Water Industry Workforce Composition Snapshot Published
Date: 29-Jun-2017
qldwater has recently published the Queensland Water Industry Workforce Composition Snapshot Report for 2012. A copy of the report is available on the qldwater website here. Hardcopy versions of the report will be posted to all qldwater and Water Skills Partnership Members.
This is the second such report published by qldwater. The first Snapshot report, published in 2011 (2010 data) was very well received by industry and provided a good basis for negotiating government funding to help address the current and imminent skills shortages facing the industry, as well as provide an information baseline to support our participation in national water skills discussions. There has been more structural change in the industry and increasing workforce pressures since the last report and the 2012 Report has again helped highlight the areas in which to focus efforts to support our workforce. This is of critical importance as the Queensland Government’s 30 year water strategy is developed.
qldwater plan to publish a Snapshot report potentially every 2 years to monitor trends. We are aware that there are a number of other surveys/reports coordinated by national bodies, and conscious of the workload this creates. Where possible, we intend to collaborate with other national bodies to streamline the data collection process to ensure efforts are not duplicated. This is currently the Queensland water industry’s only substantial workforce data collection exercise, has clear objectives and is simple in structure. We would again like to thank the organisations that participated by providing data other assistance and welcome feedback to improve the publication in future.
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