2026 Presentation Kit

Workforce of Tomorrow: NSW School Board Slides

A ready-to-present, data-backed slide deck for school leaders briefing their board, executive team, or P&C association on NSW's workforce transformation — and what your school should do about it.

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Each slide comes with talking points, data visualisations, and source citations. Customise the regional data slide with your school's specific operational directorate.

Slide 1Title Slide

Title Slide

  • Workforce of Tomorrow: What NSW Schools Need to Know

  • Prepared for [Your School Name]

  • Data sourced from JSA Employment Projections 2025–2030, NSW Skills List, NESA frameworks

Slide 2The Big Picture

The Big Picture

  • 485,000 new workers needed in NSW by 2030

  • 3,100 schools across Australia’s largest education market

  • 6 priority industries growing faster than the 6.5% state average

Slide 3Priority Industries

Priority Industries

  • Health Care & Social Assistance — 8.2% growth, 45,000 new jobs

  • Professional Services, Education & Training, Construction

  • Chart: industry growth rates vs. state average (6.5%)

Slide 4Regional Growth Hotspots

Regional Growth Hotspots

  • Metro corridors: Parramatta (7.5%), Inner South West (7.2%)

  • Regional leaders: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie (6.8%), Illawarra (6.5%)

  • Chart: growth rate by SA4 region with state average line

Slide 5Your Region Deep Dive

Your Region Deep Dive

  • Customisable slide — insert your operational directorate data

  • Top industries and projected jobs for your SA4 areas

  • Local employer landscape and partnership opportunities

Slide 6Qualifications in Demand

Qualifications in Demand

  • 175,000 bachelor-level, 105,000 Cert III/IV, 68,000 diploma

  • 147,000 new workers need VET qualifications — school VET delivers this

  • Chart: workers needed by AQF qualification level

Slide 7Smart and Skilled & SBATs

Smart and Skilled & SBATs

  • Over $600M annually funds government-subsidised VET through Smart and Skilled

  • NSW Skills List identifies priority qualifications aligned to workforce demand

  • SBATs provide paid part-time apprenticeships alongside the HSC

Slide 8NESA Career Education Requirements

NESA Career Education Requirements

  • NESA mandates career education in all secondary schools

  • NSW Curriculum Reform embedding career learning across all subjects

  • 42% of HSC students already complete at least one VET qualification

Slide 9Our Career Readiness Score

Our Career Readiness Score

  • Self-assessment results across 5 categories

  • Strengths and gaps vs. NESA career education expectations

  • Customisable — complete the free assessment at tex.school

Slide 10Recommended Actions

Recommended Actions

  • 1. Audit VET offerings against NSW Skills List priority qualifications

  • 2. Use JSA regional employment projections to inform pathway decisions

  • 3. Build employer partnerships, leverage SBATs and structured workplace learning

  • 4. Invest in career guidance technology and graduate outcome tracking

Slide 11Next Steps & Discussion

Next Steps & Discussion

  • Timeline for implementation

  • Resource requirements and budget implications

  • Contact and support resources

Who This Deck Is For

Designed for school leaders who need to communicate workforce change to decision-makers clearly and persuasively.

Principals & Deputy Principals

Present the case for aligning career pathway programs with regional workforce data at your next executive meeting or leadership retreat.

School Board Members

Understand the workforce context driving changes to VET offerings, employer engagement, and career education investment in your school.

Head of Senior School / VET Coordinator

Use hard data to justify VET program changes, new industry partnerships, and SBAT engagement to your principal and board.

P&C Association

Share with parent committees to build understanding and support for career pathway investments and post-school destination tracking.

Career Advisers

Advocate for dedicated career education time and technology support with data that shows the scale of the NESA career education challenge.

School Performance Directors

Share across your school network to build a consistent, data-informed approach to career pathway development in your operational directorate.

Key Stats in This Deck

Every number is sourced from official Australian Government and NSW data — ready for your board to scrutinise.

485,000
New workers needed by 2030
JSA projects 485,000 new workers needed across NSW in the next five years — Australia\u2019s largest state workforce demand.
Source: JSA Employment Projections
$600M+
Annual Smart and Skilled funding
Over $600 million annually funds government-subsidised VET through Smart and Skilled — NSW Skills List qualifications aligned to workforce demand.
Source: Training Services NSW
6
Priority industries above state average
Six industries are growing faster than the 6.5% state average — led by Health Care & Social Assistance at 8.2%.
Source: JSA Employment Projections
18.5%
ICT security specialist growth
ICT Security Specialists lead NSW occupation growth projections — reflecting the state\u2019s strength in financial services and technology.
Source: JSA Employment Projections
147,000
New VET-level workers needed
147,000 of the projected new workers need Certificate III/IV or Diploma qualifications — exactly what school VET and Smart and Skilled delivers.
Source: JSA Employment Projections
42%
HSC students doing VET
42% of HSC students already complete at least one VET qualification — but alignment to labour market demand varies significantly across schools.
Source: NCVER VET in Schools

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Data Sources

Every statistic in this deck is sourced from publicly available Australian Government and NSW data.

Data Sources & Attribution
  1. JSA Employment Projections (NSW)5-year and 10-year employment projections by industry, occupation, and state. Filtered to NSW.
  2. JSA NEROMonthly employment estimates for 355 occupations across 88 SA4 regions nationally.
  3. JSA Occupation Shortage ListAnnual assessment of which occupations are experiencing workforce shortages at state level.
  4. JSA Internet Vacancy IndexMonthly count of online job advertisements by occupation, state, and SA4 region.
  5. DEWR Small Area Labour MarketsQuarterly unemployment estimates at SA2 and LGA level — the most hyperlocal employment data available.
  6. NSW Skills List & Smart and SkilledNSW's government-subsidised VET funding framework. The Skills List identifies priority qualifications.
  7. NESA Career Learning & VET FrameworkMandatory career education requirements, work experience guidelines, and VET pathway planning for NSW schools.
  8. HSC Results & StatisticsAnnual HSC results including course enrolments, performance bands, and VET HSC course data.
  9. CESE Post-School DestinationsResearch publications on post-school destinations and student outcomes in NSW.
  10. NCVER VET in SchoolsNational VET in Schools data filterable to NSW — students, enrolments, completions.
  11. NCVER Apprentices and TraineesQuarterly commencements, completions, and in-training numbers for apprenticeships and traineeships.
  12. NSW Open Data — EducationNSW schools master dataset, enrolments, attendance, and school locations.
  13. Regional Economic Development Strategies 2.0Region-by-region economic profiles with industry analysis and growth priorities for ~38 functional economic regions.
  14. QILT Graduate Outcomes SurveyGraduate employment outcomes by field of study and institution — filterable to NSW universities.
  15. JSA Jobs and Skills AtlasInteractive SA4-level labour market explorer with unemployment, employment, participation, and youth data.

This presentation kit is published by TEX for informational and educational purposes. All data is sourced from the organisations listed above and is used with attribution. Employment projections are based on JSA modelling filtered to NSW and may differ from actual outcomes. For corrections or updates, contact hello@tex.inc.

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