CPSISC is committed to promoting positive Workforce development activities for the Construction and Property Services Industries. CPSISC sees Workforce Development as a holistic concept that integrates the following three key areas:
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Workforce
Planning and
Analysis
· Human Resource Management
· Workforce Capability Development
By addressing these three areas, industry can align workforces to current and future business demands, and by doing so strengthen possibilities for organisational success. To see how CPSISC is preparing a Workforce Development Strategy, click on the link below. You can also contribute to the development process, and we urge you to do that - broad input from our industries is vital if we are to devise a useful strategy.
Click here to go to CPSISC's Workforce Development Strategy.
Workforce planning and analysis
The workforce planning process involves forecasting your business’s future skill requirements and establishing how you will attract, develop and retain people with those skills.
Workforce planning will assist your business to respond to changes in the demand and supply of labour, and ensure that your business is staffed to meet future challenges. As a result, your business will be better placed to attract and retain employees in a tight labour market, have higher productivity and profitability and improved quality of product and service.
For a workforce planning process to be effective, it should be integrated into the organisation’s strategic plan and updated regularly to meet an ever changing environment.
Human resource management
Human resource management is a strategic approach to the management of people in order to enhance individual and organisational performance. An effective human resource management system can assist in reducing high staff turnover, industrial disputes, breaches of legislation, unfair dismissal claims, poor customer service, loss of business and more. A human resource management system linked to your business goals and objectives will assist in maximising the potential of your business and your people.
Workforce capability development
Workforce capability development relates to the development of the ‘whole-of-organisation’. It includes such things as developing effective systems, processes, values, initiatives and enablers that support individuals and teams in taking responsibility for their own learning as well as the capacity to share their knowledge with others in the organisation.
Workforce Development is not a standalone process or system. An effective approach must be integrated within business practices and incorporate an analysis of the organisations current and possible future operations. It should include ongoing monitoring of the environment, workforce issues and organisational strategies.
To download CPSISC's Workforce Development Flyer, click here.
To download CPSISC's SkillsGAP Tool Flyer, click here.
Skills Australia
As part of its Skilling Australia for the future initiative, the government recognises the importance of nationally endorsed training in assisting job seekers to acquire skills and gain lasting employment and assisting existing workers to update or upgrade their skills.
CPSISC’s role within Skilling Australia will be to:
- Provide integrated industry intelligence and advice to Skills Australia, government and enterprises on workforce development and skills needs
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Actively support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of high quality training
and workforce development products and services including training packages. - Provide independent skills and training advice to enterprises, including matching identified training needs with appropriate training solutions; and
- Work with enterprises, Employment Service Providers and training providers to ensure that individual and enterprise training needs are matched to appropriate training.
Productivity Places Program
The Productivity Places Program has gone through significant change over the last few months. The State & Territory Governments are now signing into the program and will manage the program for their own state/territory respectively. This new arrangement will take effect at different times for each state, and CPSISC will continue to monitor this process and report on any developments.
Listed below are links to each state/territory web sites with information regarding the program. Each state/territory has included information on available qualifications for the program, the tender process for RTO’s to apply and how it intends to manage the process.
NSW
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/trainingmarket/ppp.htm
CPSISC Media Release - click here to download.
QLD
http://training.qld.gov.au/partners/funding_and_tenders/ppp/index.html
VIC
WA
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/training/training/content-cat-home.asp#pppprogram
CPSISC Media Release - click here to download.
SA
http://www.dfeest.sa.gov.au/Projects/ProductivityPlacesProgram/tabid/416/Default.aspx
CPSISC Media Release - click here to download.
TAS
http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/productivity
NT
CPSISC Media Release - click here to download.
Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP)
The Minister for Education and Employment, Julia Gillard, recently announced that the Australian Government will in partnership with industry, commit $40 million to the Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP).
A second round of funding of $10 million will be allocated before July 2010 to deliver an estimated 2,700 additional training places.
The partnership also highlights the industry’s commitment to the ongoing development of the workforce with their contribution of over $15.5 million to meet the costs of training.
The EBPPP forms part of the Productivity Places Program under the Commonwealth’s Skilling Australia for the Future policy.
However the following eligibility criteria are expected to be applied:
· Training will be at the Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level in a range of qualifications
· National enterprises, small and medium enterprises and national professional associations and industry bodies will be eligible to participate in this program
The objective of the EBPPP is to assist individual enterprises increase their productivity as well as the skill levels and subsequently the mobility of workers, by providing employees with opportunities to increase their qualification levels.
The Guidelines for this program are available on the DEEWR Productivity Places Program website.
Guidelines
To download the Guidelines in PDF format, click here.
To download the Guidelines in Word format, click here.
Qualifications available click here.
More information:
Contact James Latimore, CPSISC Workforce Development Manager: Ph: 02 6253 0002 or email: james.latimore@cpsisc.com.au
