Key Initiative 6: Implement Skills Action Plan

Taskforce themes: protecting the core, collaboration, transformation

Purpose:

To improve the food and beverage sector workforce skill levels and the attractiveness of the food and beverage sector as a career choice. The action plan titled Report to the Food and Beverage Taskforce from the Skills Working Group: Skills Action Plan for the Food and Beverage Sector is available from the NZTE website.

What we will do:

Establish a joint industry/government body – the Skills and Training Action Group (STAG) - to oversee support and monitor implementation of the plan. This will:

• Create a labour market development framework and resource kit for the sector;
• Support the sector's Industry Training Organisations;
• Establish a workforce centre of excellence;
• Promote other initiatives such as the Council of Trade Union's Learning Representatives project, the Workplace Productivity Education Project and sub-sectoral projects which link with labour market issues.

How this will help:

This work will allow the sector to harness, grow and attract people with relevant skills, develop highly effective, agile workplaces and will provide better labour market information.

Agencies involved:

Department of Labour; Tertiary Education Commission; New Zealand Trade and Enterprise; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; New Zealand Industry Training Organisations; Seafood Industry Training Organisation; Competenz; NZ Food & Grocery Council; NZ Council of Trade Unions; Meat & Wool NZ; NZ Dairy Workers Union; Business NZ; Fonterra; Weltec.

Timeline:

STAG held its inaugural meeting in December 2006. The group is in the process of developing an ongoing programme of work.

Budget:

$120,000 will be provided from the Regional and Industry Development Fund to support the scoping and establishment of the workforce centre of excellence. The activities of STAG will be funded from the baselines of participating agencies.

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