One-third of Australian occupations face worker shortages. These shortages are increasingly concentrated in jobs driven by global megatrends such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), an ageing workforce and the energy transition.

This report shows workers' incomes are 20 per cent higher the year after starting work-related training. 

To help fill these gaps and confront these challenges and opportunities, work-related training needs to ramp up. It requires both employers and employees to commit to learning and create the time to complete it.

Recommendations for employers

1. Build a culture that values and encourages learning.
2. Measure the return on investment from training.
3. Better target compliance training.

Recommendations for government

1. Develop accreditation of work-related training.
2. Support development of foundation skills.