June - July 2024
Initial feedback from stakeholders indicates a need to address common skills gaps for pathology, which are reiterated across health and social assistance industries.
Skills gaps to address include:
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regional healthcare settings and point of care testing
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support for specialist environments
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development for a range of patient handling
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digital literacy skills
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pre-requisite skills
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professional responsibilities and soft skills.
Project outcomes will better align qualifications to the industry needs and regulatory requirements and will create clear and sustainable career pathways to support existing and future industry growth.
A project Technical
Committee is being established to provide expert advice. Technical Committee members are selected for their relevant expertise in the diverse project aspects.
Project fact sheet
View the Terms of Reference and Project Reference Group members.
August 2024
Information gathering activities will be undertaken to prepare drafts units of competency, qualifications and skill sets for national stakeholder consultations. These include:
- a Technical Committee meeting to source stakeholders to consult on qualifications content, for insight on communication and consultation strategies, and to provide technical knowledge of the skills required to meet the desired vocational outcomes
- 16 one-on-one employer interviews to determine the skills required in their organisations, career pathways for workers and focused changes in their sector in the foreseeable future. These will include employers from small, medium and large employers
- an online functional analysis workshop with industry stakeholders from all Australian jurisdictions to determine skill commonalities and differences. This will assist in determining core and elective components of the draft qualifications
- desktop research used to gather publicly available information on industry standards, working conditions and employer recruitment selection criteria.
November 2024
Targeted interviews and public workshops have been conducted to provide valuable perspectives on our project's purpose. These were held in Perth (05/11/24), Adelaide (07/11/24), Darwin (12/11/24), Brisbane (15/11/24), Newcastle (25/11/24), Sydney (27/11/24), Albury (28/11/24), Melbourne (03/12/24), Canberra (05/12/24), Hobart (11/12/24) and online (12/12/24, 16/12/24).
A survey about this project and its workshops closed on Tuesday 24 December 2024.
Consultation Strategy
The draft training product documentation for this project is available to download.
Draft Training Product Documentation
Public consultation feedback received between Tuesday 5 November and Monday 16 December 2024 is available to review.
Public Consultation Feedback
February 2025
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June 2025
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