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The National Foundation Skills Framework sets out a 10-year model for collective action by governments working with stakeholders to improve the foundation skills of Australian adults. Foundation skills are the competencies that underpin workforce participation, productivity, and social inclusion and include employability and English language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills. The Framework will be...

The National Skills Commission Australian Skills Classification sets out the key core competencies, specialist tasks and technology tools required for occupations in Australia. Recently updated, the skills of emerging occupations and specialist roles that are growing in importance in the labour market are now included in the Classification. The skills of emerging occupations like Digital...

Released earlier this month, the Code of Conduct for Building Surveyors sets out minimum expectations of registered building surveyors undertaking building surveying work in Western Australia. It applies to building surveyors who are registered under the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 (WA) to perform statutory functions of assessing compliance and approving building designs and building...

A new information sheet has been released providing health and safety representatives with information on their powers under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act). Download information sheet.

Through the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, the Federal Government has recently launched the National Workforce Strategy 2022-2027. The Strategy outlines five principles to guide a coordinated and consistent approach to addressing workforce issues and sector-specific workforce plans: – Use data to create transparency of the current and future workforce – Equip...

A new national advisory council has been established to support the best practice regulation of Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. The Vocational Education and Training Regulator Advisory Council will assist the work of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). The Advisory Council is expected to help ASQA with continuous governance practice improvement and...

Through the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, the federal government has recently launched the National Workforce Strategy 2022-2027. The Strategy outlines five principles to guide a coordinated and consistent approach to addressing workforce issues and sector-specific workforce plans: Use data to create transparency of the current and future workforce Equip Australians with...

The National Skills Commission (NSC) has updated it’s employment projections to 2026, providing a guide to the likely future direction of the jobs market. The importance of skills needs in the four Cs (Care, Computing, Cognitive ability and Communication) is evident with four services industries projected to provide almost two-thirds (65.4%) of the total projected...

New research from Robert Half Australia found that 84% of Australian employers say they are currently willing to overlook previously important credentials when hiring for hard-to-fill roles. The top three qualifications businesses are willing to overlook are: – education (20%) – technical certifications (17%) – number of years of experience (16%) Employers are least willing...

The big four Australian banks make up four of the top five workplaces on LinkedIn’s list of the 25 best workplaces for career growth in Australia 2022. The complete list of LinkedIn’s ‘Top 25 Companies to Grow Your Career in Australia’ for 2022: Commonwealth Bank Woolworths Group NAB Westpac Group ANZ Telstra WPP Salesforce DXC...