Workforce Planning
The diversity of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council’s industries and businesses require tailored approaches to address local workforce challenges and to grow, skill and retain our workforces.
Jobs Queensland has partnered with the Cassowary Coast Regional Council to provide a range of workforce planning data and resources available to help you develop workforce planning strategies and actions to access the skills and workforce you need.
Click on the fact sheet to learn more, or browse through the links below.
Planning your workforce
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Workforce Planning Connect is a suite of materials designed to support employers access the skills and workforce they need.
You can choose the resources that work best for your business size:
- The Workbook has been developed with micro to small businesses in mind.
- The Toolkit and templates have been developed with small to medium-sized businesses in mind.
Whatever resource you choose, you can follow the steps to begin your workforce planning journey.
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This guide is designed for regions, economic development bodies and government agencies to develop a region workforce plan to achieve successful and sustainable outcomes for local communities and the region more
broadly. Workforce planning and development is critical in shaping the future of a region’s unique local workforce, and business -
This guide is designed to help industry, economic development bodies and government to develop an industry workforce plan that will provide an understanding of the current workforce, and what is required to be able to respond quickly and adapt to changes in economic conditions, disruption across supply chains and technological
advances.An industry focused workforce plan can create a clear pathway forward to address longstanding challenges and
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The Anticipating Future Skills Series provides customised employment projections at region, industry, occupation and
qualification levels to help you understand Queensland’s future skills needs. The data for the Cassowary Coast Regional Council is captured in the Cairns region profile.
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Jobs Queensland has partnered with the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) to provide Queensland business owners and managers with a free Workforce Planning Course.
Based on Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect tools and resources, the 7-week short course is designed to help businesses fully understand their workforce and develop an agile, flexible workforce plan to respond to changes in the business environment.
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An Industry Workforce Advisor can work with you to help you plan your workforce, find solutions to employment challenges, and connect with programs, incentives and funding opportunities.
Industry Workforce Advisors work directly with individual employers to identify workforce challenges, develop a workforce plan and suggest options to address the challenges. They can also connect them with available programs, including grants and initiatives.