ESQ - Spark Your Future series - Career Guide Launch

Why Attend the Launch?

Join industry leaders, educators, employers, career practitioners and training providers as we launch two exciting initiatives designed to strengthen Queensland’s future workforce In Electrotechnology and Utilities.

Spark Your Future Career Guide Series

Be among the first to explore a new suite of practical career resources showcasing opportunities across Energy, Electrotechnology, Renewables, Utilities, Telecommunications, Digital Technologies, Construction, Manufacturing and emerging industries. The guides provide clear information on careers, pathways, apprenticeships, traineeships, training options and future workforce opportunities, helping young people make informed career decisions.

I Want to Be an Electrician Program

Discover an innovative program developed to help students and job seekers understand what it takes to enter one of Queensland’s most in-demand trades. Learn how industry can build participants knowledge to gain practical skills, improve job readiness and connect with apprenticeship opportunities.

What You'll Gain

• Valuable insights into Queensland's current and future workforce priorities, industry growth areas, and emerging skills needs.

• Early access to the Spark Your Future Career Guide Series and resources designed to support career education, workforce planning, student engagement, and pathway development.

• Greater understanding of apprenticeship, traineeship, vocational education, higher education, and employment pathways across energy, electrotechnology, utilities, renewables, telecommunications, digital technologies, and related industries.

• Opportunities to strengthen connections between schools, industry, training providers, apprenticeship support organisations, and government agencies.

• Practical strategies for supporting students, job seekers, and future workers to transition successfully from education into employment.

• Insights into industry expectations, workforce challenges, and opportunities to build sustainable talent pipelines.

• Access to information on the I Want to Be an Electrician program and other initiatives supporting career exploration, work readiness, and apprenticeship pathways.

• Opportunities to collaborate with key stakeholders shaping Queensland's workforce, skills, training, and employment future.

• Enhanced understanding of how industry, education, training, and government can work together to address workforce shortages and create future career opportunities.

• Networking opportunities with decision-makers, educators, employers, industry representatives, training organisations, apprenticeship support providers, and workforce development leaders.

Whether you work in education, training, industry, government, or workforce development, this launch provides an opportunity to build partnerships, share insights, and contribute to developing Queensland's future workforce.

Who Should Attend?

• Energy, Utilities and Electrotechnology, Telecommunications, Industry stakeholders

• Government and community stakeholders

• Career practitioners, teachers and School leaders

• Employers and industry representatives

• Apprenticeship and traineeship centre representatives

• Training organisations and universities

Be Part of the Conversation

This launch is more than an event it is an opportunity to help inspire the next generation, strengthen industry-school connections, and support the development of a skilled workforce ready to power Queensland’s future.

Together, we can spark ambition, create pathways, and build the workforce Queensland needs for tomorrow.