SASSETA is participating in a process facilitated by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), to compile the inaugural Priority Skills Plan (PSP). This article is intended to update stakeholders in the Safety and Security Sector about the PSP processes. In order to achieve this, the article provides a background, definition of the PSP, purpose of the PSP, components of the PSP, principles for prioritising occupations and interventions in the PSP, and SASSETA’S role in relation to the development of the PSP.