Originator/Sponsor: Food and Fibre CoVE
Portfolio Managers: Fiona Windle
Status: In Delivery
Planned delivery date: December 2024
Lead Agency/Service Provider: Scarlatti
Introduction/Background:
The Attraction and Retention Research Programme identified a range of opportunities to address retention challenges in the food and fibre sector. One of these opportunities included coordinating nationwide seasonal labour. This has advanced to include exploring what the vocational education and training opportunities are for the seasonal workforce.
Objectives:
The aim of this research is to understand:
– What is the size of the permanent workforce shortage?
– Which are our seasonal sectors, industries, sub-industries and regions?
– Who are our current and potential seasonal workers?
– Where are the biggest challenges with seasonality?
– How many additional people are available to attract into seasonal work?
If this analysis identifies that the possibility of using the seasonal workforce in part to address shortages is worth investigating further, there will be potential for a second project. This would focus on identifying how the seasonal workforce could be used to address workforce shortages, and how well this could work.
The above information was current as at 11 September 2024