Workforce Development
Workforce Communique
The Workforce Communique Newsletter is a summary update of workforce related activities occurring in the Southern Adelaide region. The newsletter is distributed on a regular basis by the Southern Adelaide Workforce Development Taskforce. To download the current issue and back issues, please see below:
Workforce Development and Planning in the South
The issue of access to a skilled workforce has become one of the key business drivers for Australian employers and will remain so for many years. It is a global issue and competition for skilled people will intensify as countries attempt to ensure that their industry remains sustainable. Skills shortages are already being felt across a range of industries and this is forecast to get worse as the baby boomers retire over the next 5-10 years. In order to remain competitive and to grow the southern Adelaide economy, it is essential to ensure that we can attract and return the right people to allow our businesses to grow and develop.
Accordingly, in 2007 the Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board through the Southern Metropolitan Employment and Skills Formation Network (DFEEST) commissioned the Australian Institute for Social Research at the University of Adelaide to develop a strategic framework for workforce development for the region. This report, The Future at Work - A Strategic Framework for Workforce Development in Southern Adelaide outlines eight key recommendations, endorsed by the Board on April 4, 2008. These recommendations are considered essential to drive effective workforce planning and development in the south.
The Main Report and associated reports are listed below for your information and download.
NILS Report
Increasing and improving the stock of education and training of the residential population and local workforce in Southern Adelaide is acknowledged by the Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board (SAEDB) as a high priority objective. Education and training are closely linked with further objectives to increase the labour force participation of residents (particularly within the Southern Adelaide region) to improve the productivity of the local workforce, and the more general aspiration of the SAEDB that by 2025 '...Southern Adelaide is a vibrant area with a thriving and diverse economy built around knowledge, innovation and high value-added manufacturing and service industries.' (Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board, A New Economic Future, 2007).
To realise these objectives and to enable the setting of appropriate education targets, an understanding of education and training in relation to economic growth within the Southern Adelaide region is required. The National Institute for Labour Studies (NILS) at Flinders University were commissioned to produce a report as a foundation document which discusses the overall relationship between education attainment and economic growth, and presents detailed evidence about the levels of education and training in each of the four Southern Adelaide Local Government Areas (LGAs) - City of Marion, City of Onkaparinga, City of Holdfast Bay and City of Mitcham.
Related Documents:
Education and Skills in Southern Adelaide: Preparing for the Future (main report)
A discussion on the future of Education and Skills in Southern Adelaide (supporting summary)
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