The DTC team works to support employee attraction, workforce planning, retention, up-skilling, leadership development and career promotion. Retention has a direct and causal relationship with employee needs and motivation.  The ability to attract and retain your best employees ensures best fit for job, workplace harmony, positive workplace environment, satisfied staff, retention of organisational knowledge and learning and effective succession planning. The goal of employers is to decrease employee turnover, training costs and loss of talent. Key employee attraction and retention is critical to the long term health and success of any organisation.

Failing to retain a key employee is costly to any organisation because apart from the cost to recruit and select a new employee other issues such as training time and investment; lost knowledge; workplace restlessness, and possibly insecure co-workers will all have an impact on the organisation.

Defence Industry Workforce Action Plan

The DTC has developed a Defence Industry Workforce Action Plan (DIWAP) in consultation with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science & Technology (DFEEST).

The DIWAP was developed to respond to identified industry demand in areas of strong economic growth. It provides a framework for industry and government to support the provision of a sustainable and productive workforce for the Defence sector into the future. 

The overarching objective of the DIWAP is to establish a clear direction towards which Defence Industry, the Government and other key stakeholders will work in order to secure a competitive and productive workforce able to support the proposed expansion of the industry in South Australia.

This plan has identified a range of outcomes. They include a range of strategies and actions that are currently being supported through the following programs within the DTC.

Please download the latest version of the DIWAP

Skilled Workforce Training Capability Catalogue

The Defence Teaming Centre (DTC) Skilled Workforce team, has put together a Training Capability Catalogue for DTC members to streamline training activity . The Defence Teaming Centre Skilled Workforce Training Capability Catalogue is a listing of the capabilities, products and services of registered training providers qualified to skill the Defence industry in South Australia.

South Australia is indisputably Australia’s “Defence State”, it is the high-technology hub of the nation’s Defence industry, home to regional headquarters and operations of some of the world’s top Defence companies. The Defence Teaming Centre is the peak South Australian Defence Industry association with national capability. We assist our members, including Primes and SME’s, to grow their business in South Australia, and will influence the national Defence Industry training agenda to their benefit.

The Defence Teaming Centre Skilled Workforce team delivers improved capability and opportunities for its members, facilitating engagement with registered training organisations, developing innovative strategies to extend the industry capability through development of a highly skilled workforce.

Through the Skilled Workforce Training Capability Catalogue we aim to provide industry with a reference to training providers that are currently training the defence industry. Training providers that have the ability to develop a highly skilled workforce to strengthen and grow the industry and provide opportunities for companies to fulfil skill requirements when bidding for Defence contracts.

Current Skilled Workforce Programs

Productivity Places Program

Accelerated Industry Development Program

Critical Skills Program

 

The Productivity Places Program (PPP) for Existing Workers is a joint funded Federal and State government initiative as part of the Australian governments Skilling Australia for the Future strategy. The initiative provides up to 90% subsidy from government towards nationally endorsed qualifications, at Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Levels.

The Defence Teaming Centre has now been successful in securing 1726 training places worth $7.87m through four applications for this contestable funding; having submitted aggregated applications on behalf of the Defence Teaming Centre membership base in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011.