As Australia moves towards a skills-first approach, understanding how skills are identified, recognised and transferred has never been more important. In the second webinar of the 6-weekly National Skills Taxonomy (NST) series, Jobs and Skills Australia Deputy Commissioner Megan Lilly introduced the concept of a skills polyhierarchy: a way to organise skills so they can be found through multiple pathways and contexts rather than being confined to rigid categories. Using practical examples from work and education, we showed how this approach can make transferable skills more visible, inform responsive learning pathways and improve workforce planning.
Joining the discussion were Dr Jodie Trembath, CEO of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and Emma King, CEO of HumanAbility, who shared their thoughts on how the NST can help:
- identify transferable skills that have different names in different settings
- support credit transfer and recognition of prior learning (RPL) at scale.
Watch the webinar recording below.
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