Tasmanian Business Reporter February 2017

Tasmanian Business Reporter - FEBRUARY 2017 3
NEWS
Civil construction career path
Apprenticeships
boost youth jobs
Adrian McKenna from Ezikit, left, and Malcolm Honey from Tasmanian
Bakeries, right, with State Growth Minister Matthew Groom.
Pilot program helps
workers get job ready
TWO new programs
are ensuring workplaces
are ready to accept
new employees and that
those seeking work are
adequately prepared for
the job.
To support youth
employment in the Glenorchy
area, $47,000
in Government funding
was provided for
the Glenorchy
specific training
and work
readiness pilot
program.
The program
was developed
and delivered
in partnership
between the Tasmanian
Chamber
of Commerce
and Industry and the
Glenorchy City Council’s
Glenorchy Learn
(G-LEARN) Group.
Fourteen job seekers
from the Glenorchy
area graduated from
the G-LEARN program
with employer-validated
work ready skills, and
seven graduates have
already secured ongoing
employment as a result
of the program.
“These graduates
received a combination
of group workshops and
personalised coaching to
prepare them for work
experience to demonstrate
their employability.
Real-time experience
in the workplace with a
local employer through
Graduates received ...
group workshops and
personalised coaching
a structured four-week
work experience placement
was used to help
establish a strong foundation
for workforce
participation and lifelong
learning,” TCCI Operations
Manager Colleen
Reardon said.
“Employers participating
in the program
also received mentoring
and assistance to help
maximise opportunities
for successful and
productive employment
outcomes and become
worker ready employers.”
Meanwhile, the Worker
Ready Businesses
pilot program developed
and tested a framework
establishing what needs
to be in place to
endorse a business
as “worker
ready”.
The program
has prepared a
number of businesses
to support
and build the
work readiness
of new employees,
job seekers,
work experience
participants and any
other individual in the
workplace.
The program included
workshops, and customised
mentoring in areas
including recruitment,
induction, work experience
and work placement,
managing performance,
new employee
development plans and
promoting performance.
WITH educational attainment
rates on the
North West Coast the
lowest in Tasmania,
Stornoway was very encouraged
to see strong
government and business
support for the launch of
a new youth employment
initiative in Burnie.
Stornoway has joined
with TasTAFE, the Department
of Education
and Beacon Foundation
to develop the School
to Work Apprenticeship
Scheme for the civil construction
industry.
Year 11 students undertake
an apprenticeship
in civil construction,
spending two days
a week in a workplace,
gaining hands-on experience
while obtaining
their Year 11 and 12 Tasmanian
Certificate of Education.
“Educational attainment
rates in the North
West region are the lowest
in the state,” said
Camille O’Meara of Stornoway and Senator
Jonathon Duniam.
Stornoway General Manager,
Business Services
and CCF board member,
Camille O’Meara.
“Plus, Tasmania has
an ageing population,
increasing unemployment
generally and a significant
predicted skills
shortage for plant operators
over the coming decade.
“This is about presenting
a long-term solution
for our youth and our
industry. It is about creating
pathways for youth
to gain meaningful employment,
combining
ongoing education with
hands-on skill development,”
Mrs O’Meara
said.
“Students who undertake
these apprenticeships
really do come out
ahead. They get the work
experience and skills, all
the support they require
from Stornoway, Tas-
TAFE, the Beacon Foundation
and the Department
of Education – plus
they get paid and get to
complete year 11 and 12.
“The investment that
Stornoway is making is
unprecedented.”
Senator Jonathon Duniam
was a key supporter
of the initiative and said
as a father and young
Tasmanian, it was important
to ensure there
were as many learning
opportunities and employment
pathways as
possible.
“The schools-based
apprenticeships program
is a terrific way of creating
those opportunities
for young Tasmanians to
learn, work and then live
here in Tasmania,” Senator
Duniam said.
“Stornoway is to be
congratulated,’’ he said.
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