Skills Insight works with industries that care for Australia’s land, water, animals and food systems, and that underpin essential supply chains across the economy. These industries are critical to national food security, environmental stewardship, sovereign manufacturing capability, regional employment and Australia’s transition to a Net Zero future.
Industries essential to Australia’s future
Operating largely outside our major capital cities, these industries are the economic anchors of regional, rural and remote communities.
Through expertise in biosecurity, ecosystem management and animal welfare practices, these industries sustain Australia’s flora, fauna and farm production. They deliver world-class agricultural products and produce and process the raw materials used for essential items such as housing, clothing, and hygiene products. While this workforce spans diverse areas of expertise, the value chain shares similar priorities, including protecting Australia’s $6.5 trillion in environmental assets.
We work with employers, industry bodies, unions, training providers and governments to understand skills needs and develop practical, industry‑led workforce solutions.
Choose your industry
Explore the industries we support, the work underway to support their skills and workforce, and details of the Stakeholder Networks that guides our engagement.
Not sure where you fit? See our industry scope map.
What we do for industry
Improve training
(qualifications and skill standards)
We work with industry to develop and maintain nationally recognised qualifications and skills standards that reflect real jobs, current practices and emerging workforce needs.
Plan for the future workforce
We analyse workforce trends, challenges and opportunities to help industry anticipate change and plan for the skills they will need now and into the future.
Bring industry and
government together
We provide government with clear, evidence‑based advice grounded in industry experience, so industry perspectives can inform policy, reforms and investment decisions across Australia’s skills and training system.
Have your say
We welcome your input on current projects, where you can participate in working group and subject matter expert meetings, public consultations and workshops, and provide feedback on proposed solutions. You can also contribute to research and workforce planning, helping to build a shared understanding of workforce priorities and strategies to address emerging skills challenges. For organisations interested in contributing governance expertise, there are opportunities to apply for Skills Insight membership.
Ways to get involved
Current opportunities
Upcoming events
Agricultural Trade Qualification Broad Consultation – General
3 July 20262:00 pm to 3:00 pmOnline – Microsoft TeamsRegisterThe Agriculture Trade Qualification Project is developing a new, nationally recognised Agricultural Trade Qualification to provide clearer pathways into the agriculture…
Agricultural Trade Qualification Broad Consultation – Deliver and Assessment focus
6 July 20262:00 pm to 3:00 pmOnline – Microsoft TeamsRegisterThe Agriculture Trade Qualification Project is developing a new, nationally recognised Agricultural Trade Qualification to provide clearer pathways into the agriculture…
Agricultural Trade Qualification Broad Consultation – Longford, TAS
7 July 202611:00 am to 1:00 pmTasFarmers (Tabernacle Building)RegisterThe Agriculture Trade Qualification Project is developing a new, nationally recognised Agricultural Trade Qualification that gives learners clearer pathways into the…
Stakeholder Networks and Forum
Our work is guided by industry governance groups that provide informed, evidence‑based advice to shape our activities and set our priorities.
These include Stakeholder Networks and a Stakeholder Forum. Together, they help influence Australia’s vocational education and training system, ensuring it responds to the needs of industry, workers and communities.
Stakeholder Networks bring together people with deep, on‑the‑ground experience across the industries Skills Insight supports.
The Stakeholder Forum is made up of 13 representatives from the Stakeholder Networks and nine representatives from large employee or employer representative bodies and/or organisations with large cross-sectoral coverage. It is the key governance body that brings industry perspectives together, working alongside the Skills Insight Board, CEO and management team, to prioritise, oversee and provide advice on Skills Insight’s operations under the Jobs and Skills Council grant agreement.
and skills advisory body representatives.
Front row left to right: Amy Roberts, Edwina Walsh, Dianne
Smith, Jo Ruscoe, Jo Kerr, Sharyn Lancaster, Karen Day, Julie Fiedler, Fiona Wahr, Angela Bradburn, Sara Bray, Robyn Verrall.
Back row left to right: Ben Rogers, Lyle Ward, Jen Ford, Tim Lester, Lisa Gilbert, Neil Louwrens, Leon Drury, Melissa Baker, Jimmy Cottrell-Dormer, Ben Holmes, Virginia Solomon and Matt Ryan.
Forum members missing from the photo: Michael O’Connor and Jemma Harper.
Industry scope map
