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Where is Robinvale?

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Who we are....

POPULATIONRobinvale

Urban Centre

Robinvale SLA

Swan Hill Rural City

CouncilVictoria Australia

Population –Entire

2,134 3,749 20,4495,354,0

4221,507,7

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Population -Males

49.8% (1,062)

51.7% (1,940)

50.4% (10,3030)

49.2% 49.4%

Population –Females

50.2% (1,072)

48.3% (1,809)

49.6% (10,146)

50.8% 50.6%

Population –Aboriginal & Torres Strait

Islander persons

10.7% (229)

7.9% (296) 4.3% (886) 0.7% 2.5%

The Robinvale SLA pop declined by 216 people 2006 - 2011. The ATSI pop declined from 13% to 10.7% of the

Robinvale UC pop (loss of 59 people)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Robinvale Urban Centre

Robinvale SLA

Swan Hill Rural City

Council

Vic Aust

English only spoken at home

52.3% (1,116)

59.8% (2,242)

83.2% 72.476.8

%

Households where two or more

languages are

spoken *

40% (283) 34.3% (420) 13% 25.720.4

%

Italian 3.2% (68) 5.3% (199) 2.6% 2.3 1.4%

Tongan 13.3% (283) 8.0% (301) 1.6% - 0.1%

Vietnamese 6.4% (137) 4.4% (163) 0.9% 1.6 1.1%

* As many as 40 different languages in Robinvale

Since 2006 the number of homes where ‘English Only’ is spoken has decreased from 59.7% to

52.3%

In 2011 in Robinvale....

Single parents: 20.6%, in Aboriginal homes 49.4% (Robinvale SLA)

Low incomes: 39.6% homes have an income less than $600/wk (23.7% nationally)

13.0% of households in Robinvale pay a rent value that is ‘more than 30% of household income’ compared to 8.5% for the Robinvale SLA, 7.5% for the LGA and 10.4% for Australia.

State housing authority rental: 27.0% homes (13.7% nationally)

Homes with no car: 16.3%

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

500 million GDP in 50 km radius 2010 (REMPLAN)Estimated in 2015 to be close to 800 millionTable Grapes, nuts, olives, vegetables, cereals, wine

grapes etcHorticulture infrastructure estimated at 1.4 billion

dollars 2225 fulltime jobs in region – 850 in Ag/Hort60% of Australia’s Table Grapes

Boundary Bend Limited• Best Extra Virgin olive oil in

the world – 4 Gold medals in 2013, 14 & 15

• 3,500 hectares at Boundary Bend

• 2.2 million trees Boundary Bend and Boort Vic

• 6060 Hectares in production

• Forecast 2015 BTP – 25 million dollars - fully integrated business

• 79 EFT

• 80% of Australia’s Olive oil produced by Boundary Bend Limited

ALMONDS

70% of Australia’s almonds grown in Robinvale

– over 20,000 ha bearing

EFT over 550

Olam sold their almond plantations at Robinvale for $200 million and leased back

Select Harvests share price risen by over 70% since mid January 2015.

Almond floor price $10.20 - 2014/15

Aim

The aim of the Robinvale Agribusiness Workforce

Development Strategy will be to provide a

strategic approach to ensure the Robinvale

region has a highly competent agricultural

workforce now and in the future.

