The WA State Training Board has commissioned ACIL Allen Consulting to undertake a study on the competition for skilled labour in Western Australia. In Phase One of the study, ACIL Allen Consulting identified a range of critical occupations for which construction and operations associated with large mining and infrastructure projects are likely to seek and attract workers from non-resource industries*. It is often difficult for businesses in the non-resource industries to hire and retain workers and this leads to “crowding out” of the non-resource sector. The purpose of this survey is to:
- Determine which non-resource industries are being impacted by “crowding out” in each of the 25 critical occupations.
- Identify occupations where resource industry businesses can hire workers whose skills can be transferred from their previous employment in the non-resource sector.
Your business’s participation in this survey is critical to the success of the study, which will be used to guide future state government policy for alleviating skills constraints that have the potential to restrict further expansion and growth of the Western Australian economy.
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Please complete your survey by COB Thursday 19 December 2013. Responses from individual businesses will not be identified in the study report – only the aggregate results from the survey will be reported.
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If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Simon Sagerer on (08) 9449 9619 or at s.sagerer@acilallen.com.au.
Thank you for your support with this important study.