In its first 3-year term, the Council will:
Establish and develop national standards for installation, operations, training and certification of all OAE activities;
Develop Sector Skills Framework for the professional development of OAE practitioners;
Promote adoption of and compliance to the national standards among sector stakeholders; and
Continue to engage with the OAE community and propose schemes, resources, pathways and other enabling structures to support growth and transformation of the sector.
Long Term Development of the OAE Sector
In addition to promoting the adoption of new national standards, the OAE Council will monitor incident rates and adoption rate of national standards, active participation numbers, currency of standards, number of certified OAE providers and other indicators* signaling interventions. Further measures (regulatory or statutory) if necessary, will be recommended in updates to MCCY.
*E.g., incident reporting challenges, lack of periodic safety reviews, inconsistent certification assessments, etc.