WICD has initiated a total number of twelve projects to date, covering key issues ranging from collaborative approaches to developing courses and resources (e.g. vocational, university and short courses) and mapping gaps in skills and professional development across the water industry, through to water industry branding and various incentives such as creating an awards program and developing a mature age worker strategy.
Each project has a dedicated working group and leader formed from WICD Subscribers and representatives from collaborating organisations including GSA, ICEWaRM, AWA, IA and WSAA. If you would like to be involved in one of the working groups, please contact the WICD Coordinator at wicd@awa.asn.au.
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1. Gaps in Skills, Training and Professional Development
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Assess and map water industry gaps in skills, training, professional development.
Identify regional gaps in availability of training package courses and fill them.
National Water Industry Skills Audit and Strategy Project.
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Grant Leslie (WSAA)- Project Leader
Angela Murray (ICEWaRM)
Wayne Morling (Water Corporation)
Lisa Bousted (SunWater)
Peter Bernich (SA Water)
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WSAA funded project Phase 1 completed.
CoAG
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2. University Courses
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Industry input into university courses.
Coordinate and develop a range of opportunities for students to gain scholarships and industry experience.
Create multi-disciplinary professional development opportunities.
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Angela Murray (ICEwaRM) - Project Leader
Chris Davis (UTS)
Stephanie Seddon (AWA)
Nicole Latham (Melbourne Water)
Maria Steel (Sydney Water)
Peter Bernich (SA Water)
Rebecca Martin (Hunter Water)
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Started May 07
University Survey Report
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3. National Water Industry Employment Branding
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Create a national brand to market the water industry/sector and careers.
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Peter Mills (Sydney Water) - Project Leader
Ross Young (WSAA)
Nicole Latham (Melbourne Water)
Jenny Gregg (Sunwater)
Mark Wilkin (Goulburn Valley Water)
Sarah Campbell (Sydney Water)
Tom Mellenkopf (AWA)
Kira Muldoon (Principal Consulting Group)
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Started May 07
Water Industry Skills Taskforce have endorsed H2Oz Business Plan: July 2008
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4. Intra Water Industry Secondments
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A multidisciplinary approach to enhance water industry capability through structured workplace enhancement programs that provide opportunities to upgrade skills and knowledge of all staff.
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Maria Steel (Sydney Water) - Project Leader
Natalie Winokurow (SA Water)
Julie O'Donnell (SCA)
Kerry Devine (Hunter Water)
Jodie Wrap (SunWater)
Rebecca Martin (Hunter Water)
Nicole Latham (Melboure Water)
Angela Murray (ICE WaRM)
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Started May 07
Taskforce endorsed Secondment Business Plan: July 2008
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Key to acronyms: AWA - Australian Water Association; DEST - Department of Education, Science and Training; DET - Department of Education and Training; GSA - Government Skills Australia; ICEWaRM - International Centre of Excellence in Water Resource Management; IA - Irrigation Australia; NSW U&E ITAB - NSW Utilities and Electrotechnology Industry; UTS - University of Technology, Sydney.
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