

[2]        Advertisements appeared in The Australian newspaper on 23 November 2011, 7 December 2011, 1 February 2012 and 15 February 2012.

[3]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, Foreword, May 2012. Available online: http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/OCS_Health_of_Australian_Science_LOWRES1.pdf (accessed 25 May 2012).

[4]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. iv.

[5]        Skills Australia, Australian Workforce Futures: A national workforce development strategy, Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. Available online: http://www.awpa.gov.au/national-workforce-development-strategy/Australian-Workforce-Futures/documents/WWF_strategy.pdf  (accessed 5 July 2012).

[6]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, Appendix F.

[7]        National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce, Resourcing the future, 7 July 2010. Available online: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Pages/NRSET.aspx  (accessed 31 May 2012).

[8]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73.

[9]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Scoping our future: addressing Australia's engineering skills shortage, October 2010. Available online: www.anet.org.au.

[10]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Submission 29, p. 1.

[11]      Business Council of Australia, Pipeline or pipe dream? Securing Australia's investment future, 7 June 2012. Available online: http://www.bca.com.au/Content/101987.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[12]      Business Council of Australia, Pipeline or pipe dream? Securing Australia's investment future, 7 June 2012, p. 17.

[13]      Jessican Nairn, 'Regions struggling despite mining boom: report', ABC News Online, 17 June 2012, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-17/state-of-the-regions-report/4075302?section=business (accessed 18 June 2012).

Chapter 2 - Engineering in Australia: a background

[1]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 4.

[2]        Professor James Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 12.

[3]        Professor David Beanland, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 27.

[4]        Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 27.

[5]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, p.1.

[6]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, pp 1, 24. Note that Skills Australia was superseded by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency on 1 July 2012.

[7]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, pp 1, 24.

[8]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, p.1; See also, Engineers Australia, Submission 67.

[9]        Professor James Trevelyan, Submission 31, p. 15.

[10]      Mr Phillip Dingeldei, Chairman, Consulting Surveyors National, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 42.

[11]      Consult Australia, Submission 66, p. 16.

[12]      Mr Ian Marler, Vice Chairman, Consulting Surveyors National, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 42.

[13]      Mr Craig Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 32.

[14]      Ms Leanne Hardwicke, Director, WA Division, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 5.

[15]      Mr Simon Bartlett, Chairman of the Board, The Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 28

[16]      ANET, Submission 73, p. 4

[17]      Engineers Australia,  Submission 67, p. 13

[18]      ANET, Submission 73, p. 4

[19]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 14.

[20]      Skills Australia, Submission, p. 1.

[21]      Skills Australia, Submission, p. 2.

[22]      Skills Australia, Submission, pp 1–2.

[23]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 2. Data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

[24]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 3.

[25]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, pp 5–6.

[26]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. iv. Citing evidence from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Australian National Engineering Taskforce.

[27]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 3.

[28]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 4.

[29]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 25.

[30]      Cited in Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[31]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[32]      See for example, Mr Christopher Fitzhardinge, Former WA President, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 2; Mr Simon Bennison, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 17; Mr Bruce Campbell-Fraser, Executive Officer, Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 23, and Mr Kirby Anderson, Policy Leader, General Electric, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, pp 11–12.

[33]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[34]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[35]      Australian Government, National Broadband Network FAQs, 'How much will the NBN cost?'. Available online: http://www.nbn.gov.au/frequently-asked-questions/ (accessed 4 June 2012). This figure has been revised from the original estimate of $43 billion.

[36]      Australian Government, National Broadband Network, May Update, 2012, p. 9. Available online: http://www.nbn.gov.au/files/2011/05/NBNI-MAY-UPDATE-WEB.pdf (accessed 4 June 2012).

[37]      Australian Government, National Broadband Network, May Update, 2012, p. 9.

[38]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[39]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[40]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6. (Citing OECD data).

[41]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[42]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 62, p. 2.

[43]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. iv.

[44]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p.12.

