Sunday, 17 February 2013

FREE WORKFORCE ADVICE FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES

Tourism and hospitality businesses in NSW Australia can now access a network of skills advisors to deliver free tailored workforce development advice through Workforce Futures, a new Workforce Development initiative worth $11.8 million.

Funding for the Workforce Futures program has been provided by industry and government through the National Workforce Development Fund. The program will be managed by Service Skills Australia (SSA) and is built around a national network of 100 industry Skills Advisors engagement facilitates an informed approach to target skills development within businesses.


Participation in the program is open to small and medium sized tourism businesses throughout NSW. Key benefits for a business include access to their own Skills Advisor for up to 17.5 hours of face to face discussion, advice, planning, support and mentoring. Key outputs include a business specific workforce plan that identifies labour and skills issues such as recruitment and retention; potential strategies to address these issues including workforce profiles, plans to action, and assistance in identifying the right training for staff, funding for training (including $2.4 million under the National Workforce Development Fund).

To participate in or find out more about Workforce Futures please go to: www.workforcefutures.com.au

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