Essay #2 – Education provision for older workers’ working life (3000 words) – 50% Discuss the contemporary requirements for practice in your occupation or area of work, and how these requirements are changing and are likely to change in the future. Then critically examine how these changes are likely to impact older workers (those over 45 years) in that occupation (or area of work) and argue a case (ie, explain and justify) how education and training provisions can best support the learning needs of older workers in that occupation. Your assignment should include: An account of the current requirements for practice in your occupation and how individuals are educated for that occupation and supported to participate in that practice in the workplace. A critical discussion of how and why those requirements are likely to change in the future A critical discussion of education and training for older workers (those over 45 years) generally An argued case for how best vocational and continuing education and training are most likely to be effective in maintaining the competence of older workers in that occupation or area of work.