Project number: 1996-343
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $263,432.00
Principal Investigator: Ross Ord
Organisation: Australian Seafood Industry Council (ASIC)
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1996 - 20 Sep 2000
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To extend R&D results to the Australian Seafood industry through a structured national approach to curriculum development and training.
2. To develop and implement appropriate strategies to influence the directions and funding of Seafood industry training
3. To establish funding mechanism for the on going operation of ASIEN

Final report

Author: Ross Ord
Final Report • 2017-09-29 • 1.91 MB
1996-343-DLD.pdf

Summary

A significant factor determining the long term viability of the Australian seafood industry is the productivity of its workforce. The productivity of the men and women employed across the industry is directly correlated to the skills, knowledge and attitudes held by them and their consistent application at the workplace.

Training, whether structured or incidental, gained in an institutional setting or on-the-job has a pivotal role in providing employees with the skills they require at the workplace.

In the early to mid 1990's, there was recognition that a coordinated approach to the provision of training systems, structures and products in the Australian seafood industry was lacking.

Industry stakeholders including training providers determined that the first step in overcoming these deficiencies was to form a national industry training organisation with close links to the Australian Seafood Industry Council. Strong industry leadership was required and ASIC was best placed to provide this.

This FRDC project has been instrumental in enabling ASIEN to establish the foundations for increasing the skill base of employees in the various sectors of the seafood industry as well as those aspiring to join the industry.

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