{"id":27803,"date":"2024-07-12T00:25:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=27803"},"modified":"2024-07-12T00:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:25:46","slug":"nsw-agriculture-industry-set-to-benefit-from-5-million-agskilled-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/nsw-agriculture-industry-set-to-benefit-from-5-million-agskilled-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW agriculture industry set to benefit from $5 million AgSkilled extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is helping futureproof the State\u2019s farming industry and support regional economies by extending a program focused on upskilling the State\u2019s agricultural workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AgSkilled is an industry-led training program designed to upskill and better prepare the agricultural workforce for fast-moving changes driven by innovation, research, and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past year, the program delivered 601 courses across 145 locations in NSW, with 2,536 participants. An impressive 95% of these participants completed their courses, showcasing the program&#8217;s effectiveness and popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the extension of AgSkilled, the program aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Attract, develop and retain a productive agricultural workforce.<\/li><li>Support career progression, entry pathways, and employment outcomes in agriculture.<\/li><li>Increase agricultural farm efficiency, productivity, and profitability.<\/li><li>Develop industry capacity to adopt new technologies and sustainable farming practices.<\/li><li>Leverage research and development to ensure training is relevant, current, and meets industry needs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular and priority courses, based on industry feedback, include honeybee biosecurity, chemical risk management, biosecurity training for managers\/supervisors and farm workers\/employees, farm business planning and operating and managing remote pilot aircraft systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AgSkilled is delivered by Training Services NSW in partnership with industry associations, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and the Agriculture, Food, and Animal Management Industry Training Advisory Body (ITAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration ensures the program is designed to meet the evolving needs of the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on AgSkilled 3.0 and how to participate in the training programs, can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/education-and-training\/vocational\/vet-programs\/agskilled\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NSW Government is supporting a resilient and innovative agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to have programs like AgSkilled to further assist agricultural workers to stay up-to-date with research and developments, new technologies and help increase agricultural farm productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Skills, TAFE, and Tertiary Education Steve Whan said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This $5 million extension of AgSkilled reflects our strong commitment to supporting and advancing the agricultural sector in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy investing in the skills and training of our workforce, we are ensuring that our farmers and agricultural workers are well-prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;AgSkilled is not just about training; it&#8217;s about building a resilient, innovative, and highly skilled workforce that can drive productivity and sustainability in our agricultural industries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government is helping futureproof the State\u2019s farming industry and support regional economies by extending a program focused on upskilling the State\u2019s agricultural workforce. AgSkilled is an industry-led training program designed to upskill and better prepare the agricultural workforce for fast-moving changes driven by innovation, research, and technology. In the past year, the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/nsw-agriculture-industry-set-to-benefit-from-5-million-agskilled-extension\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW agriculture industry set to benefit from $5 million AgSkilled extension&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27804,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27803\/revisions\/27804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}