Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Whitireia and WelTec
The Wellington Regional Skills Leadership Group (RSLG) today held the Porirua launch of the Regional Workforce Plan for Wellington at Whitireia Community Polytechnic.
Regional Workforce Plans (RWPs) set out regional aspirations, priorities and actions for current and future workforce skills development in the region, with a focus on regional solutions to regional issues.
“As a stakeholder and partner of the RSLG we were delighted to be able to host the Porirua launch of the inaugural Regional Workforce Plan for Wellington,” says Mark Oldershaw, chief executive of Whitireia and WelTec.
“We support the Plan and the importance it has placed on promoting training and development of skills needed in the Wellington region – this is where Whitireia and WelTec, as regional providers of vocational education and training, play a critical part.
“We agree that improving equitable access to skills development is fundamental, and one of the major pou (pillars) in Whitireia and WelTec’s strategic framework is to improve outcomes and opportunities for ākonga Māori (Māori students),” says Mr Oldershaw.
Co-chair of the RSLG, Daphne Luke, said: “We have had the privilege of working with Iwi Māori who have shared their aspirations and the work that they are engaged in to ensure their future generations are skilled, knowledgeable and maximising their contributions to their communities and the wider region, and to do so, as Māori.”
“We have also identified the need for the region to build better connections between employers, educators and workers, and to focus on building thriving workplaces and supporting young people into employment,” said Wellington RSLG co-chair Glenn Barclay.
“We are committed to building clearer pathways to a skilled workforce by tailoring programme provision to match skills needs, and look forward to even greater connectedness between educational organisations, employers, local Government, iwi and our Pacific communities to help make this happen,” concluded Mr Oldershaw.
Speaking at the event in Porirua were: Daphne Luke and Glenn Barclay (RSLG co-chairs), Anthony Carter (RSLG member), Dr Taku Parai (chair, Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira), and Mark Oldershaw.
Background:
The 15 RSLGs were established by the Government to lead labour market planning in the regions and identify and support better ways of meeting future skills and workforce needs.
The Wellington Regional Workforce Plan highlights the labour supply and demand trends for the
Wellington region and identifies where change is needed from regional and national stakeholders to allow central and local government to better plan for, and address, future skills shortages.
RSLGs are regionally based and regionally led, supported by a regional and national team of data analysts, advisors and workforce specialists at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The RSLGs will work closely with local, regional and national initiatives including the six Workforce Development Councils. MBIE is leading a cross-agency response to the main issues RSLGs highlight in their Regional Workforce Plans. This will be provided within six months. mbie.govt.nz/rslg
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