SkillsAware Podcast

Capturing Skills Visibility in Your Industry Webinar Series - Episode 1 - Construction - Moving Beyond the Trade Shortage Illusion

Fri, 22 May 2026 13:00:00 +1000

In the first webinar of the series 'Capturing Skills Visibility in Your Industry' titled 'Construction - Moving Beyond the Trade Shortage Illusion', our presenters, Yasmin King and Dr. Mark Keough, showcased how to solve skilled tradespeople shortages by capturing and verifying the invisible 80% of skills gained through years of on-site experience.

Dr. Mark Keough presented a demonstration of the SkillsAware platform, where you can see how SkillsAware acts as a foundational infrastructure layer to translate real-world construction capability into auditable data, allowing you to deploy your workforce with precision and confidence.

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/webinar-series-capturing-skills-visibility-in-your-industry/

About SkillsAware

SkillsAware is an AI-powered skills recognition engine developed through a collaboration between SkillsIQ, a skills-focused not-for-profit and Edalex, an award-winning EdTech and SkillsTech company, building on decades of technology and skills expertise. Its SkillsTech platform and associated services captures and maintains an evidence-based indicator of the plethora of skills that individuals accumulate progressively.

SkillsAware enables organisations to identify the skills that exist within their workforce and highlight strengths and gaps so they can plan for the future. SkillsAware assists with skills-based hiring and resourcing and supports and contributes to productivity, performance, opportunity and reward goals. SkillsAware has relevance for individuals, small, medium and large enterprises and industries in the recognition of current capability, prior learning and experience.

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SkillsAware - The Journey So Far 2026

Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 +1000

Dan McFadyen, Yasmin King and Dr Mark Keough, Co-Founders of SkillsAware, reflect on the past year of growth and innovation at SkillsAware, exploring how the platform is transforming skills recognition through evidence-based assessment, digital credentials and human-centred design. The discussion highlights SkillsAware’s impact across industries including construction, vocational education and higher education, as well as its growing international engagement in North America and Europe.

The Learner Voice - Skills Visibility Matters

Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This webinar explores the "wicked problem" of skills visibility, focusing on how validated, skills-first ecosystems empower learners and earners. Panelists from Education Design Lab and SkillsAware/Edalex discuss the XCredit project and SkillsAware platform powered by Edalex technology, highlighting how technology and human-centred design can turn lived experience into verified currency for employability. Through powerful learner stories and employer insights, we examine the shift from degrees as proxies to a future of lifelong skilling and skills mobility.

Key areas of discussion:

✅How tools like XCredit and SkillsAware are transforming lived experience into verified, meaningful data
✅The power of visibility in helping learners better understand their own capabilities
✅Why durable skills are critical in the workforce

Speakers:

Tara Laughlin, Ed.D. (Education Design Lab) – a leading voice in durable skills and the architect of learner-centered credentialing models.
Nishita Chheda (Education Design Lab) – expert in skills-based research and learner advocacy.
Margo Griffith (Edalex / SkillsAware) – Principal Skills Consultant focused on solving the wicked problem of skills recognition through auditable evidence.
The Learners – hear directly from three professionals about the “Aha!” moment of seeing their unseen skills finally verified and portable.

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/videos/the-learner-voice-webinar-why-skills-visibility-matter/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 6 - Skills Recognition and Progression

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +1100

In the sixth webinar of this series, Deb Carr joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss skills recognition and reform, in particular key discussion points:

- What is the value of skills recognition?
- How do we recognise similar skills between different competencies?
- What improvements could we make?

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 5 - Skills Standards

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +1100

In the fifth webinar of this series, Dr. Jon Mason joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss skills standards. The webinar explored skills recognition and reform, unpacking why metadata standards matter, focusing on:

- The importance of metadata standards
- The interoperability between systems and why this really matters
- The National Skills Taxonomy and Skills Lists
- Data being all about content.

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 4 - Skills Visibility

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +1100

In the fourth webinar of this series, Margo Griffith joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the skills visibility, including:

What would it be like if an organisation could see all the skills its employees have and can deploy?
What would be the impact on productivity?
And in the University context, how are students’ skills identified and recognised to enhance their employment outcomes?

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 3 - Skills & Meaning

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +1100

In the third webinar of the Skills & Standards Webinar series, Deb Carr joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the basics of skills literacy, including:

- What if I have a skill in one context – e.g. communications in customer service?
- And is it transferable – for example, in a Health Care context?
- What does having a skill really mean?

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 2 - Skills and Attributes

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +1100

In the second episode of the Skills & Standards Webinar series, Wendy Palmer, Director of Lifelong Learning Practice, joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the essentials of skills and attributes, including:

What is the difference between skills definitions and the attributes attached to them?
What does it mean to be good, better, or best?

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Skills and Standards Webinar Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Skills Literacy

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +1100

In the first webinar of the Skills & Standards Webinar series, Yasmin King joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the basics of skills literacy, including:

What does skills literacy mean?
Why do people have difficulty understanding and defining their own skills?
How can skills literacy lead to better career outcomes?

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/

Empower Your Students for National Skills Week: Discover the Power of Pre-Identified Skills with SkillsAware

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +1100

In this webinar, SkillsAware Co-Founders Yasmin King and Dr. Mark Keough presented the webinar “Empower Your Students for National Skills Week: Discover the Power of Pre-Identified Skills with SkillsAware.” They detailed how SkillsAware is revolutionising skills recognition, emphasised the importance of skills literacy, and much more!

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/webinar-empower-your-students-for-national-skills-week-discover-the-power-of-pre-identified-skills-with-skillsaware/

SkillsAware - The Journey So Far 2025

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +1100

In this session, Dr Mark Keough, Yasmin King, and Dan McFadyen, Co-Founders of SkillsAware explore why making skills and evidence visible, meaningful, and actionable is critical for today's learners.

Discover how the learning and employability ecosystem is evolving toward evidence-backed credentials and the role of rich skills data in empowering diverse learner pathways. This conversation highlights practical strategies for institutions to bridge the gap between education and the workforce by creating human- and machine-readable data that truly reflects a learner's capabilities.

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/videos/skillsaware-journey-so-far/