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Aim
The aim of the Robinvale Agribusiness Workforce
Development Strategy will be to provide a
strategic approach to ensure the Robinvale
region has a highly competent agricultural
workforce now and in the future.
Who we are....
POPULATIONRobinvale
Urban Centre
Robinvale SLA
Swan Hill Rural City
CouncilVictoria Australia
Population –Entire
2,134 3,749 20,4495,354,0
4221,507,7
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Population -Males
49.8% (1,062)
51.7% (1,940)
50.4% (10,3030)
49.2% 49.4%
Population –Females
50.2% (1,072)
48.3% (1,809)
49.6% (10,146)
50.8% 50.6%
Population –Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander persons
10.7% (229)
7.9% (296) 4.3% (886) 0.7% 2.5%
The Robinvale SLA pop declined by 216 people 2006 - 2011. The ATSI pop declined from 13% to 10.7% of the
Robinvale UC pop (loss of 59 people)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Robinvale Urban Centre
Robinvale SLA
Swan Hill Rural City
Council
Vic Aust
English only spoken at home
52.3% (1,116)
59.8% (2,242)
83.2% 72.476.8
%
Households where two or more
languages are
spoken *
40% (283) 34.3% (420) 13% 25.720.4
%
Italian 3.2% (68) 5.3% (199) 2.6% 2.3 1.4%
Tongan 13.3% (283) 8.0% (301) 1.6% - 0.1%
Vietnamese 6.4% (137) 4.4% (163) 0.9% 1.6 1.1%
* As many as 40 different languages in Robinvale
Since 2006 the number of homes where ‘English Only’ is spoken has decreased from 59.7% to
52.3%
In 2011 in Robinvale....
Single parents: 20.6%, in Aboriginal homes 49.4% (Robinvale SLA)
Low incomes: 39.6% homes have an income less than $600/wk (23.7% nationally)
13.0% of households in Robinvale pay a rent value that is ‘more than 30% of household income’ compared to 8.5% for the Robinvale SLA, 7.5% for the LGA and 10.4% for Australia.
State housing authority rental: 27.0% homes (13.7% nationally)
Homes with no car: 16.3%
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
500 million GDP in 50 km radius 2010 (REMPLAN)Estimated in 2015 to be close to 800 millionTable Grapes, nuts, olives, vegetables, cereals, wine
grapes etcHorticulture infrastructure estimated at 1.4 billion
dollars 2225 fulltime jobs in region – 850 in Ag/Hort60% of Australia’s Table Grapes
Boundary Bend Limited• Best Extra Virgin olive oil in
the world – 4 Gold medals in 2013, 14 & 15
• 3,500 hectares at Boundary Bend
• 2.2 million trees Boundary Bend and Boort Vic
• 6060 Hectares in production
• Forecast 2015 BTP – 25 million dollars - fully integrated business
• 79 EFT
• 80% of Australia’s Olive oil produced by Boundary Bend Limited
ALMONDS
70% of Australia’s almonds grown in Robinvale
– over 20,000 ha bearing
EFT over 550
Olam sold their almond plantations at Robinvale for $200 million and leased back
Select Harvests share price risen by over 100 % since mid January 2015.
