Strategic Workforce Advisory Panels

As a Jobs and Skills Council, we are committed to fostering meaningful engagement and collaboration with industry leaders. As such, we have established two distinct Strategic Workforce Advisory Panels (SWAPs), one dedicated to the mining sector and another focused on the automotive sector.

The Strategic Workforce Advisory Panels serve as invaluable sources of expertise and insights, drawing upon the collective experience and knowledge from the mining and automotive industries.

By actively involving industry representatives, we will ensure that our VET training programs are designed to meet the evolving needs of employers, effectively respond to emerging technologies, and remain flexible in the face of ever-changing market demands.

Appointments to our SWAPs were made in September 2023. All appointments to SWAP panels were made in line with our SWAP Selection Process guidelines.

Focused on mining and automotive workforces

As a Australian Government Jobs and Skills Council, we are focused on alleviating workforce shortages within the mining and automotive industries including mineral exploration and extraction operations and emerging industries covering driverless automotive technologies.

The nationally recognised training products we are responsible for include:

Browse the SWAP members on the pages below.

Mining SWAP

Automotive SWAP

How we chose our SWAP representatives

Our criteria for members of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Panels:

Their organisation operates in and influences the mining or automotive sector.
They have demonstrated knowledge and expertise of the mining or automotive sector,
They offer workforce insights, and capabilities – current and future environment.
They are key decision-makers within their current organisation.
They have demonstrated previous committee/advisory panel experience.

They also have demonstrated diversity of lived experience in the context of;

Delivery of training packages to a diverse audience
Workforce initiatives focused on breaking down biases.
Their educational or career pathway having taken an unusual course.
Demonstrated balanced reflection of stakeholder views, adjusted for different perspectives.

We are committed to fostering diverse and inclusive participation within our Strategic Workforce Advisory Panels (SWAPs).

Our comprehensive assessment of SWAP representative applications prioritised diverse representation across organisation size (small, medium, large), type (industry, unions, peak bodies, and education providers), and balanced geographical representation across Australia, ensuring a broad geographic perspective.