The textiles, clothing and footwear industry combines traditional craftsmanship with emerging skills that drive innovation, embrace new technologies and adjust to changes in consumer preferences and evolving environmental regulations.
This project will map skills and occupations across the industry to identify current and future skill needs, career pathways, transferrable skills, and gaps in training provision to help support a future-ready workforce.
Targeted consultations will be undertaken with stakeholders across the industry. If you would like to learn more or express interest in participating, please contact the project team.
The need for the project came out of a recommendation in the report A Changing Workforce: Opportunities and challenges for shaping the future textiles, clothing and footwear industry, produced as part of the 2024-25 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Workforce Insights Project.
For more information, visit the project page.