Maritime Career Information

29 October 2025

Industry Skills Australia (ISA) is developing tailored career resources for the Aviation, Maritime, Rail, and Transport & Logistics sectors to support workforce attraction, retention, and progression. 

This Improving Career Information initiative aims to raise awareness of careers across the transport supply chain by providing clear, accessible information on career pathways, training, skills and knowledge requirements. 

In collaboration with Education Services Australia (ESA), we’re gathering insights to ensure these resources reflect real industry needs.

We’re inviting employers and employees to complete short, anonymous surveys to help us understand what career information is most valuable and how it should be delivered. Your input will directly shape practical, relevant tools that will help grow the workforce across the Transport Supply Chain. 

• Employers – Share your insights and encourage your team to participate
• Employees – Tell us what career info would help you most 

Surveys close Friday 14 November 2025.

27 March 2025

A request for tender, seeking a service provider(s) to develop job role and career information resources for the Maritime industry, was released on 26 February and closed on March 27, 2025.  

Industry Skills Australia is currently evaluating the submissions to identify the most suitable applicant.

ISA’s 2024 Workforce Plans identified several challenges common across the Aviation, Maritime, Rail, Transport, and Logistics industries. Critical labour and skills shortages are one such challenge and have been exacerbated by limited access to accurate information on job roles and career pathways, and outdated perceptions of industry.

To address this issue, and with the support of our Strategic Workforce Planning Committees, ISA has initiated four discrete projects to develop career information specific to Aviation, Maritime, Rail, Transport, and Logistics occupations.

Maritime career and learning pathways are often complex and poorly understood. This is compounded by the absence of a comprehensive and authoritative source of career information, and makes it difficult for current and prospective workers to understand prospects for employment and growth within the industry.

Given these challenges, it is imperative that we establish relevant, and up to date information and resources about career opportunities, skills and training requirements and learning pathways in the maritime sector.

This project will create a companion volume to the Maritime Training Package that provides a comprehensive career information including occupational profiles, career and learning pathways for key maritime occupations (STCW and Near Coastal). Information will be targeted at a broad range of stakeholders including job seekers, career guidance counsellors, schools, students, employment service providers, training providers, employers, industry peak bodies and other organisations associated with the Maritime industries.

• A Companion Volume to the MAR Maritime Training Package which includes comprehensive information on:
  • occupational profiles for key job roles in the maritime sector
  • mandatory licensing and regulatory training requirements
  • Career and learning pathways information for key job roles (entry, exit and progression points)