[45]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, Appendix D, p. 32.

[46]      Mr Bruce Campbell-Smith, Executive Officer, Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 26.

[47]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 13, citing DEEWR data.

[48]      Dr Sally Male, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2012, p. 9.

[49]      See for example, Government of South Australia, Submission 43, NORTH Link, Submission 81, p. 1 (programs funded by the Victorian government) and note that Professor Trevelyan's research is partly funded by the Government of Western Australia, Submission 31. The committee did not receive submissions from the federal department responsible for skills, or from any other state or territory governments.

[50]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education website, http://www.innovation.gov.au/TertiaryEducation/skills/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[51]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education website, http://www.innovation.gov.au/TertiaryEducation/skills/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[52]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, Response to question taken on notice, 7 May 2012 (received 6 June 2012), p. 4.

[53]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, Response to question taken on notice, 7 May 2012 (received 6 June 2012), p. 6.

[54]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 62, p. 1.

[55]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 6.

[56]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 62, p. 2.

[57]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 62, pp 3–4.

[58]      The National Infrastructure Construction Schedule website: https://www.nics.gov.au/ (accessed 12 June 2012).

[59]      The National Infrastructure Construction Schedule website: https://www.nics.gov.au/ (accessed 15 June 2012).

[60]      https://www.nics.gov.au/Home/About (accessed 12 June 2012).

[61]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67; Consult Australia, Submission 66, p. 25; Roads Australia, Submission 61, p. 6. Note that Roads Australia also called for government commitment to a pipeline down the track, not just based on election cycles.

[62]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 9.

[63]      Office of the Chief Scientist website, 'About', http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/about/the-chief-scientist/ (accessed 6 June 2012).

[64]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, http://www.innovation.gov.au/science/pmseic/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[65]      Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, "Dr Cathy Foley: Chief, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering", http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Materials-Science--Engineering/CathyFoley.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[66]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 10.

[67]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 11.

[68]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training Temporary Business (Long Stay) – Standard Business Sponsorship (Subclass 457)', available online: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/eligibility-employer.htm (accessed 30 May 2012).

[69]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training benchmarks, Frequently asked questions – sponsors, p. 2. Available online: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/_pdf/faq-457-training-benchmarks.pdf (accessed 30 May 2012).

[70]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training benchmarks, Frequently asked questions – sponsors, p. 3.

[71]      Legislative Instrument IMMI 09/07, made under the Migration Regulations 1994, subregulations 2.59(d) and 2.68(e)

[72]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training benchmarks, Frequently asked questions – sponsors, p. 4.

[73]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training benchmarks, Frequently asked questions – sponsors, p. 3.

[74]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training benchmarks, Frequently asked questions – sponsors, p. 3.

[75]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Training Temporary Business (Long Stay) – Standard Business Sponsorship (Subclass 457)', available online: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/obligations-employer.htm (accessed 30 May 2012). Other obligations relate to cooperating with DIAC in its compliance role.

[76]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 'Subclass 457 – Market Salary Rates'. Available online: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/457-market-salary-rates.htm (accessed 30 May 2012). Where the salary proposed for the nominated worker is equal or greater to $180 000 the sponsor does not have to provide evidence that this salary is set according to the market salary rate for that occupation.

[77]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 21.

[78]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 21.

[79]      Mr Simon Bennison, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 19.

[80]      Mr Jonathon Russell, Senior Policy Advisor, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 22.

[81]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 22.

[82]      National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce, Resourcing the future, July 2010. Available online: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Pages/NRSET.aspx  (accessed 31 May 2012).

[83]      The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, 'Budget 2011-2012: New Temporary Migration Agreements to Further Address Skills Demand', Media Release, 10 May 2011. Available online: http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/cb/2011/cb165283.htm (accessed 31 May 2012).

[84]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Fact Sheet 48a – Enterprise Migration Agreements. Available online: http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/48a-enterprise.htm (accessed 31 May 2012).

