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AQIA has developed an 2024-2034 Active Industry Workforce Plan
The Queensland Active Industry needs 10 new workers per day, every day, for the next 10 years.
The Queensland Active Industry Workforce Plan 2024 – 2034 (the Plan) is a catalyst for changing the way we plan and manage Queensland’s Active Industry workforce needs over the next 10 years.
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games stand as a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to create meaningful employment pathways across our state. Now is the time for us to unite, leveraging the momentum of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to forge a legacy that transcends just sporting achievements.
The eventual outcome of the Plan will be a strong, resilient, and adaptable workforce that can drive and support the industry into the future.
A collaboration between industry, regions, communities and government, the Plan forms part of an ongoing conversation on Queensland’s Active Industry workforce planning. It delivers key actions to support employers, state, regional and local sport and recreation organisations, training providers, state and local government, and the many other stakeholders in supporting skills and workforce development. The enthusiasm of the industry and the willingness to make “things” happen provides great optimism in our ability to address the future workforce needs.
During consultation with the Active Industry, stakeholders were very clear about what they wanted: do-able, realistic actions that could be ‘owned’ by industry in partnership with Government and actioned at a local level, as well as statewide. Actions included in the Plan will require strategic investment, collaboration and partnerships involving all levels of government, training providers, industry organisations, employers and individual stakeholders.
The Queensland Government supported the Plan’s development through the Department of Tourism and Sport’s Active Industry Project Fund, and support was also received from Jobs Queensland, Workforce Planning for Industry.
AQIA is excited to announce we have been successful in our Active Industry Project Fund (Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport) to deliver a strategic ACTIVE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE PLAN 2023-2033. This plan will include the paid workforce and the volunteer workforce who support the industry. Active Industry includes fitness, sport, outdoor recreation, community recreation, swimming and aquatics.
The Plan will provide a snapshot and analysis of the current workforce and skills available (supply) and the future workforce needed (demand) for the industry. It will also include strategies and actions for how best to prepare the workforce for the future. It will identify the required skills to help ensure businesses and organisations have ongoing access to a skilled labour pool. The aim of the Plan will be to:
The plan will identify strategies to respond to workforce shortages and skills affecting the growth, sustainability and productivity of Queensland’s fitness, sport and recreation sectors. It will be broken down into two time periods – medium term (2023-2027) and long term (to 2033 post Olympics). These time periods will acknowledge the sufficient lead time needed to skill, upskill and reskill a workforce. The Plan will also include timeframes for delivery and measures that will indicate achievement of the strategy.
The Plan will have a number of purposes:
The eventual outcome of the Plan will be a strong, resilient, and adaptable workforce that can drive and support the industry into the future.
Watch this space for more information about how you can have a say and participate in the development of this Plan.
This project is proudly funded by the Queensland Government’s Active Industry Project Fund through the Department of Tourism, Sport and Innovation.
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Active Queenslander Industry Alliance
This project is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through its Workforce Connect Fund.
