Service Skills Australia plays an important role as a National Industry Skills Council and, more importantly for us in NSW, the NSW Sport and Recreation Industry Training Advisory Board.

Service Skills Australia (SSA)
Service Skills Australia is the Industry Skills Council for the Australian service industries.  Skills Councils are the recognised national bodies providing advice on industry training and skills development needs to government and industry.

Service Skills Australia represents the interests of almost 640,000 businesses across sectors including retail and wholesale, sport, fitness, community recreation, outdoor recreation, travel, tours, meetings and events, accommodation, restaurants and catering, caravans, hairdressing, beauty, floristry, community pharmacy and funeral services.

Service Skills supports skills development for these industries by:

• working with industry to identify skill needs
• providing advice and assistance to industry on skill development and engaging with the vocational education and training system
• providing advice to government on the key skills development issues for our industries
• developing and maintaining products - including Training Packages and Support Materials - that support skills development in our industries. SSA currently manage a total of 14 industry Training Packages.

NSW Sport and Recreation Industry Training Advisory Body
In July 2005 Service Skills Australia took on the role of the NSW Industry Training Advisory Body (ITAB) for Sport, Outdoor Recreation, Community Recreation and Fitness.

As part of this role Service Skills Australia works with industry and government to develop, enhance, and promote, the quality and effectiveness of vocational education and training within the NSW Outdoor Recreation community.In addition to providing advice to NSW government on the skill needs and priorities of the Sport and Recreation industries, Service Skills Australia offers a free service to assist the NSW outdoor recreation industry to negotiate the vocational education and training system in NSW.

For further information, you may contact the following:

Rainer Wilton
Project Officer: NSW Sport and Recreation
Service Skills Australia
ABN 37 107 591 864
GPO Box 4194
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Tel:          +61 2 8243 1200
Fax:         +61 2 8243 1299
Email:      rwilton@serviceskills.com.au
Website:  http://www.serviceskills.com.au"
Service Skills Australia: performing the role of the NSW Sport and Recreation Industry Training Advisory Body"