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Title: Solutions for Staffing Forum


1
Solutions for Staffing Forum
  • Residential Building Trades
  • An HIA view

2
Historical Dilemma
  • Aging Workforce
  • Qld. is short of 2500 tradespeople across all
    residential building trade groups (Based on ABS
    Labor Force figs.)
  • Generally apprenticeships have not been as
    readily available to young people since the late
    1980s when statutory Authorities began the
    process of contracting-out maintenance and
    construction services to the private sector.

3
  • Severe downturn in building and construction
    activity in late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • Baby Boomer Parents steering their children away
    from trade work in favour of university based
    careers.
  • A general slow-down in our national migration
    intake of tradespeople during the 1990s.
  • A general failure by our industry to attract more
    women into the trades.

4
  • A recent resources Boom in North Queensland and
    Western Australia has placed stress on a
    residential building industry that is already
    hard pressed to retain its labour force
  • As a result there is a severe shortage of
    tradespeople in the residential building industry
    and Townsville and Thuringowa are building 500
    dwellings short of what is currently needed.

5
Solutions
  • As there has been a general concern at the
    falling numbers of young people entering the
    industry, HIA decided to strengthen the ties
    between schools and industry to change existing
    perceptions and offer information and assistance
    to those wanting real careers.
  • HIA took steps to establish the YOUTHBUILD
    Foundation to address this serious, emerging
    issue.

6
YouthBuild
  • Under YOUTHBUILD, young people learn about
    building while they are at school. They gain
    experience building walls, making doors and
    roof trusses, laying pavers all under the
    guidance of skilled tradespeople.
  • A range of trades is offered so they can make
    informed decisions about their future before they
    leave school. It is also important that
    students, parents and teachers recognise a trade
    as a career of first choice.

7
OBJECTIVES of YOUTHBUILD
  • YOUTHBUILD is committed to increasing the number
    of talented people in the industry by
  • Preparing students to embark on a career in the
    housing sector by integrating the workplace with
    schools
  • Creating a seamless transition from school to
    work
  • Increasing the number of students undertaking
    training including apprenticeships, traineeships
    and cadetships

8
  • Enhancing local programs and projects focusing on
    skill formation and promoting youth job creation
  • Lobbying for new sources of funding to provide
    industry skills for school students.
  • Promoting opportunities for young people in the
    housing industry
  • Enlisting support of industry.

9
  • Improving the preparedness of employers to offer
    quality work placements to students.
  • Promoting the importance of safety in the
    workplace by ensuring employers and hosts are
    aware of their obligations to provide an
    appropriately supervised and safe working
    environment. Promoting the importance of safety
    by ensuring students complete safety induction
    training and at all times comply with safety
    procedures and plans.

10
Step Out Programs
  • Eg ABBTF Brick and Blocklaying 5 days within
    the school building a BBQ or seating area
  • Results
  • Eg Marsden High School
  • 85 of students have been placed in
    apprenticeships, another 10 are otherwise
    employed - a good result given that many
    students are from families with third generation
    unemployment

11
  • Rockhampton Botanical Gardens Curators Cottage
    Programme Where students from several High
    Schools renovated an Historical cottage under the
    guidance of a teacher/builder. Most students
    went on to other building related school projects
    or entered building industry trade
    apprenticeships on graduation.

12
Group Apprenticeship Schemes
  • HIA is an RTO with approximately 1000
    apprentices.
  • The Association is able to offer host trainers
    apprentices with induction training, PPE and can
    take the apprentice off the host during slow
    periods and place them with other hosts.
  • Host trainers can save money as HIA is able to
    offer charge-out rates at low cost through bulk
    W/Comp insurance arrangements with state
    government.
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