skills acTion Plan for The food and Beverage secTor - Department of ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Food and beverage key stakeholders support the need for
transformation in order for food and beverage companies
to survive in a competitive, global market by:
• attracting and retaining suitable and sufficient
numbers of employees;
• up-skilling current workers and providing career
pathways;
• integrating and applying top talent;
• innovating and making effective and efficient use of
technology;
• predicting skill and labour needs; and
• enabling labour and capital growth in a productive
manner that supports changing demands of food and
beverage customers.
The Skills Action Plan (below) is being incorporated into
the Food and Beverage Taskforce Development Agenda.
Skills Action Plan for the Food and Beverage Sector
Priority 1: Better Labour Market Information
Forecasting
• The food and beverage forecasting framework will be implemented and applied to all food and beverage
sub-sectors and maintained on an ongoing basis. This would involve food and beverage ITOs (as part of their
strategic skills leadership role) to assist in the implementation of the framework in conjunction with other
relevant organisations.
• The proposed Skills and Training Action Group (STAG) will guide consistency of application of this framework
within the food and beverage sector, improve the framework and test its robustness with respective industry
organisations and training organisations.
Productivity
• Complete the productivity study currently underway, which will identify productivity issues specific to food
processing businesses.
• The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions will use the findings of the productivity study to inform the Workplace
Productivity Education Programme and in developing resources for union delegates and future productivity
initiatives.
• A first phase of science and technology adoption research has been completed. The findings will be taken
forward with industry and relevant agencies.