Aged Services Industry Reference Committee

Aged Services Industry Reference Committee – Nominations closed

Nominations for the Aged Services IRC closed on 24 July 2018.

The AISC Secretariat is now assessing nominations received against the open positions before seeking AISC approval for the final structure and membership of the IRC.

Once approved, this page will be updated with the full list of members.

The Aged Services IRC is supported by the Skills Service Organsiation (SkillsIQ). For more information, please visit their website.

The Aged Services IRC will assist in responding to findings from the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce, with a focus on a range of strategic actions to grow and sustain an agile and enabled aged services workforce that can provide safe and quality care to older Australians in a variety of settings. This includes ensuring that the national training system and higher education can address both current and future competencies and skill requirements for new workers entering the sector and existing staff needing to upskill.

The Aged Services IRC will be responsible for:

• reforming national training package qualifications and skill sets needed by the aged services industry
• examining new approaches to career structuring and progression in the sector, and the education pathways needed to support these
• scoping opportunities for collaboration across vocational education and training (VET), higher education and a range of industry sectors to tackle the challenges of an ageing society
• working with other IRCs which have an interest in qualifications relevant to the aged services sector to ensure industry needs are considered and met.

The AISC seeks to ensure that the membership of the Aged Services IRC provides the best possible industry coverage and expertise to support the work of the committee.

In determining the final membership, the AISC will consider both the characteristics of nominees (as set out in their nomination) and the composition of the committee as a whole to ensure it is balanced and appropriate to the aged services industry.

Please note that while it may not be possible to include every nominee on the IRC, it is important to remember that the Skills Service Organisation (SkillsIQ) and the IRC will consult widely with all interested stakeholders and existing IRCs as appropriate to progress the work of the committee.

Further information about the role of IRCs and how they will operate can be found in the IRC Operating Framework.

You are also welcome to submit any questions to the AISC Secretariat at sectoralpolicy@education.gov.au.

Given the high-level of interest and engagement, and the complexity of the reforms to be progressed by the Aged Services IRC, the IRC will establish a number of ‘specific interest’ advisory committees to provide high-level strategic and policy advice to support the work of the IRC. See below for more details.

Aged Services Advisory Committees

The following ‘specific interest’ advisory committees will be established to support the work of the Aged Services IRC by providing high-level strategic and policy advice. Each committee will comprise 6-8 members, with both allocated and open positions.

SkillsIQ will conduct a separate nominations process for these committees once the IRC has been established. For more information, including registering your interest in participating in an advisory committee, please fill in your details at the SkillsIQ - Aged Services IRC page.