Workforce Skills and Development

• 59 Apprentices
• 133 Trainees
• 8 Graduates
• 8 Undergraduates
• 3% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander employees
• 7% Women in Non-Traditional Roles (JHCPB direct employees only)
• 5% Women in Senior Leadership Positions (JHCPB direct employees only)
• 5 Job Seeker Placements
• 14 Programs to Support Aboriginal and Small to Medium Business (SME)

Infrastructure projects have the potential to support increased workforce capability and capacity, reduce skills shortages and provide local sustainable employment. JHCPB continues to focus on implementing the objectives of the RIC Project Training Management Plan through inductions, training, apprenticeships and traineeships programs, and continued engagement with local schools, universities and RTOs.  The Project also continues to drive diversity within the workforce through the employment, retention and skills development of Aboriginal people and Women in Non-Traditional Roles.

JHCPB has delivered a total of 136,000 training hours PTD and employed the below demographics:

• 8058 Greater Western Sydney residents
• 50 apprentices and 55 trainees from GWS
• 234 local employees
• 542 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
• 65 people with disability or requiring workplace adjustment
• 748 women in Non-Traditional Roles
• 15 women in Senior Leadership Roles