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Strategic priority #4: Jobs, Skills and Workforce
What we will do:
We will maintain and strengthen our workforce development programs, particularly those performing well in Fraser Coast and Bundaberg regions, while taking a longer-term systems view of the region’s workforce challenges.
How we will do it:
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Continue delivery and expansion of workforce programs across Wide Bay
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Burnett.Engage earlier in education and career pathways, including connections with schools, training providers and industry.
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Develop better longitudinal data on program outcomes, to demonstrate long-term impact.
Address workforce retention as a systemic challenge, connected to liveability, aspiration and opportunity. -
Contribute to regional workforce planning, aligned to the emerging industry sectors identified in Priority 5.
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Recognise future challenges, and identify pathways and solutions for upskilling and retraining, particularly in industries where AI may replace roles.
What success looks like:
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Employment programs achieve strong outcomes, grow sustainably, and secure additional funding to expand service delivery.
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Data demonstrates long-term impact across program cohorts.
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RDAWBB contributes to a more connected pipeline between education, training and employment.
RDAWBB recognises, respects, celebrates and values Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Traditional Owners and acknowledges the following groups as the Traditional Custodians of the Wide Bay Burnett:
Butchulla - Taribelang Bunda - Gooreng Gooreng - Gurang - Gubbi Gubbi / Kabbi Kabbi - Wakka Wakka - Wulli Wulli