... in 1992, the training system has consistently improved through collaboration between governments and Australian business and industry. Training packages now cover most industries and more than eighty percent of the workforce. The introduction of CBT continues to be controversial and a major issue in the vocational education training system. As van Berkel states 'what the VET system provided ten, twenty or fifty years ago was appropriate for the time', now adjustments are needed to accommodate customer needs and technology changes. CBT has developed a series of reform strategies to ensure Australian industry would be competitive and survive in the global marketplace (Van Berkal 1997, p.25). It allows learners and workers to develop career paths, provides flexible time in which to complete competencies and links the delivery of training to the needs of industry. Van Berkel (1997, p.25) argues that the 'Australian industry and workers are now operating in a global marketplace ...

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