Tourism & Hospitality Workforce Development Strategy
National and international data indicates that there is a shortage of suitably qualified and skills workers for the tourism and hospitality industry. The tourism and hospitality industry is forecast to experience continued strong growth in the years to come.
The Tourism and Hospitality Workforce Development Strategy outlines the priority areas for achieving the overall goal of access to the number of skilled employees that the tourism and hospitality industry will require to be successful in the future.
The document has been developed by industry, for industry and provides direction to confront the challenges facing the tourism and hospitality industry.
Download the Tourism and Hospitality Workforce Development Strategy
Following the launch of the strategy in February 2009, a roundtable meeting was held in each state with industry stakeholders. The key outcome focus for this project has been to identify, group and report on national issues, concerns and trends within the tourism and hospitality industry in relationship to the VET system. In early July we published a paper Implementation of the Workforce Development Strategy - Issues Paper in which the outcomes of these forums were distilled.
Since the release of the Workforce Development Strategy and Implementation Issues Paper, Service Skills Australia have been actively working with senior leaders of state and federal government in education/training departments and functional/industry areas (eg. tourism and industry). See our environmental scans for an overview of current and future workforce development and vocational education and training trends for the industry.
You can also read more about the strategic workforce priorities identified by the Travel and Tourism industry.
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