Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator, Amanda Hancock and the FNQ Water Alliance team are about to move forward with the development of a major project of collaboration to build strategic workforce capability for all water entities across the region.
Amanda said the Plan relates to QWRAP’s Vision, Mission, and strategic priorities of enabling regional scale delivery, building capacity and capability, and driving regional service and initiatives. It is also closely aligned with the work of the QLD Water Skills Partnership and Water Industry Worker programs, Queensland Government State-wide Risk Assessment Project together with the work of the new Federal Government Industry Skills Councils.
The Regional Water Capability Plan will see the development of a regional, long-term (up to 10 year) coordinated plan that includes:
- identifying options and opportunities for the FNQ Water Alliance to work individually and collaboratively to improve workforce capability,
- the use of data – recording, storing, recalling and analysing data to better inform planning and decision making for capital investment and delivery,
- asset management, procurement and contract management,
- the development and use of standardised operating procedures/processes and templates.
The Regional Water Capability Plan will play a key role in driving individual capability improvements across all participating councils and will also form the basis for collaborative and regional solutions to drive efficiencies across the region. It will also form the foundation for advocacy to State and Federal agencies to secure investment and funding to support improved capability across the region in the overall delivery of water and wastewater services.
FNQROC will of course be happy to share project findings with other regions together the Industry Skills Council.
The group has submitted a significant QWRAP Bid Pool Funding application for this project which will be considered by the QWRAP Partner Steering Committee this month.
This strategic approach to dealing with the skills development and the attraction and retention challenges the water industry is experiencing is exciting and will benefit other water service providers and QWRAP regions across the State.
The FNQ Water Alliance team will continue to work with the consultants who are delivering the Urban Water Risk Assessment (UWRA) work being implemented by the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water to highlight water and wastewater risk, issues and opportunities through the Far North Queensland region.
The FNQ Region includes Cairns Regional Council, Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Cook Shire Council, Croydon Shire Council, Douglas Shire Council, Etheridge Shire Council Hopevale Aboriginal Shire Council, Hinchinbrook Shire Council, Mareeba Shire Council, Tablelands Regional Council, Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council and Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council.
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