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

Some of the attendees at the original Meat Industry Forum in Bunbury. FFTITC CEO, Tony Palladino has provided an update on the meeting held Monday, 1 December 2025 with Ms Jodie Hanns MLA, Parliamentary Secretary to the Hon Amber Jade Sanderson MLA (Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara), and the Member for Collie Preston.   Ms Hanns was supported by Ms Olivia Mayo from the Minister’s Office.  Following a request for a meeting with t

Our Skills and Innovation Forum The Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council (FFTITC) acts as a conduit between industry and government, providing strategic advice to the State Training Board and the Department of Training and Workforce Development. In 2025, we engaged with more than 1,000 organisations and 1,700 stakeholders across Western Australia, including employers, industry bodies, training providers, schools and workforce partners. Through Skills Network Gro

Webinar: Barriers to Disability Employment To promote and celebrate the International day of People with Disability, the Food Fibre and Timber Industry Training Council hosted a special webinar for Associations involved with the FFTITC. Led by Lena Constantine , an executive leader at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCIWA) and a member of WA's State Training Board, the webinar brought together small associations, employers, practitioners and comm