Ten Network News report on jobs and skills in regional Australia
5 August 2009
We are pleased to advise you that AgriFood Skills Australia will feature in a report about jobs and skills in regional areas, to be broadcast on Ten Network News tomorrow (5pm Thursday, 6 August- Eastern Standard time).
The report will be shown on the late news at 10.30pm and again from 11 o'clock the following morning (Friday, 7th August).
The Ten News crew - reporter Frank Coletta and camerman Sean Boyd - explore the availability of regional jobs, skills and services in Tamworth and across the north west inland region of NSW. Tamworth is the 2009 Tidy Towns winner and typifies many other well developed regional town and city centres.
The report is set against rural and industrial backdrops in and around Tamworth and is based on AgriFood's Regional Skills Summit in Narrabri on 3 July.
Those interviewed by Ten News include: AgriFood CEO Arthur Blewitt; Narrabri Mayor Robyn Faber; Tocal College Principal Dr Cameron Archer; the Director of Primary Industries Innovation Centre, Professor Bob Martin; Program Manager for Careers Network Inc (based at West Tamworth Public School) Debbi Taekata; the Community Officer for the Australian Cotton Research Institute, Kate Schwager; and the CEO of pasta manufacturer Bellata Gold, Doug Cush.
National approach to jobs in the regions - The Ten News report amplifies AgriFood's efforts to explore jobs and skills availability in regional areas, and to identify job opportunities for workers displaced from other industries.
AgriFood's regional approach to jobs and skill is helping to identify job demand and the availability of suitable regional services.
On 3 July, AgriFood hosted a Regional Jobs Summit in Narrabri in collaboration with the Northern Inland Regional Development Board (NIRDB). It attracted close to 100 people from various industry sectors, education, research and government agencies, who participated in a series of discussions, panels and presentations and in a subsequent working group, coordinated by AgriFood. FULL REPORT
National Conference - Further, AgriFood will now include a Regional Jobs and Skills Summit at the National AgriFood Conference in Sydney on 24-25 September.
The conference theme, New Thinking, seeks to set a strong national blueprint for regional skills, jobs, workforce development and policy reform, highlighting the vital role of agrifood to the national economy and raising key issues in terms of skills and workforce development. Stakeholders are encouraged to register through this link for the conference: NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB PAGE
AgriFood Skills International Fellowship - Two international fellowships valued at $10,000 each are available now on the AgriFood website: FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION FORM
The Get Real Factor - The Get Real Factor is available now in print form. Copies are available at no charge to assist vocational trainers and assessors to address language, literacy and numeracy issues when working with training packages relevant to the agrifood industry: ORDER HERE
RTO Forum in Melbourne - AgriFood hosted its first national RTO Forum in Melbourne last week week (30 July), bringing together key RTOs. AgriFood CEO Arthur Blewitt and Training Products Manager David Greentree led discussions about the delivery of training packages under AgriFood's Bridging the gap approach, new policy changes to the national training system and industry expectations resulting from these changes. The forum presented speakers who were directly involved in recent policy review. RTO FORUM FLYER
New industry assistance for indigenous employment and retention - From 1 July 2009 the reformed Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) provides employers in industry groups across Australia with a greater range of services to recruit, train and retain indigenous employees. A new simplified contracting arrangement means that employers will find it easier to access assistance offered under the reformed IEP. For more details visit: www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous or call the Indigenous Employment Line on 1802 102.
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