Nimble News 24 September 2025
- fftitc
- Sep 24
- 4 min read
As you know, our main job is to advise the WA government on the skill and workforce needs of our industries.
We are always seeking feedback from our stakeholders so that we can help stage the future workforce of WA. We'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas to improve the skills of your workforce.
What do you think is needed to improve the skills of your industry?
Have you found it difficult finding the right staff member and do you think there are skill shortages?
Have you found it difficult accessing quality training?
If you are an training provider, what do you think is needed to improve qualifications?
On our website, we have a "Have your Say" page which you can access at any time.
You may be recruiting and finding it difficult getting someone with the right skills
You may think that a particular occupation could be included on a migration/priority list
If you are a RTO practitioner, you may find a particular qualification needs changing.
Any of this sort of information is what we are after. There are many opportunities for us to pass on your feedback to government. It's an ongoing job for us. So, if you do want to tell us something, please access the form here. We'll be in touch shortly after.
Click here. to access the page. We appreciate it!
Reminder: Upcoming Skills Advisory Network Meetings - September and October.
If you are an employer, RTO, Industry Group or Service Provider, you are invited to our Skills Advisory Network Meetings:
▪️ Green Skills Network meeting Friday 3rd October.
▪️ Frame and Truss Skills Network Meeting Friday 26 September.
▪️ Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Network Meeting Friday 3 October 2025.
▪️ Interior Design Network Meeting Friday 17 October.
For more details (agendas, RSVPs), please click here
This paper, Education and training divides: Gendered skills, pathways and outcomes, highlights the significant gender-based choices of Australians in terms of career and therefore education choices.
A project which is building the capacity of small and medium-sized businesses to hire more jobseekers with disability has been given a one-year funding extension by the Cook Government.
Skills Insight’s Workforce Plan 2025–2026. sets out a shared vision of workforce priorities and strategies to address key challenges and skill needs across the agribusiness, fibre, furnishing, food,
Skills Insight is working with industry stakeholders to strengthen the appeal of agriculture careers by mapping pathways across roles in the AHC Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package. They are seeking feedback on six proposed job levels and titles that could provide clear and consistent career information that contributes to promoting careers in the sector.
Skills Insight and FurnishingWorks (a division of ForestWorks) are undertaking a project to develop best-practice guidance materials for employing apprentices in the furnishing industry. The materials will be designed to assist employers to engage with the VET system for new apprentices and identify and support training and/or assessment that must occur in the workplace,
Applications are now open for the following Certificate II program, Care for Country – Conservation and Ecosystem Management at NM TAFE. It is designed to reduce the barriers that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders may face in education and is designed to provide accessible, customised, supported training.
The Australian Government is taking action to create a more aligned tertiary education system. This session, speakers will set the scene discussing progress against the recommendations outlined in JSA’s Tertiary Harmonisation Roadmap.
The Cook Government will bring together key stakeholders from across the State's fishing community in a call to action to protect Western Australia's demersal fish.
The evoke AG. Startup Program is back in 2026 and they are seeking applications from ground-breaking agrifood tech startups transforming, or set to transform, the global agricultural value chain. Applications close on Friday, 24 October,
October is National Safe Work Month – a time employers and workers across Australia commit to creating safe and healthy workplaces. There are lots of resources and opportunities to celebrate his
The Work Health and Safety Commission invites public submissions on the draft Code of practice: Sexual and gender-based harassment, on how to manage health and safety risks arising from sexual
This new resource shows and encourages kids and teens on how they can help promote and encourage biosecurity to protect Australia’s unique ecosystems. Free resources are available for teachers.
Introducing Carbon Warrior – the environmental arm of the Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia (FTMA) created to help tackle the fight against climate change. The website aims to craft a narrative that promotes the use of traditional low-carbon materials, i.e., timber.
Lou was a late career changer and at the age of 58, Lou proves that it’s never too late to follow your passion. From organising international financial conferences in Europe to running her own catering business in Australia, before finally discovering her calling for veterinary nursing.
We hope this has been of some assistance.
Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council
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