National Water Skills Audit - Australian Water Association

AcknowledgementsAs the principal facilitator of this collaborative effort, the International Centre of Excellence in Water ResourcesManagement (ICE WaRM) gratefully acknowledges the significant contributions of the two other Centres whocontributed much of the analysis and content of this report: the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies(SACES) who were responsible for the survey component, and the Centre for the Economics of Education andTraining (CEET) who undertook the secondary data analysis. The consent of the Water Services Association ofAustralia (WSAA) to use their 2007 survey data and analysis, and quote extensively from their findings, and thatof the Australian Water Association (AWA) to approaching their corporate members to participate in the surveyare also gratefully acknowledged.Although there was little time for consultation with them in this first phase activity, the response of the studyAdvisory and Reference Groups was much appreciated. Thanks are extended to the Australian Academy ofTechnological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and AWA for agreeing to host and chair those groups, and to theindividual members of them. A more consultative role is planned for Phase 2.Special thanks are extended to those organisations who responded to the survey, within very tight deadlines– only a few working days in many cases.Lastly, the support and encouragement of the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts(DEWHA) and their committee colleagues, including specific acknowledgement of the constraints of the assignment,are gratefully acknowledged.iiICE WaRM • National Skills Audit (Phase One) Report