The Skills Academy

The Skills Academy is a different way of advancing capability, one that focuses on practical, relevant and impactful learning and applying this to everyday work.

It’s tailored specifically for the WA public sector context, building courses with different learning formats and activities that together form a cohesive learning journey.

There are 49 courses now live on The Skills Academy platform.

The Skills Academy is here

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Explore the learning pathways

This learning map is an overview of the 12 pathways that make up The Skills Academy, helping align the capability needs and gaps of agencies with the identified performance requirements and career goals of staff.

Built by the sector, for the sector

More than 200 subject matter experts from across the sector are identifying content for the courses in The Skills Academy. Specialist curriculum developers are using this content to design courses in line with how adults learn and embed new skills in their everyday work.

A new digital platform is the central destination for learners and a dedicated service centre in Perth supports participating agencies.

The Skills Academy is being led and managed by the Public Sector Commission for the government and sector.

The first 49 courses are now live on The Skills Academy.

Fully digital courses

AI Fundamentals
Applying for a Job
Cyber Security Essentials
Digital Confidence and Citizenship
Fundamentals of Good Governance
Government Budget Process
Introduction to Ethics in the Public Sector
Introduction to Public Sector Recruitment Rules
Managing Conflicts of Interest
Managing My Bias
My Resilience and Wellbeing
Procurement Fundamentals
Retirement Readiness Essentials
Structure and Functions of Government
Transitioning from Leading Others to Leading Leaders
Understanding My Employment Contract

Blended courses

Acing the Interview
Administering and Managing Contracts
Applying the WA Procurement Framework
Audit and Risk Fundamentals
Being a Team Player
Building a Disability Confident Workplace
Building Successful Teams
Courageous Conversations
Data Fundamentals
Effective Engagement Strategies
Enabling Good Policy Through Governance
Exploring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Facilitation Skills
Fundamentals of Change Management
Fundamentals of Critical Thinking
Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking
Influencing with Confidence
Introduction to a Customer Centric Approach
Introduction to Policy Development
Leading Others for Impact
M365 Fundamentals for Everyday Work
Managing Performance
Managing Project Teams and Stakeholders
Managing Stakeholders
Personal Leadership for Impact
Presentation Skills
Proactive Budget Management for Budget Owners
Project Management Fundamentals
Project Planning for Success
Project Risk Management
Psychosocial Risk Management
Working Together Respectfully
Writing to Achieve Results

The courses are deliberately aligned to the Public Sector Commission’s Agency Capability Framework which sets out the areas needed for agencies to be considered high performing in the WA public sector.

The Skills Academy courses directly help agencies to skill their staff in these areas so individuals, teams and the agencies themselves can perform at their best.

There are 56 agencies participating in The Skills Academy for those staff primarily covered by the Public Sector Civil Service Association (PSCSA) Agreement.

The Skills Academy team is working with participating agencies to prepare as courses are released and to understand their requirements under Commissioner’s Instruction 54: The Skills Academy.

Each agency has a dedicated learning manager (or learning managers) leading this important initiative. The learning manager helps their agency and its learners make the most of The Skills Academy by aligning agency capability needs with learning opportunities.