BETTER CONNECTIONS

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BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER OUTCOMES

• IMPROVING LABOUR MARKET EFFECTIVENESS
• Townsville - August 2005

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Agenda

• 1.00pm Lunch
• 1.30pm Welcome and Introductions
• 1.40pm Better Connections presentation
• 2.30pm Identification and discussion of issues
• 3.30pm Coffee break
• 3.40pm Developing an action plan
• 4.30pm Drawing it together
• 4.45pm Close

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Origins of the workshops

• DEWR undertakes a range of research and analysis
  of labour supply and skill shortages
• DEWR, with other Government agencies, is looking
  at how to address Australias labour supply and
  skill shortages
• Run a series of workshops to share information
  and ideas

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Objective of the workshops

• Improve Labour Market Effectiveness by
• addressing labour supply and skill shortage
  issues
• increasing labour market participation (target
  groups mature aged, single parents, people with
  a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from
  culturally and linguistically diverse
  backgrounds, youth)
• establishing and further developing linkages
  between relevant organisations

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Northern-North West Queensland Labour Force Region
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Townsville Employment Service Area
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Population Growth
Source ABS Population projections 2002-2011 (Cat
no 3222.0) Series B
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Indigenous Growth
Source ABS Experimental Projections of ATSI
Australians, 2002 2009 (cat 3238.055.002)
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Total fertility rate Australia 1921-2002
Source ABS, 2002, Births, Australia, catalogue
no. 3301.0.
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Labour force participation rates of employed
women and men by age, 1978-2004
Source ABS, Labour Force, detailed electronic
data release, catalogue no. 6291.0.55.001,
datacube LM8
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Northern-North West Queensland Profile

• Unemployment Rate 4.8 vs 4.7 for the state
• Employment Rate 78.8 vs 76.9 for the state
• Working Age Population 165,400
• Diversity
• 18 of the population born overseas (22 for the
  state)
• 8 born in a non English speaking country (10
  for the state)
• 10 of the working age population are Indigenous
• Education
• 36 of the population completed post school
  qualifications
• compared to 39 for the state
• 11 of the population completed a degree or
  higher compared

Source ABS Labour Force Survey 3 Month Averages
to June 2005, ABS Supplementary Labour force
survey 3 month average to May 04, ABS
Supplementary Labour force survey May 03
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Northern-North WestLabour Market Demand

• Industry
• Employment by industry
• Employment by industry vs state
• Projected industry growth
• Employment status by industry

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Northern-North WestLabour Market Demand

• Occupation
• Employment by occupation
• Projected occupation growth
• Employment status by occupation

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Townsville ESA Labour Market Demand

• Skill Shortages
• Vacancies filled by occupation
• Difficulty filling vacancies
• Applicant suitability

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Townsville Labour Market Demand

• All vacancies lodged and filled (Job Network and
  Job Placement Organisations)
• New Apprenticeship vacancies lodged and filled
  (Job Network and Job Placement Organisations)
• New Apprenticeship commencements (DEST 2003)

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TownsvilleLabour Market Supply

• Centrelink Customer Population
• Working age payment recipients
• Centrelink and Job Network populations

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Upcoming activities and those already established
and underway

• Strong demand in construction industry
• Upgrades to Lavarack Barracks and RAAF Base
  Townsville
• Expansion of the Yabulu Nickel Refinery
• Jetstar establishing services to Townsville
• Flow on from mining industry

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Range of DEWR Programmes

• Job Network
• Employment Innovation Fund
• Job Placement
• Community Work Coordinators
• Voluntary Work Initiatives
• Green Corps
• New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
• Transition to Work
• National Harvest Labour Information Service

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Possible issues for consideration

• Local labour force issues
• How to better engage those not currently
  participating in the workforce, including
  Indigenous job seekers
• How to increase local skill sets to meet labour
  and skill shortages
• How to engage employers and industry to increase
  the participation of parents, people with a
  disability, mature aged and very long-term
  unemployed and Indigenous job seekers?
• How can employment service providers make better
  linkages and increase the placement of job
  seekers into New Apprenticeships?
• How do providers better engage with industry and
  employers to take advantage of opportunities in
  the region (eg expansion of Yabulu nickel
  refinery, increased activity in building and
  construction)

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Developing a local action plan

• Focus on practical actions
• Identify stakeholders and linkages

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Evaluation strategy

• Workshop evaluation to be filled out today
• Follow up survey of participants to assess
  specific actions/strategies undertaken
• Longer term data analysis to assess measurable
  items and analysis of qualitative information
  relating directly to each workshop

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Finish

• Thank you