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AUGUST 2024
CAIRNS Regional Jobs Committee
RJC's develop solutions to local skills and workforce needs.
From the Chair
Jodie Duignan-George
The Cairns RJC is made up of local people, creating local solutions to local jobs and skills challenges.
Jobs and skills are issues affecting every industry and the RJC Project Manager and the broader committee are always open to exploring new opportunities to solve local issues in this area.
This month we have decided to post our Stakeholder Engagement Map. Are you on it? If you aren't and would like to be, we want to hear from you.
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Upcoming LIVE Events
Webinars
FREE Tendering - Top ten tips
From planning your response to submitting your tender, this online workshop will give you the top 10 tips to tendering.
August 6 II 10:00-11:00 - hosted by the Department of State Development & Infrastructure. Register here: Tendering - Top ten tips | Business Queensland
FREE Mentoring for Growth Day
Register for a 45-minute mentoring session to help you find the right person to talk to about challenges and opportunities in your business.
The Queensland Government's Mentoring for Growth (M4G) program offers free and confidential mentoring sessions where you are matched with business experts to help you understand business processes, talk through a problem in your business or identify business growth opportunities. Learn more: Mentoring for Growth program | Business Queensland
Experienced M4G mentors can assist you with anything related to your business and you can register for a mentoring session at any time. Once you register your interest, the team will contact you to schedule an available session for your business.
August 13 II 09:00 - 3:00PM - hosted by the Department of Small Business & Training
Register here: Mentoring for Growth Day - Online | Business Queensland
CAIRNS on positive track
Cairns real estate, jobs and tourism are all on a positive track. The Cairns economy continues to strengthen from the impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. However, the decline in residential building approvals over recent months remails a concern.
Workforce Strategy Workshop
Brisbane
Regional Jobs Committee’s (RJC’s) from around the state converged on Brisbane recently to discuss workforce and skilling challenges in our region, learn more about the recently released Queensland Skills Strategy and be updated on the progress of the Queensland Workforce Strategy. It was great to connect with other RJC’s and the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training. #QldWorkforceStrategy #QldSkillsStrategy
RJC Engagement
Q2023 Procurement Strategy
The Q2032 Procurement Strategy (Q2032) (PDF, 6.4MB) (the Strategy) will help Queensland businesses get ‘match fit’ to supply to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
There will be $180 billion of government procurement between now and 2032. That’s in addition to the contracts delivered by the Queensland Government and Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee to build the stage and put on the biggest spectacle this state has ever seen. The Buy Queensland approach will ensure the economic benefits of hosting the Games are maximised and shared among Queenslanders.
The Strategy aims to help businesses win contracts to supply to the Queensland Government, other suppliers and the world market before, during and after the Games.
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT
APM : enabling better lives
You can reduce the cost of hiring a new employee. How? When you hire an eligible job seeker, your business could access a range of wage subsidies - up to $10,000! These government-funded incentives are designed to get more people to work, through programs.
Learn more: Wage Subsidies for Employers - Access Up to $10,000 | APM
Adjustments and modifications in the workplace are often needed when you hire a person with a disability or neurodiversity. To ensure you give them every opportunity to perform at their best, minor office changes, new tools or equipment, new technologies or communication devices, adaptation of work vehicles and team awareness training may be required. The Federal government's employment assistance fund is accessible at no cost to you.
Find out how: Workplace Modifications - Make Your Workplace Perform at its Best | APM
Get in touch with APM! They are a member of the National Panel of Assessors - which provides a range of assessment services to look at your employees' job, their abilities and your workplace to identify equipment and modifications that would work.
Grants & Tenders
Security Officer Micro-credentials
Targeted micro-credential for licensed Security Officers – Cairns and Townsville
- As an outcome of the first Action Plan under the Good people, Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy, Jobs Queensland is partnering with industry and regions to develop workforce plans or action-based initiatives to support “grow your own” workforces and cross-sector skills development through its Grow Your Own Regional Workforce Program (GYO).
- Round 2 of the GYO Program, Jobs Queensland (JQ) has partnered with ASIAL will develop and deliver a micro-credential course to address skills gaps and build skill levels to improve the productivity and performance for the state’s licensed security officers.
- The course delivers on a recommendation within JQs Queensland Security Industry Workforce Development Plan 2020-2025 and is currently under development, anticipated to be delivered in Cairns and Townsville late 2024, early 2025.
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