[85]      The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and The Hon. Martin Ferguson AO MP, Minister for Resources and Energy, 'First Enterprise Migration Agreement approved', Joint Media Release, 25 May 2012. Available online: http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/cb/2012/cb187050.htm (accessed 31 May 2012).

[86]      The Australian Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Submission 46, p. 2.

[87]      Business Council of Australia, Pipeline or pipe dream? Securing Australia's investment future, 7 June 2012. Available online: http://www.bca.com.au/Content/101987.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012), p. 23.

[88]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 19.

[89]      Mr Christopher Fitzhardinge, former WA Division President, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 7.

[90]      Mr Christopher Fitzhardinge, former WA Division President, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 3.

[91]      Professor James Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 15.

[92]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, pp 12–13.

[93]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 18. See also Mr Bruce Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 30.

[94]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 11.

[95]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 12.

[96]      Professor Ian Chubb AO, Australia's Chief Scientist, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 14.

Chapter 3 - Education and training pathways

[1]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce (ANET), Submission 73, p. 4

[2]        The term 'engineer' in this report is used to encapsulate persons with qualifications in any of the engineering occupations.

[3]        The Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65, pp 6–7; Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 10. This is also supported by Universities Australia, STEM and non-STEM First Year Students, January 2012.

[4]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, Foreword, May 2012. Available online: http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/OCS_Health_of_Australian_Science_LOWRES1.pdf (accessed 25 May 2012).

[5]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 42.

[6]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 10.

[7]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 10.

[8]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 43

[9]        Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 10.

[10]      Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 51.

[11]      Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 55.

[12]      Office of the Chief Scientist, Health of Australian Science, Commonwealth Printing, May 2012, p. 45.

[13]      Professor John Beynon, President, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 31.

[14]      Many other examples were provided to the committee throughout this inquiry. For example, surveyors in Victoria have sponsored a program called 'Surveying: a life without limits', which involves the interaction of surveyors with school children, and a demonstration of surveying tools and work: Mr Phillip Dingeldei, Chairman, Consulting Surveyors National, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 41.

[15]      Mr Paul Di Iulio, National President, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 57.

[16]      Mr Paul Di Iulio, National President, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 57.

[17]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 31.

[18]      Ms Leanne Hardwick, Director, WA Division, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 6.

[19]      Mr Michael Griffins, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 27.

[20]      Mr Bruce Campbell-Fraser, Executive Officer, Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 28.

[21]      Government of South Australia, Submission 43.

[22]      Government of South Australia, Submission 43, p. 5.

[23]      Government of South Australia, Submission 43, p. 8.

[24]      Government of South Australia, Submission 43, p. 8. The South Australian Government advised that it made this recommendation earlier at the Commonwealth States and Territories Advisory Council on Innovation.

[25]      The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Submission 27, pp 2–3.

[26]      The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Submission 27, p. 4.

[27]      The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Submission 27, p. 6.

[28]      The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Submission 27, p. 6.

[29]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 4.

[30]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65, p. 1.

[31]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 28.

[32]      The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Submission 27, p. 1.

[33]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 18.

[34]      Some engineering technicians have completed a three year bachelor degree at university, nevertheless, that qualification is dealt with in this section.

[35]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 10. (Citing data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research). Skills Australia was superseded by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency on 1 July 2012.

[36]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 10.

[37]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 10.

[38]      Chisholm Institute, Submission 42, p. 6; Skills Australia, Submission 80; Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65.

[39]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 10.

[40]      Government of South Australia, Submission 43, p. 6. (On works worth more than $5 million and at least 6 months in duration).

[41]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65, p. 1; Government of South Australia, Submission 43, p. 8.

[42]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 2.

[43]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 18.

[44]      Chisholm Institute, Submission 42, p. 5.

[45]      Chisholm Institute, Submission 42, p. 6;

[46]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65, p. 9.

[47]      Professor John Beynon, President and Professor Robin King, Executive Officer, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 36.

[48]      Professor Robin King, Executive Officer, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 36.

