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The Aquaculture Industry Action Agenda – Making the most of education, training and workplace opportunities
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Aquaculture Industry Action Agenda Report
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“Making the Most of Education, Training and Workplace Opportunities”, by AMC Search
An assessment of current and projected needs to support growth in the Australian Aquaculture Industry was undertaken, specifically addressing education, training and workplace opportunities.
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Opportunity
Australian aquaculture mainly consists of producing high-value species that require advanced aquaculture technologies, supported by a highly skilled and flexible workforce. Any actions that improve the skills base and flexibility of an aquaculture workforce and convert its intellectual capital into a highly competitive product or service will directly improve the industry’s competitiveness.
Opportunities to improve education, training and workplace performance exist through:
• access to education and training resources that meet the human resource requirements of the aquaculture industry, including Indigenous peoples, at all levels;
• extension of outcomes from research;
• career paths for new and existing industry participants;
• best practices in the workplace, including workplace relations, and occupational health and safety;
• sales of education and training overseas; and
• tertiary institutions responding to industry needs.
Objective
Develop the capacity of the aquaculture industry by converting the intellectual capital of its workforce into a highly competitive product or service.
Actions
The National Seafood Industry Training Advisory Body has been asked to submit a full proposal for development of learning materials to provide further learning materials.
The National Aquaculture Council and Commonwealth Government will develop and implement a strategy to substantially improve links between training providers and industry, including identifying culturally appropriate education and training opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
The Commonwealth Government will encourage the industry through the National Aquaculture Council to adopt the National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy targets as a minimum to help drive improvements in workplace safety.
Success indicators
The success of this initiative will be measured after four years by:
• increased access to aquaculture related education and training resources
• improved extension of outcomes from research;
• improvements in best practice in the workplace, including workplace relations, and achieving the National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy targets as a minimum;
• increased sales of education and training overseas; and
• tertiary institutions better responding to industry needs.
Timeframe
Aim to develop and implement an industry education and training strategy within two years.
Results
A consultancy on training and education opportunities is currently being prepared. The publication will be available on this site when published.
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