1875234c-bf08-4c5e-ab0c-74634957f1bf urn:uuid English UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2021-10-07T21:14:27 creation ISO 19115 2016 APS Career Pathfinder 1875234c-bf08-4c5e-ab0c-74634957f1bf Live release 1.0 This APS Career Pathfinder dataset contains the capability frameworks, role definitions and learning catalogues used by the [APS Career Pathfinder](https://digitalprofession.gov.au/aps-career-pathfinder-tool) tool to facilitate career exploration and development in the Australian Public Service (APS). The role definitions include typical APS roles, which describe the skills and general capability requirements typically found in APS jobs based on those roles. You can use these definitions to determine potential career pathways and identify skills gaps and learning solutions that may help fill those gaps. The focus at present is on digital roles, and therefore the capability frameworks, role definitions and the learning catalogue we are using primarily address digital, data and ICT. However, the APS Career Pathfinder tool has the capability to work with other types of capability framework, with roles and leaning mapped accordingly, so that it can support career exploration and development in potentially any area of capability. We’ve defined roles according to skills drawn from capability frameworks, primarily [SFIA](https://sfia-online.org/en/), the Skills Framework for the Information Age. We use additional capability frameworks where relevant, including other skills frameworks (like [CIISec](https://www.ciisec.org/), the Chartered Institute of Information Security skills framework, and the [DCF](https://www.apsc.gov.au/publication/aps-data-capability-framework) Data Capability Framework), knowledge frameworks (like our simple knowledge magnitude scale), and behaviours (using the APS Work Level Standards). Additional details about roles include: * a brief description of each role or discipline * a mapping to the APS Job Family Model * a mapping to areas of interest * alternative names the roles may have * link to a ‘day in the life of’ profile for certain roles * relative role demand * link to learning solutions related to each role We may define roles as typical APS roles, which are not specific to any agency, or as agency-specific roles. Agencies can include their role definitions in this dataset by sending their definitions to the contact email below. Please send requests to change or augment any of this data to the contact email below. We may consult with our community before including them. This dataset includes the full SFIA framework, reproduced and made available through the [SFIA-AU](https://digitalprofession.gov.au/skills-framework-information-age) license. Use throughout Australia is permitted through this license, but may be restricted for foreign and multi-national organisations. SFIA career pathways careers digital capability skills typical_aps-roles.csv documentDigital ##General Information This dataset describes roles typically found in the Australian Public Service, on which many jobs in various agencies are based. The attributes included in this dataset are described in the Explainer document. ###Change Log * The Jan. 2023 release includes Data roles provided by the Data Profession. * The 14 Mar 2023 upload restores Data roles and Workforce planner roles removed by previous March upload. * The Jun 2023 release includes more role descriptions and more aliases. * The Feb 2024 release includes AI roles. * 18 Apr 2024 - Minor name change Software Engineer > Software Engineer (Developer) * 17 Feb 2025 - Tidying up of data, adding in semi-colons to separate alias names. * 16 Apr 2025 - Correct formatting issue (no change to data) * 25 May 2025 - Restore Software Engineer (Developer) title accidentally removed in last update * 31 Jul 2025 - Add "(Developer)" to Associate, Senior and Principal Software Engineer role titles. CSV Typical APS Roles - human readable form documentDigital ##General Information This is the same data included in the typical_aps-roles.csv dataset, but presented in a more human readable form in an Excel spreadsheet. It includes the essential and desirable skill requirements for all typical APS roles, described using the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA), APS Data Capability Framework (DCF), APS Workforce Planning Capability Framework (APSWFP) and the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) frameworks. ###Change Log * The Jan. 2023 release includes a new field indicating the date each role record was last updated. Note that this represents the data the information changed in our master records, not the date it was uploaded to data.gov.au. * 18 Apr 2024 - Minor name change (Software Engineer > Software Engineer (Developer) * 2 Dec 2024 - Removed eroneous characters, includes Workforce Planner and Data Professional roles. * 16 Apr 2025 - Synchronising with Typical APS csv update XLSX Explainer document documentDigital DRAFT - document that explains the career pathways framework and elements used by APS Career Pathfinder. .docx typical_aps-classifications.csv documentDigital Classifications relating to roles in the typical_aps-roles dataset CSV Data Profession Roles Sep 2025.csv documentDigital Skill descriptions for typical data roles within the Australian Public Service as defined by the APS Data Profession. Contains essential and desirable SFIA8 and DCF skills. Some AI & ML roles have SFIA9 skills. CSV HR Profession Roles.csv documentDigital Skills required in typical workforce planner roles in the APS. CSV Digital Profession Roles Sep 2025.csv documentDigital Typical Digital Profession roles with essential and desirable SFIA8 skills. Added revised Testing, -------------------------------------------------------- Updates: Removed Testing and Cyber Analyst roles with SFIA9 skills skills, corrected missing Software engineer aliases 18/7/2025 Penetration testing and Cyber Analyst roles with SFIA9 skills. 