The pulp and paper manufacturing sector is turning to the latest in science and technology to adapt to consumer preferences and develop more sustainable processes. As a result, the way work is done across the sector is changing.
National qualifications and skills standards are being revised by industry to reflect these developments. Your feedback on the initial drafts has been used to inform further updates to the documents. They are now available for validation and further comment.
The qualifications have been reconfigured to merge each of the Certificate II, III and IV level qualifications, so that there is one at each level. Each 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 updated to reflect job roles, with some proposed to be merged to reduce duplication. Units have also been updated and developed to incorporate emerging technologies associated with bio-processing, recovered paper and de-inking.
Eight skills sets have also been revised to reflect updates to the units and three skill sets have been developed to capture skills for induction into the industry, management and leadership roles, and de-inking operations.
We invite your feedback on whether the final drafts accurately reflect current job roles and skills needs.
Visit the project webpage to have your say.
