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South West Corridor Workforce Development Plan
The South West Group is developing a Workforce Development Plan for the South West Corridor of Metropolitan Perth in partnership with the Kwinana Industries Council, the Kwinana Industry Education Partnership, South West Corridor Development Foundation Inc, South Coast Economic Gateway, Bridging the Gap, Challenger TAFE, Department of Industry and Resources, LandCorp, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Peel Area Consultative Committee and Perth Area Consultative Committee.
The plan will seek to respond to the growth in the region over the next 15 years stimulated by:
| 1) | The housing and servicing |
| requirements of an additional 100,000 residents. | |
| Around thirty per cent of Perth’s subdivision | |
| activity is within the region | |
| 2) | The development of 2,000 hectares of |
| industrial land and the growth in manufacturing | |
| 3) | The infilling of existing industrial land, |
| particularly in the Kwinana Industrial Area and | |
| IP14 Area at East Rockingham | |
| 4) | The expansion of the Australian Marine Complex |
| 5) | Improvements in transport transit |
| infrastructure and the development of | |
| orientated development zones at Canning | |
| Bridge, Murdoch, Cockburn Central, | |
| Kwinana (Wellard) and Rockingham | |
| 6) | Development of the $1.3 billion |
| Kwinana Quays port | |
| 7) | A new $1.8 billion 643 bed tertiary |
| care teaching hospital at Murdoch | |
| 8) | The multi billion dollar opportunities |
| flowing from development of Western Australia’s | |
| mineral and oil and gas projects | |
| 9) | The multi billion dollar |
| opportunities arising from defence | |
| procurement and maintenance |
The ageing workforce within the existing industry will produce a fundamental shift in the demographic profile of employees as a large tranche of older workers retire over the next decade. Replacement skills will need to be sought from a community which has had an aspiration of tertiary education rather than trade training.
Regional industry views the creation of a new workforce as being of fundamental importance to the future economic success of the region.
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South West Corridor Workforce Development Plan
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