Welcome to Skills Formation Strategies
The Skills Formation Strategy program helps Queensland industries and communities to work together to plan and develop their workforce.A key objective of Skills Queensland is to support workforce planning and development.
The program provides seed funding to set up formal industry and community networksto identify common workforce needs and challenges. Short and long term strategies to address the identified issues are then developed and implemented.
Since 2003 there have been over 50 strategies supported throughout Queensland. Skills Queensland is currently supporting10 industry and community projects.
If you are interested in participating or finding out more about the current strategies, visit the current strategies page.
For more information on past strategies which have been transitioned to industry and the community for implementation, visit the transitioned strategies page.
Latest News
Memorandum Of Understanding To Create New Career Pathways For FNQ Labour Pool
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed last Friday, 26th October in a new move to address the competition for skilled labour and open up new opportunities for job seekers and workers in the Far North Queensland region. While many businesses in this region are experiencing the loss of skilled workers to the resources sector, three organisations have decided to use this trend to their advantage.
Printing Industries Final Report: Strategies to grow the workforce
The development of a multi-skilled digital print workforce and formal recognition of existing workers' skills are two key recommendations from a report addressing workforce challenges facing Australia's printing industry.
Health and Sustainable Energy DVD Completion
The Skills Formation Strategy DVD for Health (including Indigenous Health) and Sustainable Energy has officially completed after months of hard work from all those involved.
Current Strategies
Current Skills Formation Strategies
Transitioned Strategies
Transitioned Skills Formation Strategies
- Aged Care-Toowoomba
- Agribusiness Mackay-Whitsunday
- Agriculture-Inland Burnett
- Aquaculture
- Atherton Tablelands
- Aviation
- Biotechnology
- Child Care
- Child Protection
- Coal Seam Gas-Liquefied Natural Gas
- Community Mental Health
- Environmental Technologies and Services
- Fibre Composites
- Film, TV and Digital Content
- Health (including Indigenous health)
- Heavy Vehicle Repair
- Horticulture-Bundaberg Region
- Local Government
- Manufacturing Brisbane South
- Manufacturing and Engineering (Gladstone Region)
- Mining-Automation
- Mining-Bowen Basin
- Outback Tourism
- Printing Industry-Digital Technology
- Redcliffe-Dakabin Corridor
- Retail - Mackay
- Seafood-Moreton Bay, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast
- Sport, Fitness and Recreation
- Sustainable Energy
- Tourism - Fraser Coast
- Tourism Regional-Sunshine Coast
- Tourism Regional-Whitsundays
- Transport-Logistics
- Water
- Western Downs Community
- Wine