About Future Works
On 1 September 2020, the Australian Government, as part of the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the Local Jobs Program in 25 Employment Regions.
In support of this, Rural Enterprises Australia, in conjunction with Agristart, created an LJP program called Future Works, which was completed in June 2022. This was supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Local Jobs Program, and was been designed to address the key labour shortage experienced in the primary industries sector in the South West WA.
The objective of the Future Works program was to increase local employment opportunities for local job seekers and equip individuals with knowledge, skills and confidence for sustained employment in the industry. The Future Works program ensured a targeted approach to increasing the knowledge and understanding of the diversity of careers available in the primary industry of Agriculture, particularly Horticulture and Viticulture. This is achieved through:
- Field Trips to four local employers in the Manjimup and Bunbury/Harvey regions;
- Tailored Job Readiness workshops held across various locations;
- Through great relationships, we were able to produce a series of videos highlighting careers in primary industries – you can watch these here:
If you would like to scale this model in your agriculture sector, please reach out.
Kind regards,
Emma and Stuart Willis
Directors
Rural Enterprises Australia
The Local Jobs Program (LJP) was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
