Our latest edition of Nimble News, full of resources and interesting information.

Our latest edition of Nimble News, full of resources and interesting information.

Our latest edition of Nimble News, full of resources and interesting information.

Happy New Year!!  We are back and looking forward to a busy and fruitful 2026! Our vision (and always will be) is for our industries to have a workforce development environment that encourages growth and innovation for today and for the future!   We already have a plan of activities for 2026 to help us towards our vision.    Our priorities are to: Strengthen Industry Networks Research and Advocate on Workforce Issues  Provide Quality Industry Intelligence to the WA Government

In December, The Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council (WA) Inc. welcomed Dr Alex-Kate Langfield to its Board of Directors. Dr Langfield is representing the Animal Care and Management sector. Dr Langfield is a highly experienced veterinarian and biosecurity expert with expertise in veterinary consultancy, policy development, emergency animal disease response, and stakeholder engagement between government and industry.   She currently is Managing Director and Sen

Skills and Innovation Forum, July 2025 End of Year Wrap-Up for 2025 This is our last Nimble News for the year, so we’ve been reflecting on the past 12 months (which seems to have flown by).  We’ve done up a summary on what industry has been telling us about their workforce issues and what activities we’ve undertaken to hopefully alleviate them.    We thank our stakeholders, industry representatives, staff and volunteer Board for their continued collaboration and commitment. L

The information below has been summarised and presented by our CEO, Tony Palladino and provided to the FFTITC Board.  We thought that it might be useful information for a wider audience, so have included it in Nimble News.  The Government advises that from 1 January 2026, the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System will be updated to better target support for priority industries and national workforce needs.  A new Key Apprenticeship Program Employer Incentive (KAP)  will