Reports and plans | Jobs Queensland

2024

Wide Bay food and beverage manufacturing workforce plan (PDF, 2.3MB) (27 September 2024)
Hospitality on the Horizon - Queensland industry environmental scan (PDF, 1.4MB) (30 August 2024)
Wide Bay forest and timber industry workforce development plan (PDF, 2.5MB) (15 August 2024)
Housing and homelessness services environmental scan (PDF, 5MB) (28 June 2024)
The Digital Literacies Imperative for Queensland Businesses - A scan of contemporary Australian literature - Featuring validations from Business Chamber Queensland. (PDF, 6MB) (24 June 2024)
Cairns Region Workforce Development Plan: Aviation industry, and Maritime and Marine industry (PDF, 2.2MB) (6 June 2024)
Grow Your Own Workforce – Region and industry environmental scan – Wide Bay Food and Beverage Manufacturing (PDF, 88KB) (5 February 2024)
Queensland Care Consortium - Health and Community Services Sectors Workforce Forum - Findings Report (PDF, 3 MB) (3 January 2024)

2023

Supporting individuals in the transition to future work framework (PDF, 823 KB) (12 December 2023)
Anticipating Future Skills Series 4: Final Report – Five-year Queensland employment projections to June 2026 (PDF, 658 KB) 17 November 2023)
Grow Your Own Workforce – Region and industry environmental scan – Cairns region and the maritime and marine industry (PDF, 5.47 MB) (2 November 2023)
Grow Your Own Workforce – Region and industry environmental scan – Wide Bay region and the forestry industry (PDF, 2.5 MB) (27 October 2023) in partnership with Timber Queensland and ForestWorks
The Digital Literacies Imperative for Queensland Businesses: A scan of contemporary Australian literature (PDF, 1 MB) (26 May 2023)
Strengthening Queensland’s NDIS Workforce 2022 in partnership with Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA (PDF 3 MB), (25 May 2023)
Workforce planning for regions: A guide for regions, economic development bodies and government (PDF, 2 MB) (16 May 2023)
Workforce planning for industry: A guide for industry, economic development bodies and government (PDF, 2 MB) (16 May 2023)
Advancing Manufacturing: Exploring the human element of the journey key findings report (PDF, 797 KB) (7 February 2023)
Advancing Manufacturing: Exploring the human element of the journey – Watkins Steel-Holovision case study (PDF, 748 KB) (7 February 2023)
Advancing Manufacturing: Exploring the human element of the journey – B&R Enclosures case study (PDF 1 MB) (7 February 2023)

2022

Advancing Manufacturing Skills Strategy Review (PDF, 595 KB) (30 November 2022)
A guide to NDIS traineeships using group training (PDF, 2.28 MB) (9 September 2022) in partnership with WorkAbility
Queensland Agriculture Industry Workforce Plan 2022-2027 (PDF, 1.71 MB) (7 July 2022) in partnership with Queensland Farmers’ Federation
Apprenticeships, women and workplace culture: A literature review (PDF, 681 KB) (October 2021) released as part of the Queensland Training Ombudsman’s Review of support provided to Queensland Apprentices and Trainees, with a focus on female apprentices in male dominated occupations. (PDF, 2.67 MB) (June 2022)
Workforce Planning Connect Workbook: A practical guide for micro business and small enterprises in the Agriculture Industry in partnership with Queensland Farmers’ Federation (PDF, 2 MB) (18 May 2022)
Workforce Planning Connect Toolkit: A workforce planning toolkit for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Agriculture Industry in partnership with Queensland Farmers’ Federation (PDF, 2 MB) (18 May 2022)
Workforce Planning Connect Guide: An introduction to workforce planning for SMEs in the agriculture industry (PDF, 317 KB) (18 May 2022)
Strengthening Queensland’s NDIS Workforce 2021 in partnership with WorkAbility
Allied Health Assistants Good Practice Guide in partnership with WorkAbility
Workforce Planning Connect Guide: An introduction to workforce planning for SMEs (PDF, 401 KB) (11 March 2022)
NOTE: This resource was republished in April 2023 in line with the rebranding of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) to Business Chamber Queensland (BCQ).
Workforce Planning Connect Workbook: A practical guide for micro business and small enterprises (PDF, 991 KB) (11 March 2022)
NOTE: This resource was republished in April 2023 in line with the rebranding of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) to Business Chamber Queensland (BCQ).
Workforce Planning Connect Toolkit: A workforce planning toolkit for small and medium-sized enterprises (PDF, 2 MB) (11 March 2022)
NOTE: This resource was republished in April 2023 in line with the rebranding of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) to Business Chamber Queensland (BCQ).
Anticipating Future Skills Series – Overview of employment projections 2020-21 to 2024-25 (PDF, 553 KB) (11 March 2022)

