The Electrical, Utilities & Public Administration Council Inc (abbreviated EUPA), is commissioned by the Department of Training and Workforce Development (WA Government) to provide strategic advice to the State Training Board, regarding industry training issues. EUPA is charged with ensuring portfolio industries have access to relevant, up-to-date training opportunities. EUPA is one of ten industry driven bodies that work with a wide range of stakeholders to identify workforce development needs and ensure the provision of relevant training for all West Australians.

It plays an auxiliary role to the Commonwealth’s equivalent Government Skills Australia (public administration) and EE-OZ (electrical, utilities), but provides a more in-depth look at the perculiarities specific to the Western Australia market.

Our stakeholders include:

Industry Associations

Unions
State Government Agencies
Local Government Agencies
Career Advisors
Registered Training Organisations

As an independent non-government, not-for-profit association, EUPA aims to promote Vocational Education and Training and ensure industry has a sufficient supply of highly skilled labout both now and into the future. EUPA Training Council achieves this by:

Researching and reporting industry workforce development needs
Providing a leadership role in promoting training to industry
Providing forward looking industry advice to government on training needs and priorities for public funding
Participating in projects with National Industry Skills Councils
Working with our industry sectors to ensure:

workforce development issues are implemented
high quality training standards are maintained
specific industry training needs are addressed

Promoting VET and career education in schools
Facilitating an RTO network in each of its sectors of responsibility
Organising workshops, forums, training expos and events and publish information to promote the latest developments in training in Western Australia

How can you get involved?

You can contact us with your training queries, respond to our requests for your advice or become a member of an Industry Working Group made up of expert’s working within your industry in Western Australia.

Your input is valuable to us.

You can register your interest by becoming a member and representing your industry sector on a wide range of training issues.

Industry Representation

EUPA covers a diverse but overlapping range of sectors involving a substantial component of the Western Australian workforce. EUPA’s industry sectors are:

Electrical

including Telecommunications

Utilities

including

Electricity – Generation
Electricity – Transmission, Distribution & Rail
Gas
Water
Waste

Public Administration