Competency standards
The Community Engagement & Development Policy Unit and Public Sector Development Queensland are leading the development of national competency standards for community engagement.
Early in 2003, the joint partners made a successful bid to Public Service Education and Training Australia (PSETA) to develop the standards as part of the revised Public Services Training Package.
Before drafting the competencies, they researched current training and development activities in community engagement across Queensland's public sector, interstate training and development activities, national and international practices, and existing nationally endorsed competency standards in community engagement.
The draft competencies were posted on the PSETA website for comment nationally in mid-2003. Validation workshops involving the public sector, peak industry bodies and registered training organisations were held in September 2003.
The new Public Sector Training Package was officially endorsed on 27 October 2004 by the National Training Quality Council and approved by Ministers on 11 November 2004.
For further information and to view the competencies, access the PSETA website.
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