20/6/25 AI & Machine learning roles with SFIA9 skills, 8/9/25 CSV ato-roles.csv documentDigital ATO HR Roles for testing purposes CSV ato-classifications.csv documentDigital Classifications relating to the ato-roles dataset CSV ato-skills-1.csv documentDigital ATO Capability Framework, skills components CSV ato-knowledge-1.csv documentDigital ATO Capability Framework - knowledge components only CSV goverp-roles.csv documentDigital GovERP roles CSV sfia-skills-7.csv documentDigital Skills Framework for the Information Ages (SFIA) version 7. CSV sfia-skills-8.csv documentDigital Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) version 8. CSV ciisec-skills-2.4.csv documentDigital Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) Skills Framework version 2.4 CSV knowledge.csv documentDigital Knowledge indicator used for typical_aps roles CSV influence.csv documentDigital Span of influence indicator for typical_aps roles CSV sfia-learning.csv documentDigital General learning assets mapped to SFIA 7 and SFIA 8. CSV ato-knowledge-levels.csv documentDigital Provides the name of the ato-knowledge levels. CSV aps-data-skills-1.csv documentDigital APS Data Capability Framework 1 Nov. 2021 This data set includes a 3-character code associated with each skill that is not present in the [original framework](https://www.apsc.gov.au/publication/aps-data-capability-framework). CSV sfia7-learning.csv documentDigital General learning resources mapped to SFIA 7 only. CSV Data Capability Framework v1 documentDigital This is the APS Data Capability Framework created by the Data Profession to describe the unique capabilities required in data roles. CSV data-roles-1 documentDigital For testing purposes. A sample role file with one role and one skill to demonstrate application of the Data Capability Framework (DCF) CSV skillsoft-learning documentDigital The Skillsoft learning catalogue mapped to SFIA 7 and SFIA 8 skills, provided with courtesy from Skillsoft for the purposes of testing in Career Pathfinder beta. CSV vps-classifications documentDigital Classification structure for the Victorian Public Service CSV VPS Capability Framework documentDigital Victorian Public Service Capability Framework CSV VPS Roles documentDigital For testing - a sample of VPS roles mapped to the VPS Capability Framework. CSV VPS Learning documentDigital For testing purposes - LinkedIn Learning catalogue mapped to the VPS Capability Framework CSV Services Australia learning resource catalogue documentDigital List of Services Australia curated learning resources mapped to SFIA 8 and CIISec 2.4 CSV sfia8-learning documentDigital General learning resources mapped to SFIA 8. CSV APSWFP-Skills documentDigital For testing purposes - APS Workforce Planning skills framework CSV APSWFP-Roles documentDigital for testing purposes - APS Workforce Planning roles mapped to SFIA and APSWFP-Skills CSV LG Classifications documentDigital LG classifications for testing purposes CSV LG Roles documentDigital LG roles for testing purposes CSV SFIA Behaviours documentDigital Testing a model of behavioural skills based on the SFIA 8 Levels of Responsibility CSV APSWFP-Learning documentDigital This file contains learning resources relevant to the APS Workforce Planning collection of roles, using the SFIA and APSWFP frameworks. CSV NSW-T-ProcurementSkill-framework documentDigital Procurement skills framework for the NSW Treasury to test Career Pathfinder CSV NSW-T-Classification-framework documentDigital NSW Treasury test data for Career Pathfinder CSV NSW-T-Roles-to-Skills documentDigital NSW Treasury test data for Career Pathfinder CSV NSW-T-Learning-to-skills documentDigital NSW Treasury test data for Career Pathfinder CSV SA Roles documentDigital SA Roles test data CSV SFIA Levels of Responsibility documentDigital This is a set of classifications that are just the SFIA Levels of Responsibility. It has been included for testing purposes. CSV NICE SFIA Roles documentDigital For testing purposes. This roles collection contains NICE roles associates with SFIA skills and behaviours. CSV SA-knowledge-levels documentDigital Testing - SA-knowledge-levels CSV SA-knowledge-1 documentDigital Testing-SA-knowledge-1 CSV SA-skills-1 documentDigital Testing-SA-skills-1 CSV Opportunity Program Classifications documentDigital Classifications for the Opportunity Program (SAU) CSV Opportunity Program-skills.csv documentDigital Technology (stack) and Certification data for the Technology Group in SAU CSV OpportunityProgram-roles.csv documentDigital Testing role types for the Opportunity Program CSV opportunities-latest-leariningresourcecatalouge.csv documentDigital Test of the Learning Catalogue for opportunities register. CSV Opportunities Program Capabilities documentDigital Opportunities Program Capabilities Version 1 CSV dcf_learning.csv documentDigital Learning catalogue for skills pertaining to the DCF. CSV austrade_skills_2.csv documentDigital Austrade capability framework, skill component. CSV austrade_roles.csv documentDigital Austrade roles. CSV austrade_classifications.csv documentDigital Austrade classifications. CSV Complex Project Management roles documentDigital CSV Opportunities Program Frameworks.csv documentDigital Knowledge Frameworks used in the TDP Group for the Opportunities Register CSV Opportunities_Program Credentials.csv documentDigital Credentials (Certificates and certifications) for TDP for the Opportunities Register CSV Opportunities_Program Knowledge.csv documentDigital Knowledge items (TDP) for the Opportunities Register CSV Tas first five roles data test.xlsx documentDigital Test data to demonstrate Tas gov roles in APS Career Pathfinder XLSX