Report name:
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Resourcing the Future
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Date:
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July 2010
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Author:
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Publisher/Industry/Government affiliation:
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National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce
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Subcontractor involved:
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-
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Primary/Secondary research
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Primary
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Key sectors
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Mining across Australia
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The report analyses the skills needs in the mining industry in relation to major projects and proposes a workforce development plan to address these needs. It was put together after the Taskforce conducted a public consultation process, received 97 submissions on an initial discussion paper and met with key industry stakeholders.
Around 184,500 people are directly employed in mining and oil and gas operations, about
1.6 per cent of the Australian workforce. Taskforce analysis shows:
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Construction jobs on new projects could peak at 45,000 in 2012 and 2013 with strong jobs growth for technicians and tradespeople and machinery operators and drivers.
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Employment growth in mining operations is expected to be 4.9 per cent per annum over the next five years, creating around 61,500 new jobs by 2015 due to increased production, driven by demand from Asia.
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In LNG operations, pending the number of LNG trains constructed by 2015, employment could increase by around 3,200 (e.g. if four new trains are sanctioned and operating in Queensland and six in Western Australia).
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Around 10 per cent of mining employees leave the sector each year through retirement or transition to other sectors. Replacement demand in mining operations could be around 16,000 persons per annum, including approximately 3,000 retirements.
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There are emerging shortages at present--mainly engineers and other professional staff with more than five years experience. The domestic supply of mining engineers and geoscientists will not be sufficient to meet demand over the next five years with a Shortfall of around 1,700 and 3,000 respectively. However, there are large numbers of people with these qualifications currently working in other occupations.
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While there are currently significant numbers of Unemployed tradespeople, the Taskforce expects labour market tightening will result in skills shortages by late 2011 to early 2012, particularly in Western Australia and some regions of Queensland. As a result, the resources sector could be 36,000 tradespeople short by 2015. If these workers are recruited from other sectors there will be skills shortages in those industries.
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The number of new jobs in gas operations will be between 1,800 and 3,200. There will be strong jobs growth for drillers (Queensland only), operators, electrical trades and mechanical technicians.
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Replacement demand in gas operations could be around 2,000 persons per annum, including approximately 500 retirements.
Piper (article in Australia's Paydirt)
Report name:
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Put people first say recruitment
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Date:
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May 2010
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Author:
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Piper, Dominic
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Publisher/Industry/Government affiliation:
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Australia’s Paydirt
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Subcontractor involved:
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-
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Primary/Secondary research
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Primary
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Key sectors
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Mining
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The article reports on the views of Steve Heather, the managing director of mining and minerals processing recruitment firm Mining people. Heather says that as the resources sector re-emerges after the decline in the 18 months to May 2010, labour demand will increase and firms will need to use good human resources retention strategies to retain staff. This is particularly important in small and medium-sized companies which cannot always compete with the higher wages offered by larger companies.
Heather says that before the downturn companies were budgeting for wages of $100,000 per annum, but that now they are saying that ‘wages are now $100,000 pa but we will budget for a rise to $130,000 pa in the future’. Contract labour is more popular after the downturn as companies are less hasty in committing to projects. He says the skills shortage is more acute in the trades area than the professional one, as the minerals. Industry has to compete with the oil and gas sector for tradespeople. Finally, Heather suggests that Australia will need to rely on immigration to fill the skills shortages.
Resource Engineering Skills Alliance
Report name:
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Resource Industry Workforce Action Plan
South Australia 2010-2014
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Date:
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2011
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Author:
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-
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Publisher/Industry/Government affiliation:
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Resource Engineering Skills Alliance (RESA)
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Subcontractor involved:
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Primary/Secondary research
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Primary
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Key sectors
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Minerals and energy industry with a focus on South Australia
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RESA consulted with industry to develop a Resources Industry Workforce Action Plan. Key identified challenges addressed in the plan are:
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Skills in demand/labour supply shortages and gaps
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Attraction, recruitment and retention
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Education and training- services and infrastructure
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Workforce planning and development
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Skilled migration
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Industry/government partnerships (funding and support).
Skills issues in South Australia are starting to emerge with concerns about the skills required to meet future developments as projects move into their construction and operation phases. Concerns also exist around the apparent inability of current public education and training providers to address such concerns.
Key observations from the consultations included:
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There is no shortage of inexperienced applicants for semi-skilled occupations.
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The most acute Shortages are in the trades areas, particularly electrical instrumentation and heavy vehicles.
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The situation for professional staff is acute since many require professional qualifications and industry experience.
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Shortages are also being experience in
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Technical levels for technicians, draftspersons, technical document specialists, schedulers, planners and estimators
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Professional level for engineers, senior project engineers and managers, metallurgists and geoscientists (preferably experienced).
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The major employment opportunities will be in the construction phases.
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The majority of trade positions will be required by contractors.
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Innovative approaches will need to be adopted to counter the skills shortage such as mature-age apprenticeships.
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