Future-proofing Queensland Manufacturing

Helping Queensland build a sustainable, diverse and thriving manufacturing workforce – for now and the future.

Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) is building a sustainably skilled workforce for a future-proofed manufacturing industry.

We’re here to connect and support you and the wider industry with the skills, opportunities, and information to build a thriving sector.

Established and funded under the Queensland Government’s Making it in Queensland: Building a Stronger Manufacturing Sector policy, our vision is to create the skills pathways for the future of manufacturing in Queensland.

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MSQ is an independent body, supported by the Queensland Government.

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MSQ is at the beginning of our work, and we are eager to engage with industry.

Manufacturing businesses

We’re partnering with industry and the Queensland Government to provide the right guidance and support to improve your workforce’s skills and training programs – to help your business thrive now and in the future.

Manufacturing employees and jobseekers

Our programs aim to upskill and reskill you to build a thriving career in manufacturing – while also aiming to attract and support a sustainable, inclusive and diverse workforce to ensure there’s a place for everyone in Queensland’s manufacturing industry.

Industry providers

We’re working with a range of industry bodies including unions, employer groups, government bodies and registered training providers to create skills pathways for the future of manufacturing in Queensland.

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Attracting, retaining and developing capability

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Skilling a future-proofed manufacturing industry

Manufacturing is vital to Queensland – with the sector touching the fabric of all Queenslanders’ lives directly and indirectly, every day.

Our industry employs almost 180,000 people and contributes over $22.9 billion to the economy. Queensland’s abundant natural resources, comprehensive transport and infrastructure networks, world-class universities and training institutes make the State an attractive place to operate.

Yet, the manufacturing industry functions in a rapidly changing operational environment with skill and labour shortages, technology advancements, and workforce challenges.

MSQ’s aim with support from the Queensland Government is to ensure the industry has a diverse and sustainably skilled workforce ready to embrace new and emerging technologies and respond to economic opportunities or challenges.

We’ll be focused on attracting, retaining, and developing capability in the sector. Through industry engagement, evidence-based research and partnerships, MSQ is working to create the skills pathways for the future of manufacturing in Queensland.

Who is Manufacturing Skills Queensland?

MSQ is an independent body established and funded under the Queensland Government’s Making it in Queensland: Building a Stronger Manufacturing Sector policy.

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The Queensland Government has committed $16.5 million to establish MSQ, to build a sustainably skilled workforce for a future-proof manufacturing industry.

Founded in November 2022, MSQ is at the start of our work to identify and support industry with the necessary skills, opportunities and information to build a globally competitive manufacturing sector.