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Skills shortage to be addressed in new road map

Andrew Ashton
By Andrew Ashton
Hawkes Bay Today·
7 May, 2018 04:28 AM2 mins to read

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The region's hospitality and wider service sector are in need of new recruits. Photo File

The region's hospitality and wider service sector are in need of new recruits. Photo File

Plans have been made to bring 15,000 service sector jobs to Hawke's Bay over the next seven years.

ServiceIQ , the Industry Training Organisation for the aviation, hospitality, retail and retail supply chain, travel, tourism and museum sectors, says "skills shortages" in the service sector are already here and would 'soon' effect everyone living in the region.

"By 2021, the Hawke's Bay service sector is forecast to have more than 15,000 job openings - equivalent to a third of the current workforce", a spokesman said.

To help tackle the situation Service IQ had helped to put together "road maps" for individual regions.

The Hawke's Bay road map would be released at a public event in Napier, next Tuesday.

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"This is work that has been led by ServiceIQ as part of Industry Training Organisation role of advocating for workforce development", the spokesman said.

"The Road map covers the sector that we have a government mandate for (aviation, hospitality, retail, travel, tourism and museums).

"The Regional Road maps are follow-up work from the creation of a national workforce development framework and plan that was completed in 2015 and updated last year.

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"Each Road map was developed with consultation and input from people in the region (local council, employers, educators, local reps of relevant government departments etc). In the Bay that included Nimon & Sons, Min of Education, Corrections, Workforce Development, Quest, Scenic Hotels, MSD, Napier City Council, Ziera, William Colenso College, Red Cross, Napier Conference Centre, Dish catering and Hastings City Art Gallery."

The road map would contain region-specific actions designed to address six priorities for employers.

The road map aimed to attract and retain people with the right attitude and aptitude, increase the number of able school leavers transitioning into the sector, and increase access to and engagement with training.

It would also develop and maintain high quality qualifications and programmes that meet the needs of industry, increase productivity by developing core skills, and improve business and management capability.

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