Tō mātou arotahinga mō te tau e heke mai ana | Our focus for the next year
Over the next 12 months we will continue to work on some of the actions that we started this year. For more detail see the section on progress updates on our focus areas and sectors.
The new regional actions we will focus on this year are those we have not yet started and include our 2 new sectors – Forestry and Wood Processing and the Visitor Economy.
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In delivering these regional actions, we will maximise the opportunities for partnership with Te Tauihu iwi and support the aspirations of the Māori workforce, advocating for Mā Māori, Mō Māori, ki a Māori solutions to workforce and skills issues.
We note the connections to Te Tauihu Intergenerational Strategy, specifically:
- WHANAUNGATANGA We value relations, we will work together and with tangata whenua.
- MANAAKITANGA We care and support one another.
- MANA TAURITE We are inclusive and strive for equity and equality.
Workers at Shuttlerock, sourced from www.nelsontasman.nz
Aquaculture
Our focus
Continue working in partnership to advance priority actions in the National Aquaculture Workforce Plan
Regional actions
Support the implementation of the National Aquaculture Workforce Plan, including:
- Projection workstream: gathering current and future workforce data to inform our national and regional advice regarding future training and skills development
- Perceptions and pathways workstreams: supporting the promotion of aquaculture related careers and training opportunities in our region
Establish a regular national RSLG forum with a focus on aquaculture workforce development, to share information and collaborate in the provision of advice.
Construction
Our focus
Maximise the opportunity of regionally planned construction and infrastructure
Regional actions
Advocate for and support the delivery of a regional construction coalition to establish construction skills pipelines.
This includes continuing to strengthen access to allied trades training and promoting training and skills development in construction and infrastructure roles.
Forestry and Wood Processing
Our focus
Establish a framework for collaboration across the region’s forestry and wood processing sector, to enable a collective response to the economic development opportunities and workforce planning requirements
Regional actions
Acknowledge the partnership between NRDA and RSLG in working together to advance our respective objectives - economic development and workforce planning and development - for the forestry and wood processing sector.
With NRDA explore establishing a potential collaboration with two groups of key regional businesses:
- Forestry (including forestry management, silviculture and harvesting)
- Wood Processing (including solid wood manufacturing, and wood panel and plywood).
Inform both sector groups’ understanding of the workforce planning necessary to achieve their economic development objectives.
Provide support for regional applications for the government’s Wood Processing Growth Fund aiming to increase productivity and volume of domestic processing of wood and boosting high value, high wage jobs.
Wood Processing Growth Fund(external link) — Ministry for Primary Industries
Visitor sector
Our focus
Create the framework for collaboration that will provide a critical feedback loop to help guide industry progression
Regional actions
Create a working group of regional stakeholders to support national leadership initiatives that focus on increasing the sustainability of the sector: Tourism Industry Transformation Plan; Better Work Action Plan; Tourism and Hospitality Accord. The working group will facilitate and champion the following activities:
- Coordinate action to positively impact perceptions of a career in tourism where people can develop valuable transferable skills.
- Support the delivery of the new NCEA Tourism Achievement Standards at NCEA levels 2 and 3 at the region’s secondary schools.
- Stimulate action with employers to implement the Tourism and Hospitality Accord to foster staff retention. Showcase and promote best practice actions in staff management.
- Foster events sector development with the pipeline of events planned for the region to meet the demand for suitably qualified staff for the event sector.
- Target TEC, Ringa Hora and Te Pūkenga to ensure that events training is available for the region and awareness of training options is highlighted and promoted.
Older workers
Our focus
Increase our shared understanding of our region’s older workers and their aspirations
Regional actions
Share data and insights regarding the region’s older workers, including regularly sharing the demographic related regional workforce data.
Showcase examples of employers supporting the attraction and retention of older workers within the region, with a spotlight on our focus sectors.
Rangatahi
Our focus
Rangatahi better understand our regional industries, the roles within those industries, and the opportunities available in Nelson Tasman
Regional actions
Increase the awareness of training options and career paths for rangatahi that enable them to stay in or return to our region.
This includes improving the connections between our regional industries, employers and secondary schools.