[49]      NORTH Link, Submission 81, p. 5.

[50]      Chisholm Institute is the only VET provider who offers the accredited 3 year engineering technologist degree.

[51]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 7.

[52]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 7. (Sourced from DEEWR higher education statistics, unpublished data from the Higher Education Data Cube. Note that commencement cannot be directly compared to completions for determination of retention and attrition).

[53]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 7. (Sourced from DEEWR higher education statistics, unpublished data from the Higher Education Data Cube. Note that commencement cannot be directly compared to completions for determination of retention and attrition).

[54]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 8.

[55]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 9.

[56]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 9.

[57]      Professor Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 4.

[58]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Submission 29, p. 1. A manuscript has been prepared for publication by UNESCO and is forthcoming.

[59]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 23.

[60]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 23.

[61]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 67, p. 6.

[62]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, pp 26–27.

[63]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland and Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, pp 26–27.

[64]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 28.

[65]      Emeritus Professor David Beanland, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 28.

[66]      Professor Roger Hadgraft, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, pp 26–27.

[67]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 16

[68]      Ms Megan Lilly, Director Education and Training, Australian Industry Group, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 47.

[69]      Professor John Beynon, President, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 30.

[70]      Professor John Beynon, President, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 31.

[71]      Professor Robin King, Executive Officer, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 36.

[72]      Professor Robin King, Executive Officer, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 35. Professor King noted there had been a recent 'dip' in employment rates for computer engineering graduates.

[73]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 67, p. 8.

[74]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 32.

[75]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, pp 32–33.

[76]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 33.

[77]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 33.

[78]      Mr Chris Fitzhardinge, former WA Division President, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 6.

[79]      Professor Mark Porter, Professor of Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 32.

[80]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 67, p. 8.

Chapter 4 - The impact of the engineering skills shortage

[1]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 22.

[2]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 22.

[3]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 16.

[4]        Mr Christopher Fitzhardinge, former WA Division President, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 2.

[5]        Ms Megan Mott, Chief Executive Officer, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 15.

[6]        Business Council of Australia, Pipeline or pipe dream? Securing Australia's investment future, 7 June 2012. Available online: http://www.bca.com.au/Content/101987.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[7]        Business Council of Australia, Pipeline or pipe dream? Securing Australia's investment future, 7 June 2012, p. 17.

[8]        This can have particular impacts on construction and infrastructure programs. For example, the shortage of consulting surveyors has a particularly pronounced impact due to the small number of specialists with such qualifications, and the high demand for surveying skills during conceptual and detail design in major infrastructure projects, and later during the construction phase: Consulting Surveyors National, Submission 37.

[9]        Engineers Australia, Submission 67, pp 6–7.

[10]      Engineers Australia, Salary and Benefits Survey 2010, Canberra, February 2011, p. 5.

[11]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects – Preliminary Report, 15 December 2011, p. 1.

[12]      Professor James Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 12.

[13]      Cited in Consult Australia, Submission 66, p. 14.

[14]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 22.

[15]      Blake Dawson, Scope for Improvement, 2008, cited in Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 20.

[16]      Cited in the Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 20.

[17]      Cited in the Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 20.

[18]      Mr Phillip Dingeldei, Chairman, Consulting Surveyors National, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 45. In the example provided during the hearing, the company was advised simply that a pipeline needed to be built from A to B. No further detail was provided.

[19]      Hickory Group, Submission 75, p. 3.

[20]      Mr Brent Jackson, Director of National and International Policy, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 2.

[21]      Mr Craig Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 32.

[22]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Additional Information Received, 19 April 2012. The graph was obtained from BTRE, Working Paper 71, p. 16.

[23]      Ms Donna Findlay, Policy Director, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 2.

[24]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 2.

[25]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 2.

[26]      www.nics.gov.au (accessed 4 June 2012)

[27]      Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 62, p. 21

[28]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Engineers Survey, March 2010, p.14.

