Reports and plans
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, 3 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)