Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Education and Training
The Tasmanian Liberal Government has a clear plan to secure Tasmania’s future, including backing jobs in the state’s building and construction industry through a new industry workforce action plan released today.
Skills Tasmania and Keystone Tasmania (formerly the Tasmanian Building and Construction Industry Training Board) in consultation with industry have laid out the Building and Construction Workforce Action Plan focussed on five key areas:
– Attracting new people to the sector;
– Mentoring for success and retention;
– Growing and sustaining diversity;
– Sector-based strategic planning.
Importantly, a number of the specific initiatives listed in the plan are already in development or underway.
Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Education and Training The Tasmanian Liberal Government recognises the importance of having the skilled workforce to support.
Check against delivery
Madam Speaker,
In January last year I was honoured to receive the support of my colleagues to become the State’s 46th Premier and shortly after that, around 12 months to the day, coronavirus found its way to the Australian mainland and unfortunately to our shores as well.
We were faced with the probability of a significant health crisis if action wasn’t taken swiftly to protect our community, that action meant limiting people’s movements and closing businesses where people congregated, and sadly the impact on our economy was severe.
We banned cruise ships, closed our borders and we stayed home to save lives.