[29]      Mr Bruce Campbell-Fraser, Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 25.

[30]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 2.

[31]      See for example, Consulting Surveyors National, Submission 37, p. 2.

[32]      Australian Industry Group, Submission 58, p. 1.

[33]      Manufacturing Skills Australia, Submission 25, p. 5.

[34]      Local Government Managers Australia, Submission 57, p. 4.

[35]      Local Government Managers Australia, Submission 57, p. 2.

[36]      Mr Paul Di Iulio, National President, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 59. See also Submission 64.

[37]      Mr Justin Fromm, Senior Policy Officer, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 18.

[38]      JSM Appointments, Submission 34, p. 4.

[39]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive, Consult Australia,  Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 16

[40]      Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Submission 39, p. 2.

[41]      Athol Yates, Government as an Informed Buyer, Recognising technical expertise as a crucial factor in the success of engineering contracts, Institution of Engineers Australia, Canberra, 2000.

[42]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 12.

[43]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Engineers Survey, March 2010, p. 3. Available online: http://www.anet.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/survey_report_summary.pdf (accessed 4 June 2012).

[44]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Engineers Survey, March 2010, p. 4.

[45]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Engineers Survey, March 2010, p. 4.

[46]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Engineers Survey, March 2010, p. 4.

[47]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 12.

[48]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 12.

[49]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 21.

[50]      Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee, Primary Schools for the Twenty First Century Program, Final Report, March 2011.

[51]      Mr Craig Woolridge, National Vice President, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 29

[52]      Engineers Australia, Submission, p. 13.

[53]      The Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 47.

Chapter 5 - Addressing the causes of the skills shortage

[1]        Mr Brent Jackson, Director of National and International Policy, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 1.

[2]        Ms Megan Motto, Director, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 15.

[3]        Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 10.

[4]        Ms Jackson, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 7.

[5]        Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 7; Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 65.

[6]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 8.

[7]        Professor James Trevelyan, Submission 31, p. 1.

[8]        Skills Australia, Submission 80, pp 12–13.

[9]        Professor James Trevelyan, Submission 31, p. 1.

[10]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 14.

[11]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 14 (citing DEEWR Research).

[12]      Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 67, p. 3. Emphasis in original.

[13]      Professor Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 11.

[14]      Mr Bruce Campbell-Fraser, Executive Officer, Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2012, p. 25.

[15]      Ms Verena Preston, Director, Global Consulting Practices, Worley Parsons, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 16.

[16]      Manufacturing Skills Australia, Submission 25, p. 3.

[17]      Professor Ian Chubb, Australia's Chief Scientist, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 13.

[18]      Ms Megan Motto, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 20.

[19]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 53. (Citing Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 census data).

[20]      Mr Jonathan Russell, Senior Policy Adviser, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 21.

[21]      Mr Kirby Anderson, Policy Leader Energy Infrastructure, General Electric, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 9.

[22]      Mr Kirby Anderson, Policy Leader Energy Infrastructure, General Electric, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 10.

[23]      Ms Verena Preston, Director, Global Consulting Practices, Worley Parsons, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 16.

[24]      Professor Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 11.

[25]      Institute of Public Works Engineering, Submission 64, p. 18.

[26]      Mr Ross Moody, National Executive Officer, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 57.

[27]      Mr Ross Moody, National Executive Officer, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 57.

[28]      Ms Megan Lilly, Director of Education and Training, Australian Industry Group, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 47.

[29]      Professor James Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 16.

[30]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 26.

[31]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 25.

[32]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 26.

[33]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 27.

[34]      Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 27.

[35]      In 2004, 14 per cent of the industry was under age 30. In 2012 this rate increased to 25 per cent. Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 30.

[36]      Mr Simon Bartlett, Chairman, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 24; Mr Michael Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 26.

[37]      Mr Simon Bartlett, Chairman, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 29.

[38]      For example, Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Submission 67, p. 8.

[39]      Mr Bruce Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 29

[40]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 1.

