Sport and Recreation in WA Today

Employment opportunities within the sector are increasing as more people are encouraged to engage in sport and recreation for health, fitness, enjoyment and social interaction. The strong focus on developing tourism across the state is set to provide growth opportunities for industry, particularly in the area of adventure and recreational nature-based tourism. The release of strategic blueprints and allocation of grants to sport and infrastructure further supports a move to increase participation and create vibrancy and social connectivity, particularly in regional areas.

Read our latest Sport and Recreation Industry Snapshot.

Our Industry Partners

​FutureNow collaborates with organisations across the sport and recreation sector, with representation on GS-CORE’s Outdoor Education Working Group to identify and create training pathways in outdoor recreation, outdoor education, nature-based tourism and active leadership.  In particular, we wish to thank the following partner organisations who maintain representation on our Board and Industry Advisory Group: 

• Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries 
• Outdoors WA 
• Great Southern Centre for Outdoor Recreation Excellence (GS-CORE) 
• WA Sports Federation 
• Leisure Institute of Western Australia Aquatics 
• AUSTSWIM WA 
• North Metropolitan TAFE 
• South Metropolitan TAFE 
• YMCA WA 
• SEDA WA

Current Projects

Value of Volunteering in Sport and Recreation 
FutureNow is exploring the vital role volunteers play in the delivery of sport and recreation activities in the state, including the social and economic contribution they make to the community. The work is being viewed through a skilling, workforce development and training lens. 
 
State Priority Occupation List 
FutureNow continues to research and gather industry intelligence on occupations for input into the 2018 SPOL, including the impact of skilled migration reforms. Of interest are areas of unmet demand amongst occupations servicing the sport and recreation industry, particularly those impacted by adventure tourism.  

Training and Education

A range of nationally accredited sport, fitness and outdoor recreation qualifications are delivered in Western Australian through the TAFEs, registered training organisations, specialist schools and colleges, with pathways articulating through to higher education qualifications and post-graduate studies in some of these areas.
 
FutureNow works with stakeholders across the training and education landscape, and has a formal role to play in the development of vocational education and training to meet industry needs.

SIS and SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Packages

Training package qualifications are developed through a process of national consultation with industry. They are occupational skills standards against which training delivery and assessment of competency can take place.

FutureNow works with our industry partners across Western Australia to provide current industry advice into the development and review of training package products.
​
Endorsed in September 2015, the SIS Training Package contains the fitness, sport and recreation components. Once the remaining SIS10 components are transitioned to meet the 2012 Standards for Training Packages they will be included in the SIS Training Package. 

• Access the current SIS and SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Packages.  
• Learn about the Australian Industry and Skills Committee. 
• Learn about the National Sport and Recreation Industry Reference Committee. 
• Learn about SkillsIQ, the Skills Service Organisation for the Sport and Recreation industry. 

Current Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Projects

SkillsIQ produces schedules of training package work planned for completion across a four year period. This document identifies skills gaps and emerging skills needs within industry. SkillsIQ has released their draft Industry Skills Forecast and Proposed Schedule of Work for the 2018-19 financial year. 

• Read the current Sport and Recreation Industry Reference Committee Industry Skills Forecast (April 2017)
• Read the draft 2018 Industry Skills Forecast for Public Consultation.

​
Draft 1 Sport Training Package Products
SkillsIQ, under the direction of the Sport and Recreation Industry Reference Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), is undertaking a comprehensive update of qualifications and associated units of competency in the SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package. The update focuses on qualifications in Sport Career Oriented Participation, Sport Coaching, Sport Trainer, Sport Officiating and Sport Development. Open for feedback.

Outdoor Recreation and Sport Training Package Products 
SkillsIQ has formed Expert Working Groups to inform the review of the outdoor recreation disciplines within the SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package. They are developing Outdoor Recreation and Sport Training Package products to reflect industry skill needs and align to the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. 

Cross Sector Projects 
The Australian Industry and Skills Committee has endorsed a number of cross sector projects to create flexible and transferable training components that will benefit industries, learners and the broader vocational education and training (VET) sector. 

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

​Apprenticeships and traineeships provide a way to combine training with a job, enabling the student to work towards a nationally recognised qualification whilst earning a wage. A number of sport and recreation related qualifications may be completed as a traineeship. 

Access the current list of traineeships and apprenticeships available in Western Australia.

​Vocational Education in Schools

FutureNow works with industry to provide current advice on the suitability of vocational sport, fitness and recreation qualifications for delivery in schools. This advice is collated and updated annually into the VET in Schools Register by the Department of Training and Workforce Development. 

Access the current VET in Schools Register.