We’re excited to share the news today that Skills Insight has been established as the first of ten Jobs and Skills Councils (JSC), contributing to an ambitious new program to strengthen Australia’s VET system. Minister for Skills and Training the Hon Brendan O’Connor announced the establishment today, outlining the role we will have working alongside industry and across the skills system to improve skills and training in the agribusiness and related industries. On behalf of Skills Impact, CEO Michael Hartman would … Read More

One of Skills Impact’s Industry Engagement Managers, Andrew Horgan, recently attended the AgFutures Project Community Launch event in Warrnambool, an exciting step in a project Skills Impact has been working on since last year. In September 2021, Skills Impact took part in a workshop run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence to identify ways to encourage and support young people in the Barwon South West region of Victoria to seek employment in the agriculture industry. As a result of the workshop … Read More

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is inviting feedback on the classification of job roles in the focus area of scientific research services, including conservation and ecosystem management occupations, such as: environmental managers conservation officers environmental consultants environmental research scientists park rangers environmental scientists. The ABS is conducting an online survey to collect information on how these job roles are defined in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), which is used when gathering statistics about the … Read More

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research is calling on employers to participate in a survey about how they train their staff, and how effective this training is at meeting their skill needs. Your input is important so that the training needs of your industry are reflected. First conducted in 2005, the Survey of Employers’ Use and Views of the VET Systemruns every two years and aims to interview over 6,000 employers across Australia. Results from the last survey undertaken in 2021 … Read More

Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) are a national network of industry owned, not for profit and government funded organisations, designed to provide leadership in addressing national skills and training needs while meeting the requirements of the JSC program. They are being established to supply industry with a strong and strategic voice, and to engage with all stakeholders within the VET sector as part of government-led skills reform. The JSC program offers broader scope to deliver solutions to skills and workforce … Read More

The team are excited to be engaging with stakeholders to establish Skills Insight as a Jobs and Skills Council (JSC). One part of this work is establishing Skills Insight’s Membership base and formal stakeholder network, who will guide Skills Insight’s work. Network members will be representatives from industry, training organisations and other stakeholders with an interest in the sectors we cover and VET. Members will also be part of our process to establish a formal Stakeholder Representative Forum, made up of industry … Read More

The Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) Fast Track program offers a pathway for talented horse people to enter the industry. Applications for the 2023 program are now open for students.

Working with Australian native plants for food requires unique skills across the supply chain. As the industry expands, it is important that the expertise for this work is captured in national skills standards. As a result of industry input into this project, new skills sets and unit are now published on the national training register (training.gov.au) and available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs).    

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the below projects over the past 12 months. As a result of your input, the draft qualifications, skill sets and units have been endorsed by the AISC and state and territory skills ministers. They are now published on the national training register (training.gov.au), which means they are available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs).

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the below projects over the past 12 months. As a result of your input, the draft qualifications, skill sets and units have been endorsed by the AISC and state and territory skills ministers. They are now published on the national training register (training.gov.au), which means they are available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs).

Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback throughout this project to update general, safety and quality skills across the meat processing industry. As a result of your efforts, the revised qualifications and skills standards have been endorsed by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) and state and territory skills ministers. They are now published on the national training register (training.gov.au) and available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs).

The remainder of the projects undergone in 2022 are now endorsed and published on the national training register (training.gov.au). The qualifications and skills standards support core skills across the agriculture, horticulture, conservation and ecosystem management, and meat processing industries. They also describe skills required for important cultural sites work and on Country land management, and for working with Australian native and bush foods. Expertise for the forestry industry to respond to bushfires and work with new sawmilling and timber processing … Read More