Attract, Develop & Retain: Initiatives to Sustain a Competitive Workforce

July 2009

Attract, Develop & Retain: Initiatives to Sustain a Competitive Workforce

In December 2007, the Mining Industry Skills Centre released the document ‘Securing the Critical Capability – towards an holistic skills strategy for the mining industry’. This document was the culmination of nine months of detailed research with industry stakeholders that identified two Priorities for action – Workforce Planning and Workforce Development. Each of these Priorities was then divided into key Goals that together aim to support the industry to ensure a sustainable, skilled and safe workforce for the future.

This paper has been developed by the Mining Industry Skills Centre in conjunction with the Queensland University of Technology as the first of a three part series to address the sixth Goal within the Priority of Workforce Planning – Retention Strategies.