Join the Heritage Skills Registry

Creative Women’s Association

The Heritage Skills Registry is a verified national record of practitioners whose cultural, craft, and manufacturing knowledge has been built through sustained practice.

Registration connects you to paid, project-based work across cultural manufacturing, textile production, education, health, and public-interest projects — with organisations that need exactly what you know.

Participation is selective. Work is offered where there is a clear fit between skills, context, and need. You do not need a formal qualification. You need demonstrated, sustained practice in a Heritage Skills field.

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Your Heritage Skills Field

• Textile & Fibre Skills
• Garment & Pattern Skills
• Leather & Materials Skills
• Atelier Practice
• Cultural & Intangible Skills

Select your primary field. If your practice spans more than one, select all that apply. If you are unsure which category fits best, choose the closest match and describe your practice.

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Your Practice

Tell us what you do, how long you have been practising, and the kinds of settings you have worked in. This helps us understand fit and connect you to the right opportunities.

Work preferences – Type of work you’re interested in (Select all that apply)

• Paid project-based work
• Short-term or contract work
• Placement-based or pilot work
• Specialist placement
• Mentoring and skills transmission
• Facilitation and program delivery

Availability

• Available now
• Available in the coming weeks
• Project-by-project

Portfolio or website link (optional) (If you have one — not required.)

Guild Cloth

• Yes — I produce cloth and would like to explore Guild Cloth listing
• Not currently but interested in future
• No

Are you currently producing cloth in lengths — woven, knitted, or otherwise — that you would like listed in the Australian Cloth marketplace?

Accessibility & inclusion (optional) – You’re welcome to share this if helpful. It will not affect eligibility and is used only to support access and communication.

• First Nations practitioner
• CALD or migrant background
• Disability or access needs
• Language barriers
• Returning to work after time away
• Practising outside formal qualification systems
• Prefer not to say

If you’d rather explain this directly, you can also email us at cwa@creativewomensassociation.org

Submit Registration

Anything else you would like us to know? By submitting this form you are expressing your interest in joining the Heritage Skills Registry. CWA will review your registration and be in touch to confirm next steps.

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