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Skills for Creative Events is facilitated by Service Skills SA and funded through the DFEEST SA Works, Industry Partnership Program.
Skills for Creative Events will provide training for sixty individuals to diversify their skills base to help fill gaps in the creative events sector and increase individual employment prospects. After consultation with the sector there are three key components that make up this project:
- Train event ready crew for the Festival season
- Increase the number of Indigenous Workers within the sector
- Increase the number of event ready staff for Regional SA
At present most organisations have their own pool of casual staff they can call on, but with the increase of events in Adelaide – particularly at this time of year the pool is getting smaller and sourcing people with specific skills and tickets is a real problem. This program aims to help fill this gap and creates the possibility of a shared pool of casual staff that can be accessed as the first port of call for all the different events that happen during the Adelaide festival season, and through-out the year. The program is devised for unemployed or under-employed individuals with limited or no experience within the creative events sector who are enthusiastically seeking to forge / strengthen a career in this area.
There is widespread acknowledgment that Indigenous workers are under-represented and a desire to employ a higher proportion of Aboriginal people within the sector. Aboriginal people are being encouraged to apply to take part in these training opportunities through multiple networks.
The first component of the project, Intensive o1 ran from 21 January - 4 February 2011, timed so selected participants had the opportunity of gaining valuable experience working with the Adelaide Fringe, and other events around this busy festival period once they completed the training intensive.
Another intensive will be held in January 2012 developed around the needs of the Adelaide Festival which are predominantly staging, technical and production. The Adelaide Festival currently sources specialist event crew from interstate and overseas but is very pleased to be a part of training some local crew to step up to more specialised roles. These are very responsible positions that require a lot of experience as well as training. The Adelaide Festival will take on practical paid training roles for interested persons who had completed the intensive. Individuals will be paired with Specialised Event experts. Anyone who shines in this area will be a very valuable addition to the local Event industry.
Organisations, Councils and Events based in regional SA will shortly have the opportunity to register their skills gaps, employment opportunities and also identify potential participants who are based in the regions via a survey that will be distributed by email or can be accessed via the Service Skills SA website, If you would like to receive a copy of this survey, please email
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Organisations that survive and prosper in this world of rapid change are flexible, faster-moving and faster-learning than before. The ability to do this rests upon the abilities of the workforce to have these characteristics – hence the value of training. If individuals are able to learn, develop and change, then so do organisations. Ongoing commitment to training will help reinforce the state’s strong arts leadership and help the arts sector to flourish.
For enquiries about this program please get in touch with Megan Rainey via
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