Melissa Wortman Manager of Industry Liaison

AgriFood's NSW Primary, Food Processing and Racing Industries Training Advisory Committee recently called for information on skill shortages and training needs information from industry. This information gathered was to assist the NSW Department of Education and Training (NSW DET) decide where to spend their funding in the 2011 and 2012  training tender. It will also be used to determine where funding for programs such as the NSW Productivity Places Program, Strategic Skills Program, Green Skills program and traineeships and apprenticeship program will be spent for the next 12 months.

The survey was well subscribed to with over 40 responses from industry organisations, as well as submissions from peak industry groups in NSW. NSW DET will now analyse and prioritise this information in order to determine where to spend their funding in our industry.

NSW DET will publish industry training priorities in the first week of August 2010 for registered training organisations (RTO) to tender for.

AgriFood Skills Australia will have information on the training priorities in July 2010.

Organisations should continue to ask their local RTOs about FREE training places that they have available.

For more information on this process, the availability of FREE training places or how you can get involved, please contact Melissa Wortman, Manager of Industry Liaison on 0421830056 or melissaawortman@gmail.com.