Forestry & Timber Projects: Feedback sought on draft units of competency

Our Role Establishing Skills Insight JSC

Skills Impact held a Skills Service Organisation (SSO) role between 2016 and 2022. In 2023 we established one of ten Job and Skills Councils (JSCs), after a submission to move into the role was backed by over 200 letters of support from a broad range of industry stakeholders. This new JSC, Skills Insight, has a broader scope to deliver outcomes that support a responsive VET system and a skilled and resilient national workforce. The industry coverage of Skills Insight is similar to our past coverage as a Skills Service Organisation.

You are invited to review new and existing draft units of competency for the forestry and timber industry.

Your input is important for the future of training, industry skills, safety and productivity. It is important that these documents reflect real work experience.

Four new units have been developed as part of both projects, in the area of design, manufacture and installation of timber building systems. They are available for download and feedback on both project web pages (linked below).

We are seeking your feedback on whether these documents reflect current industry skills standards, knowledge and practices and whether all job functions are accurately described.

The drafts will be available on the Skills Impact website for feedback until 24 August 2018. Your feedback will inform the work on the final drafts which will be available for industry validation in September 2018.

Visit the project pages below to provide your feedback.

Prefabricated Building Systems Project

Four new units (common to both projects) and three revised units are available for your feedback.

Visit project webpage

Cross Laminated Timber Building Systems Project

Four new units (common to both projects) and 21 revised units are available for your feedback.

Visit project webpage

How to Provide Feedback

On the project webpages you will be able to submit your feedback via our new feedback hub or by email.

Read on for further details about the new feedback hub.

About the New Feedback Hub

We have launched a new feedback hub to make it easier for you to provide feedback and to facilitate greater transparency around stakeholder feedback. With this new tool you will be able to login and make comments on the draft documents directly, as well as respond to other people’s comments. Each user will be assigned a unique ID number so your identity will not be public, however your feedback and comments will be available for other users to see.

To provide feedback using the new feedback hub, please follow these steps:

Visit the project webpage, following the links above.
Find and view the draft document(s) you would like to review by clicking on the expandable document menus.
Click the ‘view and provide feedback’ link next to the relevant qualification, skill set or unit you would like to view and comment on.
You will be asked to register or login, please follow the prompts.

Once logged in, you will be able to post feedback directly on the document. (Note that there are ‘User Instructions’ that you can refer to).