Skills & Training
Queensland’s resources sector is a large employer of people with a wide range of skills and capabilities across our vast state.
The QRC is committed to working with industry to inform the development of policy, and advocacy for decision making, change and reform with government and non-government stakeholders across skills, training, workforce needs and growing the talent pipeline.
We do this through:
- School engagement, through the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy and OresomeResources website
- Careers initiatives, including the Careers Navigator and targeted Gen-Z careers advertising initiatives including Shape Your Future.
- University engagement, ensuring opportunities for university students to engage with the industry prior to graduation
- A broad skills policy capability, supported by the Skills Working Group.
- Industry mentoring programs
Oresome Resources
Oresome Resources is a collaborative educational initiative to produce and provide resources sector-specific teaching materials for teachers across Australia through a dedicated free-to-access website.
The Oresome Resources website is supported by the minerals and energy industry in Australia, through collaboration between the Queensland Resources Council, Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia, Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), MCA Victoria Division, MCA Northern Territory Division, NSW Minerals Council, South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy, and the Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council.
To support teachers and students in the teaching and learning of the minerals and energy industry, the collaboration has developed or sourced hundreds of educational resources. These resources:
- can be accessed online by all interested web users at no cost for educational purposes
- are aligned to the Australian curriculum and can be utilized to support its implementation
- have been developed by teachers for teachers to provide curriculum support to the key learning areas of Science, Mathematics, Technology and the Humanities and Social Sciences subjects.
Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy
The QMEA is an industry-led education initiative designed to show school students how studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and following vocational pathways can open up a whole new world of career opportunities in the resources sector.
The Minerals and Energy Gateway to Industry Schools project is supported by the QMEA. QMEA is a partnership between the Queensland Government, and the QRC through the generous support of its industry members. Through this partnership, the QMEA provides a mechanism for resources companies to participate in genuine industry/education engagement.
Established in 2005, the QMEA has a highly specialized team that offers a range of experiences to:
- broaden student and teacher knowledge of the resources sector and supporting industries, and their contributions to Queensland
- provide a skills pipeline for both professional and trade students into the resources sector and other related STEM industries
- encourage greater gender and cultural diversity participation in all workshops
- facilitate industry integration into the classroom through contextualized learning and teaching to attract more students into STEM subjects and careers
- support the teaching profession through the provision of current, industry relevant specific teacher professional development and related STEM experiences In 2023, the QMEA engaged with almost 5,500 students in 204 workshops held across the state. Over 375 industry representatives engaged with participating students and teachers through the range of in-school, on-site and virtual programs.
If you’re interested in becoming part of this successful industry/education initiative, please contact Matthew Heskett ([email protected]).
Find out more about QMEA here. (www.qmea.org.au)
