We are the go-to organisation for facilitating building and construction industry workforce development in Tasmania.
Keystone Tasmania was established as the Tasmanian Building and Construction Industry Training Board in 1990 to promote a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce in the Tasmanian building and construction industry.
Keystone Tasmania is an independent state-wide organisation. Our work is funded by a levy on building and construction projects over the value of $20,000. A Board of Directors with broad industry and education experience administers the allocation of funds to workforce development projects and via training subsidy across all sectors of the industry.
Under the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Act 1990, Keystone Tasmania has the following functions:
- To promote training, and training pathways, in the building and construction industry.
- To promote the Board, and its aims and activities, to the building and construction industry.
- To liaise with appropriate training organisations and other bodies.
- To advise on, and provide input into, the development of training, and training pathways, within the building and construction industry.
- To review and evaluate existing training, and training pathways, within the building and construction industry.
- To promote equality of access to training, and training pathways, within the building and construction industry.
- To promote productivity, career opportunities and work safety within the building and construction industry through training and workforce development planning and pathways.
- To facilitate access to employer-provided training in the building and construction industry.
- To facilitate the equitable distribution, amongst employers in the building and construction industry, of resources relating to employment-related training.
- To facilitate the training of builders to improve skills and knowledge within the building and construction industry.
Our values
WE ARE HUMAN
We see the people who make up this industry. We connect with them, understand their situation, and appreciate their needs. We exist to serve our industry and we value our relationships. We listen, we learn and we respond.
WE ARE OBJECTIVE
We are impartial. We respect and value all sectors of our industry. We strive to be relevant to all stakeholders, regardless of size. We are deeply committed to principles of equity and transparency.
WE ARE QUALITY
We are prepared to work for the future of our industry. Innovation drives us as much as it drives our industry. Our strategy will be grounded in evidence and sensitive to experience. We will measure our success by evaluating the capacity and sustainability of the Tasmanian building and construction industry.