Almond floor price $11.40 - 2014/15
Outputs
• 10 validated job skill profiles for use by
employers, group training companies,
recruiters, Registered Training Organisations,
schools and youth organisations
• Skillsbook system
• Best fit qualifications report for each job role
• Common skills across all positions
• Common skills across non-managerial for entry
level skills and managerial positions
• Map of entry level skills
Outputs
• 34 self-evaluations, 3 company reports & an overall report
• Areas of greatest strength across all positions
• Skills in greatest need across all positions
• Strengths and needs across managerial positions
• Strengths and needs across non-managerial positions
• 30 resources
Position Best match qualification Fit
Regional manager AHC51710: Diploma of Rural Machinery Management
85%
Leading hand AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture
72%
Farm hand AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture
63%
Farm manager 2IC AHC40310: Certificate IV in Production Horticulture
64%
Irrigation Manager 2IC
AHC41112: Certificate IV in Irrigation 72%
Maintenance manager
AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture
56%
Irrigation manager AHC41112: Certificate IV in Irrigation 71%
Quality Assistance TLI11310: Certificate I in Logistics 81%
Forklift operator TLI11310: Certificate I in Logistics 81%
Common units across all positions Evident in ‘%’ positions
AHCMOM202A: Operate tractors 80%
AHCMOM304A: Operate machinery and equipment 80%
AHCCHM304A: Transport, handle and store chemicals 80%
AHCCHM401A: Minimise risks in the use of chemicals 80%
BSBCMN412A: Promote innovation and change 60%
TLILIC2001A: Licence to operate a forklift truck 60%
AHCWRK401A: Implement and monitor quality assurance procedures 60%AHCBUS501A: Manage staff 60%
AHCBIO303A: Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premises 60%
AHCMOM305A: Operate specialised machinery and equipment 60%
AHCWRK308A: Handle bulk materials in storage area 60%
AHCMOM306A: Ground spread fertiliser and soil ameliorant 60%
AHCIRG301A: Implement a maintenance program for an irrigation system 60%
AHCMOM302A: Perform machinery maintenance 60%
AHCMOM315A: Operate chemical application machinery and equipment 60%
TAADEL301C: Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills 60%
Entry level skills
• Forklift licence
• Stock control and stock takes
• HACCP, safety and induction
• Customer service and quality
• Information technology and devices
• Numbers and calculations
• Communication and team work
• Environmental sustainability and clean up –plant, equipment, worksite
• Manual handling, loading goods, pallets
• Basic admin tasks and trouble shooting
Areas of greatest strength across all assessments
Unit code Unit title Number of employees
AHCMOM202A Operate tractors 15
AHCMOM304A Operate machinery and equipment 12
AHCMOM203A Operate basic machinery and equipment 6
AHCCHM303A Prepare and apply chemicals 6
AHCMOM305A Operate specialised machinery and equipment 5
Skills in greatest need across all assessments
Code Name Number of Employees
HLTFA311A Apply first aid 8
AHCWRK401AImplement and monitor quality assurance procedures
8
AHCIRG306A Troubleshoot irrigation systems 7
AHCMOM502A Implement a machinery management system 7
HLTFA302C Provide first aid in remote situation 6
AHCCHM302A Fumigate soil using chemicals 6
AHCPCM301A Implement a plant nutrition program 6
Outcomes
Managers need:
• Oxy acetylene welding
• First aid
• Technology – digital capabilities
• Irrigation system performance
• Identify plant specimens
• Sample soils, interpret results, monitor and
manage soils
Outcomes
Non-managers need:
• First aid
• Fumigate soils, emergency disease & plant
pest response
• Troubleshoot irrigation systems
• Machinery maintenance
• Quality assurance
What else?
• Provide training via on the job instruction
• Understanding client requirements (espec international markets)and applying quality assurance
• Innovation, environmental sustainability, lean processes and approach, change management, performance development and management, future orientation…
• Capabilities – digital, entrepreneurship, international - delegations, markers and trade missions, R&D, supply chain capability
Workforce Development
Strategies
New:
• Food to Asia Skills Framework
• Australia Award Fellowships
• Industry Skills Fund
• Digital skills development (in context)
• How to train/instruct others on the job
• Technical skills & short courses – first aid, plants – diseases & pests, soils, welding
• Quality assurance & process innovation (project based learning)
Workforce Development
Strategies
New:
• Australian Apprenticeships (incl School
Based)
• VET in Schools
• Recognition of Prior Learning
• Work experience/placement
• Coaching and mentoring
• Work based learning projects
• Networks &/or Communities of Practice
Workforce Development
Strategies
New:
• Agribusiness Passports – skill sets designed
off the back of the profiling. Training to be
delivered onsite utilizing the Sunitafe mobile
training transporter
• Agribusiness Scholarships – Aimed at local
secondary students
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Workforce BluePrint:
www.workforceblueprint.au
wendy@workforceblueprint.com.au
WPAA (all things VET)
www.wpaa.com.au
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