Training and Support Services for your Workplace

Our experienced trainers deliver a full suite of gender-inclusive training designed to strengthen inclusive culture and workplace practice. Modules include diversity and inclusion, gender bias, bystander action, recruitment bias and mental wellbeing. Training is tailored to suit your industry, organisation size and specific needs, and can be delivered face-to-face or live online.

Why do trades workplaces need training and support?

In the face of a national skills shortage, many trade industries face challenges in recruiting and retaining tradeswomen.

Barriers may include deep-rooted cultures and behaviours, a lack of female representation, and stigmas surrounding male-dominated industries. These challenges can make it difficult to maintain mentally healthy, inclusive and equitable workplaces.

How can workplaces benefit from TWA Workplace Training?

Tradeswomen Australia Group supports organisations to create diverse and inclusive workplace cultures. With extensive research, industry knowledge and experience in trade environments, the organisation has a proven track record of delivering impactful programs.

These services help businesses attract and retain skilled tradeswomen while creating healthy and positive working environments for all employees.

Workplaces that embrace these changes can benefit from:

  • Increased financial security and career opportunities for women.
  • Thriving, inclusive, safe and productive workplaces.
  • Positive impacts on company performance and profitability.
  • Better mental health outcomes for employees at work and at home.
  • Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism.
  • Compliance with Building Equality Policy (Victoria) requirements and Respect at Work obligations.

Training Services

OverSite is a practical workplace diagnostic developed by Tradeswomen Australia to help employers understand how workplace systems, reporting pathways, leadership practices and workplace culture are operating in real workplace environments.

Designed specifically for trade, technical, site-based and operational workplaces, OverSite provides a clear snapshot of what is working well, where risks or gaps may exist, and what practical steps can strengthen safety, inclusion, reporting confidence and workforce retention.

Download the OverSite information brochure.

Consulting Services – Putting Plans into Action

Need something bespoke? Our gender equity experts support organisations to develop solutions to suit both commercial needs and strategic targets. We take the time to understand where your organisation is at and co-design a solution to meet your needs.

Gender Impact Assessment – What Gets Measured Gets Done

Our gender equity experts work with your team over a 12-month period to assess and strengthen your workplace against gender equity best practice. The process provides valuable benchmarking data while simultaneously building awareness, capability and confidence to embed gender inclusion into everyday decision-making. Practical strategies and recommendations are developed collaboratively to strengthen inclusion, respect and equity across workplaces and sites. Depending on your organisation’s needs, outcomes may include a Theory of Change, Gender Equality Action Plan, Guiding Principles, governance frameworks, implementation roadmaps, or other tailored tools to support lasting organisational change.

Readymade Programs

Developed through years of experience working with hundreds of organisations, these programs help build inclusive workplaces and increase female participation in trades.

Programs include:

  • Workplace Diversity Program – Supporting diverse, inclusive and mentally healthy workplaces.
  • Connecting Women to Trades – Linking school leavers with trade career opportunities.
  • Remade for Trades – A community-focused initiative connecting vulnerable and disadvantaged women with pathways into trade careers.

Unconscious Bias Training

Participants explore unconscious bias, how it develops and the impact it can have on workplace culture, while learning strategies to minimise and overcome bias.

Recruitment Bias Training

Focused on recruitment and advertising processes, this program examines how unconscious bias can influence hiring decisions and provides practical tools to create more equitable recruitment practices.

Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

This program examines the connection between workplace environments and employee mental health. Participants learn the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy workplaces, the impact of workplace behaviours and practical steps to foster inclusive and positive cultures.

Recruitment Review

Our recruitment specialists provide place-based solutions to support workforce intakes, project delivery and pipeline growth — for example through targeted attraction campaigns, community engagement, pre-employment pathways and industry partnerships — while strengthening your reputation as an employer of choice.

Workplace Review

A comprehensive assessment of workplace systems, communication and culture. Reviews may include policies, procedures, codes of conduct, reporting processes, infrastructure, consultation practices and work plans. Organisations receive a detailed report, scorecard, checklist and recommendations for improvement.

Understanding Your Team Experience & Organisational Readiness

Before implementing change, we help organisations understand the lived experience of their current workforce and assess readiness for gender-inclusive practice. Using a combination of focus groups, staff surveys and targeted interviews, our team gathers insights into workplace culture, barriers, opportunities and perceptions across different levels of the organisation. Findings are consolidated into a clear report outlining key themes, risks and strengths, alongside practical recommendations and next steps to support sustainable change and improved retention outcomes.

Supervisor Mentoring

Mentoring support that equips supervisors with tools and confidence to manage team issues while creating safer, healthier and more inclusive workplaces.

Apprentice Mentoring

Designed to support apprentices as they transition from school to work, this mentoring program helps participants navigate workplace challenges, understand diversity and inclusion, and contribute positively to workplace culture.

Leadership Training

Provides frontline leaders with practical tools to build inclusive and equitable workplace cultures. Topics include change management, awareness building and employee engagement strategies.

Leadership Coaching – Creating Confident Leaders

Executive training will be delivered by our qualified team to equip organisational managers to lead with inclusion, confidence and advocate for best practice workplaces.