ABOUT US
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
SKILLS ALLIANCE
The Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance (Manufacturing Alliance) is an industry owned and led organisation committed to developing an empowered manufacturing workforce that drives the Australian economy.
As the Jobs and Skills Council for the manufacturing sector, we want to ensure that the manufacturing industry can access workers with the skills needed to shape an innovative future made right here in Australia.
We work with government bodies, unions, employers and training providers to find solutions to the skills and workforce challenges industry faces.
The Manufacturing Alliance is based in Melbourne with a team operating throughout Australia.
JOBS AND SKILLS COUNCILS
The federal government established Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) to provide industry with a stronger voice to ensure Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector delivers better outcomes for learners and employers.
They bring together employers, unions and governments in a tripartite arrangement to find solutions to skills and workforce challenges.
JSCs identify skills and workforce needs for their sectors, map career pathways across education sectors, develop contemporary VET training products, support collaboration between industry and training providers to improve training and assessment practice, and act as a source of intelligence on issues affecting their industries.
JSCs work closely with Jobs and Skills Australia, drawing on its workforce analysis and projections to plan for their industry sector and creating a consistent approach to addressing skill gaps.
Click here for more information about Jobs and Skills Councils
STRATEGIC INDUSTRY TASKFORCE
The Strategic Industry Taskforce (Taskforce) provides expertise and a strong industry voice to guide the workforce planning and project activities of the Manufacturing Alliance.
Its role is to support the work of the Manufacturing Alliance, drawing on intelligence and insights across the industry, to inform and provide advice to management and the Manufacturing Alliance Board of Directors. It also oversees the work of the four standing committees and our key deliverables, as well as considering and identifying overarching priorities and issues for discussion with government and other stakeholders.
All Taskforce members hold executive level positions and possess expertise and insight into the pivotal drivers, challenges and issues within their industry sector.
Strategic Industry Taskforce Terms of Reference
Taskforce members
| Graeme Russell (Chair) | Manufacturing Alliance Chairperson | N/A (Independent) |
| Liam O’Brien | Assistant Secretary | Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| Caroline Smith | Executive Director, Centre for Education and Training | Ai Group |
| Paul Baxter | National Skills and Training Coordinator | Australian Manufacturing Workers Union |
| Jodie Trembath | Director, Skills, Employment and Small Business | Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Godfrey Moase | Executive Director | United Workers Union |
| Elizabeth De Somer | Chief Executive Officer | Medicines Australia |
| Chris Donovan | Assistant National Secretary | Australian Workers Union |
| Charles Watson | General Manager, Industrial Relations, Policy and Governance | Visual Media Association |
| Grahame Aston | Managing Director | Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia |
| Steve Re | Technical Affairs and Trustee | Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association |
| Georgette Elston | Head, Resourcing and Early Careers | BAE Systems Australia |
