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The increasing implementation of remotely controlled and automated systems in resources industry operations, either incrementally or on a step-change whole of operation basis, has implications for workforce structure, skills requirements, organizational structure and culture and ultimately, the vocational education and training (VET), and higher education programs and qualifications that provide the industry with a skilled workforce.

This report examines: (1) the nature of remotely controlled and automated systems that are used in the resources industries and the discrete technologies that comprise those systems; (2) the application of remote controlled and automated systems in other industries, and the issues that have been encountered in those industries with respect to adoption and implementation within those industries; (3) the current extent of adoption of various remote controlled and automation systems throughout the value chain of different sectors of the Australian resources industry, and the current adoption trajectory of such systems in these sectors; (4) changes in workforce structure, skills requirements and organizational structures and cultures that will be required to facilitate the effective adoption of remote controlled and automated systems in resources industry operations; (5) the implications of any new skills requirements on VET and higher education programs, and ultimately, the qualifications that institutions delivering these programs will need to be able to issue so that tradespeople, technicians and technical professionals can safely and effectively deploy, maintain and operate remotely controlled and automated resources industry systems; and (6) the readiness and capacity of the VET and higher education sector to deliver these qualifications to the Australian resources industry.

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