[41]      Mr Dan Reeve, Capacity Chapter Member, Roads Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 2.

[42]      Mr Craig Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 31.

[43]      Mr Kirby Anderson, Policy Leader Energy Infrastructure, General Electric, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 9.

[44]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 12.

[45]      Professor Trevelyan, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 12.

[46]      Ms Megan Motto, Chief Executive Officer, Consult Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 20

[47]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 12.

[48]      Mr Kirby Anderson, Policy Leader Energy Infrastructure, General Electric, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 10.

[49]      Government Response to the National Resources Sector Workforce Strategy Report Resourcing the Future, March 2011. Available online: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Documents/AGResponseNRSET.pdf (accessed 31 May 2012).

[50]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 11.

[51]      Ms Leanne Hardwicke, Director, WA Division, Engineers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 4.

[52]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 15.

[53]      Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Submission 69, pp 11­–12.

[54]      Dr Sally Male, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, pp 9–10.

[55]      National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce, Resourcing the future, 7 July 2010, recommendation 5.5. Available online: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Pages/NRSET.aspx  (accessed 31 May 2012).

[56]      Australian Government response to the National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce Report: Resourcing the Future, March 2011. Available online: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Documents/AGResponseNRSET.pdf (accessed 31 May 2012).

[57]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 4.

[58]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 4. The Australian Government is providing $534,000 to support this project, see Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 'National Resources Sector Workforce Strategy: More women working in resources and construction–attracting and retaining women', http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/WorkDevelop/ResourcesWorkforce/Documents/MWWRC.pdf (accessed 5 July 2012).

[59]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 11.

[60]      Mr Bruce Campbell-Fraser, Executive Officer, Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 23.

[61]      Dr Sally Male, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, pp 9–10.

[62]      Mr Bruce Woolridge, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2012, p. 29

[63]      Ms Verena Preston, Director, Worley Parsons, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 18.

[64]      Ms Verena Preston, Director, Worley Parsons, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 18.

[65]      Engineers Australia, Submission 67, p. 13.

[66]      Mr Robin Shreeve, Chief Executive Officer, Skills Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 63.

[67]      Mr Ross Moody, National Executive Officer, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 57.

[68]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, Recommendation 6.

[69]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 37.

[70]      Professor Ian Chubb, Australia's Chief Scientist, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2012, p. 12.

[71]      Mr Simon Bartlett, Chairman of the Board, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 25.

[72]      Mr Simon Bartlett, Chairman of the Board, Australian Power Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 28 March 2012, p. 25.

[73]      Consult Australia, Submission 66; National Engineering Registration Board, Submission 71, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Submission 64.

[74]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 35.

[75]      National Engineering Registration Board, Submission 71, p. 2. ACIL Tasman was commissioned by the National Engineering Registration Board to perform quantitative economic analysis of the case for national registration.

[76]      National Engineering Registration Board, Submission 71, p. 2.

[77]      Australian National Engineering Taskforce, Submission 73, p. 36. 

[78]      National Partnership Agreement, Seamless National Economy, part 1, item 4. Available online: http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/national_partnership_agreements/other.aspx (accessed 5 July 2012).

[79]      A COAG Taskforce is considering submissions that the engineering profession (and others) should be subject to national registration, COAG Communiqué, 13 April 2012, Canberra, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2012-04-13/index.cfm (accessed 6 July 2012). See also the COAG Reform Council's report on the Seamless National Economy reforms, http://www.coagreformcouncil.gov.au/reports/competition.cfm (accessed 6 July 2012).

[80]      Mr Martin Lumb, Editor, Parliamentary Handbook, Parliamentary Library Briefing, 14 June 2012 and 15 June 2012.

[81]      See the Australian of the Year website: http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=marita-cheng-2012 (accessed 8 June 2012).

[82]      Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, "Dr Cathy Foley: Chief, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering", http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Materials-Science--Engineering/CathyFoley.aspx (accessed 12 June 2012).

[83]      Skills Australia, Submission 80, p. 19.