澳大利亚的职业教育已有100多年的历史。在历史长河中,澳大利亚的职业教育也经历了一系列的变迁。上世纪80年代初期,依靠初级产品出口的澳大利亚陷入经济衰退。外债、贸易逆差等进一步削弱了澳大利亚在国际市场上的竞争力。为改变这种局势,澳大利亚政府开始改革培训制度。1992年,成立了澳大利亚国家培训总局,致力于推进NTF(国家培训框架,National Vocational education in Australia has more than 100 years of history. In the long history, the vocational education in Australia has undergone a series of changes. In the early 1980s, Australia, which relied on exports of primary products, was in a recession. Foreign debts and trade deficits have further weakened Australia’s competitiveness in the international market. To change the situation, the Australian government started to reform the training system. In 1992, the Australian National Training Authority was established to promote the NTF (National Training Framework, National