Skills Insight has recently contributed to several important national consultations, supporting the voices of our stakeholders to be heard in policy and decision-making. Submissions incorporate the relevant feedback you’ve shared with us and insights in our Workforce Plan. Productivity Commission inquiries As part of the Productivity Commission’s Five pillars of productivity inquiries, Skills Insight provided a formal submission…
Our Stakeholder Forum recently met face-to-face to discuss Jobs and Skills Council work priorities. The Forum brings together a group of industry leaders who together represent more than 70 unique sub-sectors across agribusiness, fibre, furnishing, food, animal and environment care. The group discussed productivity, regional and remote priorities, and skills leadership to help guide Skills…
Skills Insight has released its Workforce Plan 2025–2026. The plan sets out a shared vision of workforce priorities and strategies to address key challenges and skill needs across the agribusiness, fibre, furnishing, food, animal and environment care industries. The Workforce Plan was formally launched by the Hon Andrew Giles MP, Minister for Skills and Training, at Skills Insight’s…
This month, our Stakeholder Forum, comprising 23 representatives from across the industries we support, met face to face to discuss the priority actions for our future JSC work. Based on previous feedback and acknowledging the diverse needs of our industries, discussions took place both as a larger Forum and within three breakout groups, each focusing…
The new Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) was launched on Friday 6 December 2024 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), replacing the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) for use in Australia. The OSCA will maintain comparability with New Zealand’s classification system, the National Occupation List (NOL), while allowing localised…
Australia’s VET qualification design will be transitioning to a new approach, as agreed to by Skills Ministers on 6 December 2024. The updated model is designed to improve quality, reduce complexity and provide opportunities for new and adaptable approaches to qualifications, representing a shift away from a one size fits all approach to qualification design. A revised…
Skills Insight has published a report aimed at supporting best practice and innovation in curriculum development. Developed in collaboration with Griffith University, it comes after in depth research with registered training organisations (RTOs) about the ways they interpret and translate training packages into training programs. Research revealed the complexity faced by RTOs when creating or modifying a training course…
Skills Insight has recently been approved to start projects focused on the below topics. Our team are currently working on initial scoping and planning work. More information including how to get involved will be available soon. For now, please make sure your subscription preferences are up to date to receive updates about projects in industries relevant…
One of the key pieces of work for Skills Insight as a Jobs and Skills Council is our Workforce Plan. This annual plan draws on our activities and consultations with stakeholders, along with existing data, to provide an overview of current workforce and skill issues and opportunities across the agribusiness, fibre, furnishing, food, animal and environment…
This project is taking place to develop and pilot a safety induction program for the meat processing industry. It follows a proposal from the Agriculture Workforce Working Group (AWWG) in 2023. Thorough planning and consultation has taken place with key stakeholders and a vendor has been selected to develop the simulated learner component of the program….
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project, industry now has access to updated versions of the training support materials used to deliver the Certificates III and IV in Meat Safety Inspection. The revised training materials are published on MINTRAC’s website and available to download for free in Microsoft Word format for ease of use. The materials…
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project to revise some of the qualifications, skill sets and units that support essential skills required for entrants into the meat processing industry. Two rounds of Broad Consultation have been held on the documents to collect stakeholder feedback on how to best capture these crucial skills. The…
AgriFutures identified enhancing biosecurity as one of the key priorities of the poultry industry in its 2022-2027 Chicken Meat Program Research Development and Extension Plan. To support this goal, Skills Insight and MINTRAC are undertaking this project to deliver free workshops for chicken meat and egg producers around the country and online. Workshops will focus on the…
The Skills Insight team are consulting with training providers and industry to explore the unique issues impacting the VET workforce in regional, rural and remote areas. RTOs are crucial in supporting industries to develop a skilled workforce that can safely and efficiently complete work. In order to continue doing this, training providers need their own workforce of experienced and…
