Driving quality and equity in training by working with industry, employers and RTOs to strengthen delivery, promote career pathways, and ensure training has lasting impact.
Our Implementation, Promotion and Monitoring (IPM) activities are designed to ensure training is industry-relevant, inclusive, and focused on continuous improvement. Projects in this stream are outside the training product development process but may impact future development activities.
Through our IPM projects, we collaborate with employers, training providers, and key stakeholders to support quality training delivery, promote career pathways, and respond to evolving workforce needs.
Projects under the IPM stream may include:
- Monitoring and reviewing training outcomes to strengthen quality and support continuous improvement.
- Exploring and testing adjustments to how students are trained and assessed to better align with learner and industry needs.
- Partnering with employers and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to trial new approaches to training delivery and assessment.
- Supporting employers to understand, map and promote career pathways within their industries.
- Promoting initiatives that boost the retention of students, apprentices, trainees, and workers.
- Developing inclusive and accessible training approaches for priority cohorts, such as regional and remote learners, First Nations people, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Engaging with other industries, schools, universities, and training providers to track and respond to current and emerging skills and workforce issues.
Our IPM work plays a key role in shaping a training system that is dynamic, inclusive, and responsive.
Project timeline
Start date: July 2026
Expected completion date: January 2027
Scope
This project will undertake a comprehensive workforce functional analysis of the Machine Control Guidance Technician occupation to identify the tasks, skills and capabilities required for the role.
The findings will establish the evidence base for a future Machine Control Guidance training product development project, to be undertaken separately.
Project timeline
Start date: June 2026
Expected completion date: September 2027
Scope
This project will research and develop evidence-based guidelines and recommendations to support culturally safe Training and Assessment for First Nations learners. The project will also focus on the critical aspect of building VET Workforce cultural capability to deliver culturally safe training.
The project has 2 stages, with feedback and learnings from the first research stage informing the second developmental stage:
- Stage 1: Research and Stakeholder consultation
- Stage 2: Co-design and development.
Project timeline
Start date: August 2026
Expected completion date: December 2026
Prioritisation: Fast Track. The project has been fast-tracked in response to industry feedback, which identified an immediate need to review the EV skill set pathway information.
Scope
This project will consult across the automotive, mining, manufacturing, electrotechnology and renewable energy sectors to reform entry requirements for the AUR electric and hybrid vehicle skill sets. This will enable cross-sector entry for related tradespeople servicing electrified vehicles and mobile plant.
Training products for review
Project timeline
Start date: July 2026
Expected completion date: October 2027
Scope
Following development and pilot testing, AUSMASA will support the implementation of the RPL framework across registered training organisations in the mining and automotive sectors. The resources are built for immediate adoption and meaningful uptake, equipping providers to offer RPL confidently and consistently.
The framework is designed to be qualification-agnostic; it can be applied across the RII, AUR and AUM training packages and offers a scalable model for RPL reform across the broader Jobs and Skills Council network. Uptake and usability will be monitored, with feedback informing broader adoption across the sector.
Project timeline
Start date: May 2026
Expected completion date: April 2027
Scope
The Automotive Career Pathway project will develop resources that identify and map the career journeys across and within the automotive sector for different occupations.
These maps will reflect distinctions in career progression and recruitment challenges between the two types of employers. This output will be based on a focused and appropriate engagement strategy, and the distinction can be extended to regional and metro employers, if research uncovers significant differences beyond those between larger and smaller employers.
Project timeline
Start date: September 2025
Expected completion date: June 2027
Scope
This IPM activity will support the of development of a nationally accredited unit of competency on Safe and Respectful Workplaces (BSB30719 Certificate Ill in Work Health and Safety). While this project will be led by Future Skills Organisation, we will engage mining stakeholders to inform the contextualisation of the unit to the mining industry.
This is with a view to later integrating the new unit as an elective into the Rll training package, as appropriate.
Project timeline
Start date: October 2025
Expected completion date: July 2026
Scope
The VET Workforce Blueprint, developed in collaboration with states and territories, provides a comprehensive roadmap designed to grow Australia's vocational education and training (VET) workforce. The Blueprint outlines opportunities and actions to attract, retain, develop, and sustain Australia's VET Workforce.
We will undertake a VET Workforce Blueprint project focused on strengthening and supporting the VET workforce that delivers education and training to the mining and automotive industries.
Project timeline
Start date: August 2025
Expected completion date: January 2026
Scope
This activity builds on the findings of Phase 1 to develop a high-level qualification structure considering the requirements of industry, the appropriate AQF level (for example AQF7 Vocational Degree) and the Qualification Development Quality Principles as outlined in the TPOF.
The project will test feasibility across industry, education, and regulatory lenses to ensure the qualification reflects relevant job roles, is deliverable across provider types, and meets national skills priorities. This Implementation, Promotion and Monitoring activity will build on the findings of Phase 1.
Project timeline
Start date: February 2025
Expected completion date: May 2026
Prioritisation: Routine. The project timeframe reflects the need for strong consultation, potential revisions to existing units of competency and/or development of new units of competency.
Scope
AUSMASA will collaborate with BuildSkills Australia to review the following units of competency in the RII - Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package relevant to the mining sector:
These units are shared by both the mining and civil infrastructure sectors.
Training products for review