2021

Workforce Planning Connect Workbook for the Disability Sector in partnership with WorkAbility (14 December 2021)
Workforce Planning Connect Toolkit for the Disability Sector in partnership with WorkAbility (14 December 2021)
Queensland Security Industry Workforce Development Plan 2020-2025 (PDF, 1.21 MB) (26 July 2021)
Lifelong learning: The foundation of future work (PDF, 2 MB) (22 July 2021)
Strengthening Queensland’s NDIS Workforce (PDF, 2.5 MB) (19 July 2021)
Future work for small business: Skills, capabilities and potential (PDF, 2.5 MB) (12 June 2021)

2020

Anticipating Future Skills Series: Pre-COVID-19 projected employment in Queensland 2019-2024 (PDF, 6 MB) (28 September 2020)
Townsville Workforce Development Plan 2020–2025 (PDF, 3.37 MB) (9 September 2020)
Townsville Environmental Scan – Informing the region’s workforce development needs (PDF, 1.5 MB) (9 September 2020)
Region and Industry Workforce Planning Guide (PDF, 342 KB) (30 June 2020)
NOTE: This resource has been superseded by the Workforce planning for regions: A guide for regions, economic development bodies and government (PDF, 2MB) and Workforce planning for industry: A guide for industry, economic development bodies and government (PDF, 2 MB).

2019

Future work, future jobs: Preparing Queensland for the evolution of work (PDF, 1 MB) (12 November 2019)
Social Enterprise in Queensland – A look at the current state of social enterprise in Queensland and future possibilities to grow and sustain the sector (PDF, 10 MB) (September 2019)
Future of Work Social Research Report (PDF, 4 MB) (30 June 2019)
Workforce Planning Connect – A suite of resources designed to support small and medium-sized businesses (23 May 2019)
The Future of Work in Queensland to 2030: Evolution or revolution? Discussion paper (PDF, 600 KB) (15 February 2019)
Future of Work – Literature review (PDF, 1.04 MB) (15 February 2019)

2018

Supporting workforces during transition: Key elements for success – Report (PDF, 490 KB) (11 December 2018)
Supporting workforces during transition: Key elements for success – Literature review (PDF, 453 KB) (11 December 2018)
Building the NDIS Workforce Through Traineeships (23 November 2018)
A Workforce Report and Action Plan for the Manufacturing Industry in Ipswich (PDF, 3.26 MB) (20 November 2018)
Ipswich Manufacturing Environmental Scan (PDF, 724 KB)
Anticipating Future Skills: Jobs growth and alternatives futures for Queensland to 2022 (PDF, 2.25 MB) (2 November 2018)
The Fraser Coast Workforce Blueprint 2018 (PDF, 2 MB) (24 October 2018)
13 Regional Tourism Workforce Plans 2018-2020 (10 October 2018)
Advancing Manufacturing Skills: A Skills, Training and Workforce Development Strategy for the Manufacturing Industry in Queensland (PDF, 2.54 MB) (1 August 2018)
Advancing Manufacturing Environmental Scan (PDF, 476 KB) (1 August 2018)
Positive Futures: Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Queensland – Building on the strengths of the apprenticeship and traineeship system (PDF, 732 KB) (31 July 2018)

2017

Growing Opportunities in the Fraser Coast: Information regional workforce development (PDF, 1 MB) (14 September 2017)
Queensland Tourism Workforce Plan 2017-20 (PDF, 1.48 MB) (20 July 2017)

2016

Positive Futures: Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Queensland discussion paper (PDF, 1.66 MB) (November 2016)

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