
Workforce Development Introductory Survey
IBSA is offering industry organisations/businesses an introduction to workforce development through a brief survey which may result in an opportunity to participate in a free workforce planning analysis for your business.
You can link to the brief survey (5 minutes) here
IBSA also has a more comprehensive tool for a deeper analysis of your workforce planning which will allow you to identify what your training needs are:
IBSA Introduction to Workforce and Skills Planning.
Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) continually works with industry to improve business productivity through workforce planning and development.
Thank you in advance for your response.

Online independent workforce development advice
IBSA is moving forward with a fresh emphasis on working directly with industry / enterprise clients to build businesses’ capacity to plan and address workforce development needs.
IBSA has a simple online survey tool that can help you assess the needs and status of your current workforce. IBSA Introduction to Workforce and Skills Planning.
IBSA supports an integrated response to business workforce and skilling issues.
This approach, referred to as workforce development, offers better advice and resources for businesses to address workforce-based productivity.
Businesses in IBSA’s industry sectors have access to streamlined advice, information and support through better connecting IBSA’s activities:
- training package enhancement priorities
- the annual environment scan
- advice to Governments on key skills and productivity issues
- niche areas of research
Skills Australia, an independent body that provides advice to the Australian Government on current, emerging and future workforce development and skills needs, has highlighted the importance of a workforce development approach for businesses using Australia’s national training system. Workforce development is defined as:
Increasing the capacity of individuals to participate effectively in the workforce throughout their whole working life and increasing the capacity of firms to adopt high performance work practices.
(Schofield, K. (2003) in Lomax-Smith, J. Skills for the future: the final report of the Ministerial Inquiry. Government of South Australia, Adelaide)
IBSA’s integrated workforce development approach responds to and, where possible, anticipates shifts in industry skills needs by:
- reliably quantifying the priority skills needs in IBSA’s industry sectors
- targeting industry-specific areas of research that need to be better understood
- focusing training package enhancements in areas of projected skills need, and
- providing professional development and resources to RTOs so they can better respond to industry training needs.

Workforce Development Introductory Survey
IBSA is offering industry organisations/businesses an introduction to workforce development through a brief survey which may result in an opportunity to participate in a free workforce planning analysis for your business.
You can link to the brief survey (5 minutes) here
IBSA also has a more comprehensive tool for a deeper analysis of your workforce planning which will allow you to identify what your training needs are:
IBSA Introduction to Workforce and Skills Planning.
Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) continually works with industry to improve business productivity through workforce planning and development.
Thank you in advance for your response.

Online independent workforce development advice
IBSA is moving forward with a fresh emphasis on working directly with industry / enterprise clients to build businesses’ capacity to plan and address workforce development needs.
IBSA has a simple online survey tool that can help you assess the needs and status of your current workforce. IBSA Introduction to Workforce and Skills Planning.
IBSA supports an integrated response to business workforce and skilling issues.
This approach, referred to as workforce development, offers better advice and resources for businesses to address workforce-based productivity.
Businesses in IBSA’s industry sectors have access to streamlined advice, information and support through better connecting IBSA’s activities:
- training package enhancement priorities
- the annual environment scan
- advice to Governments on key skills and productivity issues
- niche areas of research
Skills Australia, an independent body that provides advice to the Australian Government on current, emerging and future workforce development and skills needs, has highlighted the importance of a workforce development approach for businesses using Australia’s national training system. Workforce development is defined as:
Increasing the capacity of individuals to participate effectively in the workforce throughout their whole working life and increasing the capacity of firms to adopt high performance work practices.
(Schofield, K. (2003) in Lomax-Smith, J. Skills for the future: the final report of the Ministerial Inquiry. Government of South Australia, Adelaide)
IBSA’s integrated workforce development approach responds to and, where possible, anticipates shifts in industry skills needs by:
- reliably quantifying the priority skills needs in IBSA’s industry sectors
- targeting industry-specific areas of research that need to be better understood
- focusing training package enhancements in areas of projected skills need, and
- providing professional development and resources to RTOs so they can better respond to industry training needs.