Who We Are
The Future Skills Organisation (FSO) is a Jobs and Skills Council established by the Australian Government to address the current labour and skills shortages while future-proofing the country’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.
The FSO ensures there are opportunities for everyone to access finance, technology and business skills, so desperately needed across the economy.
We focus on advancing current and future skills for successful businesses of any size and industry. These skills include accounting, digital literacy, HR, marketing and technology.
The FSO is driven by a Board and Members from across the finance, technology and business sectors with representatives from large and small employers, unions, and peak associations representing metro, regional and rural businesses.
The Board and Members work with training providers, learners and government to co-design innovation and change across the finance, technology and business sectors.
Board Directors
Commercial & Asset Finance Brokers Association of Australia
Employer Representative Director
FSO Leadership Team
Patrick Kidd
CEO
Alison Wall
Chief of Staff
Ross Raeburn
Director, Engagement and Growth
Tim Burt
Director, Strategy and Planning
Andrea Frost
Director, Activity
Charlotte Hayes
Director, Business Operations
Lisa Bale
Director, VET and Innovation
To advance transferable and industry-specific skills and meet the demands of the employers, it is necessary to make changes to the current system.
These changes require close collaboration among all stakeholders involved.
Working with Jobs and Skills Australia
Jobs and Skills Australia works closely with JSCs to:
Support the effective operation of JSCs by providing baseline, whole-of-economy data and insights on current, emerging and future skills needs, including outputs from its workforce forecasting activities, as well as data on VET system activity and performance.
Integrate the sector-specific insights generated by JSCs into its analysis and advice, and rely on feedback from JSCs as key users to continuously improve its data products.
Work closely with relevant JSCs when tasked with conducting deep-dive capacity studies into priority sectors (such as the Clean Energy Workforce study currently underway).