Material judgement
Capability is visible in consequential decisions made through practice.
Capability held in practice.
A Craft Practitioner is a person actively engaged in a field of craft. This may include making, modifying, repairing or conserving products; undertaking one or more consequential stages of production; or transmitting the knowledge and skills of a practice where that transmission is grounded in practical capability.
Practitioner / capability / material
02.2Craft Practitioners
Practice is the starting point.
Practitioner status recognises active participation in the sector. Practice may be commercial or non-commercial, may occur at any career stage and may use hand tools, machinery, digital systems or other production technologies.
Practitioner records can connect public discovery through Which Craft? with a persistent UPI and supporting product records in the provenance system.
Report basisMapping Australia’s Crafts Sector 2026 · Note on Terms; Sections 1.4 and 5.
Continuity
Maintenance, modification and repair keep products and knowledge in use.
Transmission
Demonstration, mentoring and structured learning sustain the field.