Nimble News 16 July 2025
- fftitc
- 12 minutes ago
- 5 min read
What we do and who we collaborate with.
In 2024, the Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council entered into a five year contract with the State Training Board. The State Training Board is the peak industry training advisory body to the Minister for Skills and TAFE in WA.
Every day, we engage with people who have a vested interest in workforce and skill development to gather and report on current and emerging industry trends and developments and obtain feedback on industry skill needs, priorities and skill development issues, concerns or suggestions for funded training.
We let the WA government know about:
Any skill and labour shortages our industries are experiencing.
Apprenticeship and traineeship issues.
Problems about skills development and access to training.
The skills our industries need.
We also work collaboratively with an ITC Network of seven other Training Councils to ensure that our priorities align with the priorities and initiatives of the State Training Board and the Department of Training and Workforce Development.
Here are a couple of State Training Board documents that illustrate this collaboration:
Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council Strategic Planning Framework
We will drive workforce development by focusing on the following strategic priorities and activities. Through this leadership, FFTITC aims to influence policies that foster growth, innovation, and sustainability in Western Australia’s vital sectors.
These priorities focus on fostering strong industry networks, fostering gender equality, enhancing First Nations participation, and supporting the clean energy transition, while ensuring a sustainable pipeline of skilled workers, particularly in regional areas.
By strengthening industry networks, advocating on workforce issues, and facilitating innovative training pathways, the FFTITC aims to drive innovation, improve workforce development, and ensure continuous governance improvements, while supporting the broader goals of state and national workforce strategies.
Our Strategic Planning Framework has aligned state and national skills priorities to eight (8) Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council Priority areas. To view our planning framework click here. To view an extract from our operational plan click here.
Should you wish to discuss any of this, please contact our CEO Tony Palladino
Here is a collection of news that we get from our network that we think you'll want to know about. We hope you enjoy.
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We hope this has been of some assistance.
Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council
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