Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Qualifications and Skills Standards

Our Role Establishing Skills Insight JSC

Skills Impact held a Skills Service Organisation (SSO) role between 2016 and 2022. In 2023 we established one of ten Job and Skills Councils (JSCs), after a submission to move into the role was backed by over 200 letters of support from a broad range of industry stakeholders. This new JSC, Skills Insight, has a broader scope to deliver outcomes that support a responsive VET system and a skilled and resilient national workforce. The industry coverage of Skills Insight is similar to our past coverage as a Skills Service Organisation.

Over the past decade, job roles and products in the pulp and paper manufacturing sector have evolved, driven by developments in science, technology and consumer preferences. The COVID-19 pandemic, which saw record demand for products such as toilet paper, tissues, medical, sanitary and packaging products, has reinforced the need for a skilled workforce in this sector.

Volunteers from industry have been consulted to review qualifications, skill sets and units of competency for pulp and paper manufacturing, so they reflect current job roles, new technologies and processes and the current regulatory environment.

The draft documents are now available for broad stakeholder review and comment. Your input is needed to make sure the drafts match current job roles, terminology, equipment and practices.

The qualifications have been revised and reconfigured into a simplified structure, combining each of the Certificate II, III and IV level qualifications to consolidate the number of qualifications from seven to four. Each merged qualification reflects core skills in work health and safety, quality assurance and problem solving, as well as offering elective units in other specialist and general areas.

The units have been streamlined to reduce duplication and reflect job roles. Units have also been updated and developed to incorporate emerging technologies associated with bio-processing, recovered paper and de-inking.

For more information and the chance to have your say, visit the project webpage.

Online consultation sessions

You have the opportunity to register for an online consultation session, to discuss proposed revisions to the PPM Training Package, training needs for the industry, whether the draft qualifications, skill sets, and units reflect the current skills standards and practices of industry, and whether job functions are accurately described. Register by emailing [email protected]. All times are AEST.

Session 1: Thursday April 15, 10-11am

This session will provide an overview of proposed changes to the PPM Training Package with a focus on units of competency covering Functional Operational areas of a Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Facility (pulping, stock preparation, dry and wet end operations, recovered fibre, chemical recovery, finishing and converting).

Session 2: Tuesday April 20, 10-11am

This session will provide an overview of proposed changes to the PPM Training Package with a focus on WHS units and Imported/cross-sector units (licensing units boiler/power generation).

Session 3: Thursday April 22, 10-11am

This session will provide an overview of proposed changes to the PPM Training Package with a focus on emerging areas:

Recovered paper and fibre
Bio-processing
De-inking

Session 4: Wednesday April 27, 10-11am

This session will provide an overview of proposed changes to the PPM Training Package with a focus on new units and problem solving/generic skills.

Session 5: Thursday April 28, 10-11am

This session focus on the proposed new PPM qualifications – plus any additional areas of interest as nominated.

Our Role Establishing Skills Insight JSC

Visit the Skills Insight website

Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Qualifications and Skills Standards

Online consultation sessions

Skills Impact Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation with a charitable purpose of Advancing Education. Skills Impact acknowledges the previous support of the Commonwealth which assisted in establishing this website.