National Skills Taxonomy Discussion Paper

Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) is working with stakeholders to build a National Skills Taxonomy (NST).

The NST will offer a common language and understanding of skills, connect the education, skills, and employment sectors and create a truly integrated domestic skills system that supports better outcomes for Australians.

To inform the design and development of an NST, in June 2024, the NST Discussion Paper was released for consultation. In addition, JSA held virtual and in-person workshops and interviews to gather feedback from stakeholders.

Consultation summary

Your responses have provided a rich information base to consider the grounding of the NST, including a proposed vision, mission and principles. For more details, download the NST Consultation Summary. 

We will continue to consult with our stakeholders to further develop the NST.

If you have any questions or would like to be notified of future developments, please email us at: NationalSkillsTaxonomy@jobsandskills.gov.au

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NST Discussion Paper

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NST Discussion Paper

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NST Consultation Summary

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NST Consultation Summary

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Submissions received

We received 68 submissions in response to the discussion paper. 51 organisations and individuals gave JSA permission to publish their submission anonymously or with attribution.

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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia ID27
Adrian Tanner ID14
Ai Group Centre for Education & Training ID37
Anne Junor and Ian Hampson ID55
Anonymous submission ID04
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Anonymous submission ID19
Anonymous submission ID51
Anonymous submission ID52
Anonymous submission ID54
Anonymous submission ID58
Anton Mahendra ID02
ANU School of Cybernetics ID39
Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) ID60
Australian Academy of the Humanities ID40
Australian Computer Society ID35
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) ID53
Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance (ADIA) ID63
Australian Education Union ID38
Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists ID20
Australian Marketing Institute ID50
Australian National Committee for Archaeology Teaching and Learning (ANCATL) ID21
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) ID22
Australian Retailers Association ID17
 

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Bruce D. Watson ID08
 

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Chris Ainsworth CEM ID46
Clean Energy Council ID49
Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) ID56
 

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Deb Carr ID28
Dr Ann Villiers ID24
 

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Edmund Rice Education Australia ID15
Engineers Australia ID34
 

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Future Skills Organisation ID68
 

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Group of Eight Australia ID48
 

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Industry Skills Australia ID23
 

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Learning Creates Australia ID41
 

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Massage & Myotheraphy Australia ID29
Master Builders Australia ID25
 

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NSW Jockeys Association ID18
 

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Orygen ID42
 

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Primary Industries Skills Council ID26
 

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RMIT University ID61
 

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SFIA Foundation ID31
Skills Insight ID59
Swinburne University of Technology ID47
 

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Universities Australia ID44
University of Adelaide and University of South Australia ID57
University of Newcastle ID43
University of Technology Sydney ID45
 

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Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) ID62
 

JSA may have redacted personal information or, for anonymous submissions, identifying information from the published submissions. Blank or incomplete submissions were not published.

If you are having problems viewing a submission, or your submission does not appear above and you would like it to be released, please email NationalSkillsTaxonomy@jobsandskills.gov.au.