Outputs

• 10 validated job skill profiles for use by

employers, group training companies,

recruiters, Registered Training Organisations,

schools and youth organisations

• Skillsbook system

• Best fit qualifications report for each job role

• Common skills across all positions

• Common skills across non-managerial for entry

level skills and managerial positions

• Map of entry level skills

Outputs

• 34 self-evaluations, 3 company reports & an overall report

• Areas of greatest strength across all positions

• Skills in greatest need across all positions

• Strengths and needs across managerial positions

• Strengths and needs across non-managerial positions

• 30 resources

Position Best match qualification Fit

Regional manager AHC51710: Diploma of Rural Machinery Management

85%

Leading hand AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture

72%

Farm hand AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture

63%

Farm manager 2IC AHC40310: Certificate IV in Production Horticulture

64%

Irrigation Manager 2IC

AHC41112: Certificate IV in Irrigation 72%

Maintenance manager

AHC30610: Certificate III in Production Horticulture

56%

Irrigation manager AHC41112: Certificate IV in Irrigation 71%

Quality Assistance TLI11310: Certificate I in Logistics 81%

Forklift operator TLI11310: Certificate I in Logistics 81%

Common units across all positions Evident in ‘%’ positions

AHCMOM202A: Operate tractors 80%

AHCMOM304A: Operate machinery and equipment 80%

AHCCHM304A: Transport, handle and store chemicals 80%

AHCCHM401A: Minimise risks in the use of chemicals 80%

BSBCMN412A: Promote innovation and change 60%

TLILIC2001A: Licence to operate a forklift truck 60%

AHCWRK401A: Implement and monitor quality assurance procedures 60%AHCBUS501A: Manage staff 60%

AHCBIO303A: Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premises 60%

AHCMOM305A: Operate specialised machinery and equipment 60%

AHCWRK308A: Handle bulk materials in storage area 60%

AHCMOM306A: Ground spread fertiliser and soil ameliorant 60%

AHCIRG301A: Implement a maintenance program for an irrigation system 60%

AHCMOM302A: Perform machinery maintenance 60%

AHCMOM315A: Operate chemical application machinery and equipment 60%

TAADEL301C: Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills 60%

Entry level skills

• Forklift licence

• Stock control and stock takes

• HACCP, safety and induction

• Customer service and quality

• Information technology and devices

• Numbers and calculations

• Communication and team work

• Environmental sustainability and clean up –plant, equipment, worksite

• Manual handling, loading goods, pallets

• Basic admin tasks and trouble shooting

Areas of greatest strength across all assessments

Unit code Unit title Number of employees

AHCMOM202A Operate tractors 15

AHCMOM304A Operate machinery and equipment 12

AHCMOM203A Operate basic machinery and equipment 6

AHCCHM303A Prepare and apply chemicals 6

AHCMOM305A Operate specialised machinery and equipment 5

Skills in greatest need across all assessments

Code Name Number of Employees

HLTFA311A Apply first aid 8

AHCWRK401AImplement and monitor quality assurance procedures

8

AHCIRG306A Troubleshoot irrigation systems 7

AHCMOM502A Implement a machinery management system 7

HLTFA302C Provide first aid in remote situation 6

AHCCHM302A Fumigate soil using chemicals 6

AHCPCM301A Implement a plant nutrition program 6

Outcomes

Managers need:

• Oxy acetylene welding

• First aid

• Technology – digital capabilities

• Irrigation system performance

• Identify plant specimens

• Sample soils, interpret results, monitor and

manage soils

Outcomes

Non-managers need:

• First aid

• Fumigate soils, emergency disease & plant

pest response

• Troubleshoot irrigation systems

• Machinery maintenance

• Quality assurance

What else?

• Provide training via on the job instruction

• Understanding client requirements (espec international markets)and applying quality assurance

• Innovation, environmental sustainability, lean processes and approach, change management, performance development and management, future orientation…

• Capabilities – digital, entrepreneurship, international - delegations, markers and trade missions, R&D, supply chain capability

Workforce Development

Strategies

• Food to Asia Skills Framework

• Australia Award Fellowships

• Industry Skills Fund

• Digital skills development (in context)

• How to train/instruct others on the job

• Technical skills & short courses – first aid,

plants – diseases & pests, soils, welding

• Quality assurance & process innovation

(project based learning)

Workforce Development

Strategies

• Australian Apprenticeships (incl School

Based)

• VET in Schools

• Recognition of Prior Learning

• Work experience/placement

• Coaching and mentoring

• Work based learning projects

• Networks &/or Communities of Practice

Workforce Development

Strategies

• Agribusiness Passports – skill sets designed

off the back of the profiling. Training to be

delivered onsite utilizing the Sunitafe mobile

training transporter

• Agribusiness Scholarships – Aimed at local

secondary students

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Bhutan delegation to Sunraysia – ‘best of’ regions

Workforce BluePrint:

www.workforceblueprint.au

wendy@workforceblueprint.com.au

WPAA (all things VET)

www.wpaa.com.au

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