Skills for Sustainability

October 26th, 2009 by swilson in Resources, Training

IBSA is undertaking a project which aims to scope skill for sustainability across all the IBSA Training. The worldwide community has accepted that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is a serious long term threat to the economic and physical health of all communities. Industry, government bodies, individuals and Australian politics are focused on sustainability themes such as; climate change, water scarcity and carbon trading to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the ‘footprint’ of human activity on the ecological system that supports us. The call to attention by government and enterprise has led IBSA to investigate current and future sustainability skilling needs.

The aim is to conduct a scoping project across all IBSA Training Packages to:

• Determine if current sustainability units should be included as core units in all or selected IBSA qualifications;
• Identify the need and support for industry specific sustainability skills as core competencies;
• Establish a qualifications framework for each qualification, contingent on the outcomes of the above;
• Identify gaps and establish industries support for the development of additional units that provide the skills and knowledge
• Identify and establish industry support for current/future sustainability technologies to support the development of skills and knowledge within new and existing units of competency;
• Determine appropriateness of skills for sustainability for micro and small businesses;
• Review the need for support materials,
• Investigate how other Industry Skills Councils are involved in skills for sustainability;
• Investigate the accredited courses available in sustainability and the institutions conducting the courses;
• Identify the need and support for skill sets for environmental sustainability, and
• Identify the need and support for embedded skills for sustainability.

The project will involve research and analysis, supported by extensive national consultation. Broad consultation will take place with stakeholders from industry, professional associations, enterprises, public and private RTOs, government agencies and appropriate Skills Councils.

For more information on the project please click here or contact Maria Deak on maria@ibsa.org.au