9Functions of Jobs and Skills Australia

9 Functions of Jobs and Skills Australia

Jobs and Skills Australia has the following functions: (a) to provide advice to the Minister or the Secretary in relation to the following: (i) Australia’s current and emerging labour market, including advice on workforce needs and priorities; (ii) Australia’s current, emerging and future skills and training needs and priorities (including in relation to apprenticeships, VET and higher education); (iii) the adequacy of the Australian system for providing VET, including training outcomes; (v) pathways into VET and pathways between VET and higher education; (vii) opportunities to remove barriers to achieving gender equality in the provision of training and in the labour market, and opportunities to improve gender equality outcomes; (viii) the impact of workplace arrangements, including insecure work, on economic and social outcomes; (b) to prepare capacity studies, including for emerging and growing industries and occupations; (c) to undertake workforce forecasting, assess workforce skills requirements and undertake cross‑industry workforce analysis; (ca) to identify labour market imbalances and analyse the demand and supply of skills; (cb) to analyse skills needs and workforce needs, including in regional, rural and remote Australia, and in relation to migration; (cc) to undertake studies, including on opportunities to improve employment, VET and higher education outcomes for cohorts of individuals that have historically experienced labour market disadvantage and exclusion, and support, where appropriate, the evaluation of outcomes of relevant programs and the measurement of targets for these cohorts; (cd) to contribute to industry consultation forums; (d) to undertake research and analysis on the resourcing and funding requirements for registered training organisations (within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011) to deliver accessible quality VET courses; (e) to inform the public about the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) to collect, analyse, share and publish data and other information about the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) to inform policy development and program delivery; and (g) any other function that: (i) is conferred on Jobs and Skills Australia by the rules, by this Act or by any other law of the Commonwealth; or (ii) is incidental or conducive to the performance of the above functions.