Attraction

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Attraction Recruitment of Indigenous Employees
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Diversity Representation Rates
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Cadetship (NICP)

• DEWR Funds (40 weeks)
• CALM Funds (12 weeks)
• Administration Funds
• Book Allowance
• Airfares
• Graduate Recruit
• 6 Cadets (3 Graduated)

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Traineeship

• Cert II, III and IV CLM (3yrs)
• DEWR Funding
• CALM Funding
• DoT Funding
• NAC Funding
• FFC Sponsorship
• 27 Trainees
• Further 10 in 05

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Identified Need

• State government platform
• Department initiative

• Good business sense
• Nature of our business
• Moral obligation

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Convincing Corporate Executive

• External funding
• Submission to Corporate Executive
• Develop implementation strategy

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Strategies

• MATES (Traineeship and NICP)
• Joint Management arrangements
• Integration of traditional land management
  practices
• CCA
• Build on local relationships

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Strategies

• Indigenous Heritage Unit
• Conservation Land Management Training Package
• CALM as a Registered Training Organisation

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Recipe for Success

• Must have Corporate Executive support
• Cascade down - implementation is easier
• Funding arrangements both internal and external

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Recipe for Success

• Support across the agency
• Literacy and numeracy assessment
• Good team mix

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Recipe for Success

• Appropriate workplace supervisor
• Structure and rigour in the program (RTO, CLMTP)
• Permanency

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Hurdles

• Trainee wage
• Accommodation in remote locations
• Cultural issues
• Traditional skills recognition
• Distance causes issues budget, equity (non
  Indig) and supervision

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Support

• Information day
• Advertising Locally to attract local people
• Interviews Panel members
• Local manager support

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Support

• Trainee/supervisor introduction to learning
  guides
• Quarterly visits
• Block training
• Project work
• Workplace assessor

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Support

• Supervisor traits empathy, approachable and
  available
• Consistency of people at DTC
• Mentors
• Be available for milestones
• Graduation

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Retention

• IDAPES
• Peer support
• Grievance Officers
• EAP
• CCA training
• IHU advice