Focus area: Connections
Connecting our employers, educators, and workers to future-proof our labour market.
These activities focus on things that we can do to bring labour market participants together to increase communication, build collaboration and foster solutions to current and future workforce challenges.
Year 1 priorities (2022/2023)
Building stronger connections between employers, educators, and workers
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Activities |
Suggested lead and partners |
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Support the regional Education to Employment broker to coordinate engagement between careers advisers and employers in our priority sectors. |
DWC, supported by WDCs, RSLG, MSD/Connected, Schools/MOE, BullerREAP, WestREAP, West Coast Trades Academy. |
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Encourage local employment through business mentor programmes and in school talks by businesses to showcase industries/career opportunities and highlight skills employers are looking for. |
TEC, supported by MOE, DWC, WDCs, TPP/Te Pūkenga, local government, iwi, MDS/Connected, Schools, BullerREAP, WestREAP, West Coast Trades Academy. |
Years 2-3 (2023-2025)
Building connections and networks with local talent
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Activities |
Suggested lead and partners |
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Promote career pathways within growth sectors so that employees, schools, and youth understand opportunities to secure and progress employment in Te Tai Poutini West Coast. |
TEC, supported by MOE Vocational Coordinator, Local businesses, TPP/Te Pūkenga, MSD/Connected, West Coast Trades Academy, WDCs. |
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Identify potential funding sources for new activities, including government funding, employer investment and philanthropic support |
TEC, supported by MOE, DWC, WDCs, TPP/Te Pūkenga, local government, iwi, MDS/Connected, Schools, BullerREAP, WestREAP, West Coast Trades Academy. |
A coordinated regional approach to support workers and learners
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Activities |
Suggested lead and partners |
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Promote the cross pollination of ideas and learnings between sectors and businesses for improved labour market outcomes. |
Upskill West Coast, supported by DWC, TPP/Te Pūkenga, MSD/Connected, MBIE, Businesses & Sector leaders, West Coast Trades Academy |
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Support those looking to change careers, progress in or re-join the workforce with upskilling and retraining opportunities to support job vacancies. |
Upskill West Coast, supported by DWC, TPP/Te Pūkenga, MSD/Connected, MBIE, Businesses & Sector leaders, West Coast Trades Academy |
Create specific sector groups (or affiliate with existing groups including youth) to build a strong regional system for workforce planning
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Activities |
Suggested lead and partners |
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Establish and/or join with multi-stakeholder sector workforce groups for our priority sectors and new emerging sectors: Health (Kaiāwhina to nursing), Construction/ Infrastructure, Conservation/Biodiversity, Manufacturing, Primary Industry, Mining/Energy, Tourism/Hospitality, Food and Fibre, Advanced Digital Technologies, High Value Engineering and Innovation. |
Upskill West Coast, supported by DWC, TPP/Te Pūkenga, MSD/Connected, MBIE/ Tourism/Just Transitions/INZ/SWEP, Businesses & Sector leaders, West Coast Trades Academy. |
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Partner with and support work underway by DWC to implement Te Whanaketanga 2050 Strategy priorities. |
DWC supported by DWC partners and RSLG. |
Years 4-10 (2025-2032)
A coordinated regional approach to support workers and learners
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Activities |
Suggested lead and partners |
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Work with employers to develop and implement cross-sector training for staff and new recruits. |
Upskill West Coast, supported by DWC, TPP/Te Pūkenga MSD/Connected, MBIE Businesses & Sector leaders, West Coast Trades Academy. |
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Encourage employers to work together across industries to adopt the living wage |
Upskill West Coast, supported by DWC, TPP/Te Pūkenga MSD/Connected, MBIE Businesses & Sector leaders, West Coast Trades Academy. |
Outputs and outcomes
- Improved coordination and sharing of information between sectors and stakeholder groups
- Identification of specific industry skills requirements and demand
- Identification and promotion of business models that maximise efficiency and utilisation
- Improved understanding of and accessibility to future employment opportunities
- Promotion of living wage
- Availability of quality jobs and opportunities for career progression
- Increase in investment to support implementation of employment and skills initiatives
- Reduced duplication, increased coordination, and sustained investment in successful initiatives