Workforce and Skills

Webinar: Plugging the skills gap

How to Attract Employees in Times of Labour & Skills Shortages Webinar

The SATC and Workforce BluePrint recently partnered to deliver a webinar focusing on recruitment and retention of tourism and hospitality employees during times of skills and workforce shortages across both South Australia and nationally.

The webinar touched on:

• Salaries and benefits – working conditions
• Hiring process and recruitment
• Online presence
• Retention
• Talent management
• Attraction – diverse labour pool; advertising and appeal
• Growth and development – skills and experience
• Engagement – employees and training; regional opportunities
• Social inclusion and diversity

A copy of the webinar resource can be found here.

Regional Work South Australia

Regional Work SA

Real Work, Real Experience is an initiative of the South Australian Government to support the uptake of seasonal and regional jobs in South Australia.

Skilling South Australia

Skilling South Australia is an initiative aimed at helping people get skills and qualifications to build careers and meet the workforce needs of industry now and into the future, driving growth in apprenticeships and developing a sustainable training system.

For information about where to start visit: Skilling South Australia • Innovation and Skills

There have also been a range of Skilling South Australia projects focusing on food, wine tourism and hospitality – if you are interested in becoming part of a project, visit: Projects • Innovation and Skills

For apprenticeships and traineeship information, including the Subsidised Training List, visit: Subsidised Training List (skills.sa.gov.au)

Visa application charge refunds

The Australian Government will refund visa application charges for student visa holders who arrive in Australia between 19 January 2022 and 19 March 2022 and for working holiday maker visa holders who arrive in Australia between 19 January 2022 and 19 April 2022.

The government is also temporarily relaxing the six month work limitation for working holiday maker visa holders. Effective immediately, until the end of 2022, there will be no limit on the time working holiday makers can work for the same employer. These measures will support our tourism and hospitality industry by increasing the supply of students and working holiday makers able to work in the coming months.

 Immigration and citizenship (homeaffairs.gov.au)

Austrade

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) have a range of support and resources available specifically for tourism businesses covering recruitment, retention, training and promotion of tourism as a career.

Recruiting and training tourism workers - Austrade

PALM Scheme

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade administers the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. The scheme helps to address workforce shortages and provides employers with a pool of workers.

For enquiries about the Pacific Labour Scheme please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: [email protected]

For enquiries about the Seasonal Worker Program please contact the Department for Education Skills and Employment: [email protected]

Department of Education, Skills and Employment

The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has programs and services to help businesses attract, train and keep workers.

Skills and Training - Skills and Training - Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Government (dese.gov.au)

Employment - Employment - Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Government (dese.gov.au)