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Case for Change
Advances in applied emerging technologies, including in advanced data science, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, and blockchain are presenting significant opportunities for learners, businesses and the broader economy. Australian employers are increasingly seeking employees with skills in applied emerging technologies to fulfil the requirements of in-demand jobs like artificial intelligence specialists, blockchain solution architects and robotics software engineers – all of which were ranked in the top fifteen emerging jobs in LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report Australia. This project proposes to create new units of competency and skill sets in in-demand technologies.
A Case for Change for this project will be considered at the 23 February 2021 AISC meeting.
Click on the link below to view this Case for Change.
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Consultation
On behalf of the ICT IRC, PwC’s Skills for Australia commenced consultation for this project in March 2021.
The consultation plan has been designed to engage the widest possible population of stakeholders from all states and territories, non-metropolitan regions, and small and medium sized organisations.
Consultation methodologies include:
- Inter-organisational and intra-organisational focus groups; in-person and via teleconference and video conference facilities
- In-depth individual interviews; in-person and via teleconference and video conference facilities
- Survey instruments open to the public; online
- Public feedback on proposed changes; online
These methodologies are being used to gather data from relevant stakeholders including:
- Employers including both ICT organisations and non-ICT organisations;
- Peak bodies including industry and professional associations;
- Industry networks and subscriber based mailing lists;
- Industry Reference Committee members;
- Registered Training Organisations and trainers and assessors;
- State Training Authorities and Industry Technical Advisory Boards;
- Federal, state and territory government departments and government owned corporations;
- Identified key stakeholders including individuals and organisations.
Consultations involve identifying the expertise of stakeholders and engaging them on the specific changes to the training package relevant to their expertise.
If you would like to contribute to the consultation for this project, please get in touch at info@skillsforaustralia.com
Training Product Development
Project Status: The first round of public consultation for this project is now open.
Project Details: Training products available for review include 33 newly created units of competency that have been packaged into 15 newly created skill sets, including:
- Advanced Cyber Incident Threat Detection and Prevention Skill Set
- Advanced Data Analytics Skill Set
- Artificial Intelligence Skill Set
- Cloud Development Skill Set
- Cloud Programming Skill Set
- Cloud Security Skill Set
- Cyber Crimes and Forensics Skill Set
- Design Thinking Skill Set
- DevOps System Administration Skill Set
- Extended Reality Skill Set
- Industrial Automation Skill Set
- Intermediate Digital Skills for Small Business Skill Set
- Introduction to Assistive Technologies and Devices Skill Set
- Network Security and System Protection Skill Set
- Software Automation Skill Set.
Download the training products below to review the newly created units of competency, and to see how new and existing units of competency are proposed to be packaged into new skill sets
Get Involved: You may provide feedback over the available draft training products by:
- Submitting your feedback via this form and/or
- Contacting Katrina Iannella (katrina.iannella@pwc.com) to book a virtual consultation from 13 April 2021 to 10 May 2021.
Next Steps: We will develop a Case for Endorsement for the proposed changes to the ICT Training Package, which will be available for public review in late May 2021.
Additional Opportunities for Review: All proposed training products will be re-released for public validation again in late May 2021. You will be able to provide feedback again during this stage.
Thank you to all our stakeholders who have provided their valuable feedback. To stay up to date on how this project is progressing, please subscribe to our mailing list.