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Training & Assessment

Advances in technology and new types of engineered timber products, has required the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry to focus on developing a sophisticated workforce. 

Today, most workers in the industry:

  • need to be multi-skilled and ready to embrace new and emerging technologies
  • learn their skills on-the-job, over time, on the machines they use in the workplace and in a normal production environment
  • gather over time the essential knowledge and experience that contributes to their problem-solving abilities
  • work within enterprise quality standards that increasingly emphasise product care, maximum recovery and value adding
  • must meet occupational health and safety (OHS) and risk management requirements.
The industry and its employees need to work smarter, safer and with an eye to quality. Skills development and the identification and assessment of skills are more important than ever.

The vital link between safety and training

Training enables workers to perform tasks to the required health and safety standards, in a way that is safe for themselves and others working around them. The Training Package for the Forest and Forest Products Industry and the Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry contain national competency standards that are designed to incorporate occupational health and safety at all levels of job competency - from basic through to advanced. Training employees in safe systems of work supports the job functions they undertake and complements industry competency standards.

Skill development into the future

In the absence of ready-skilled workers to employ, the industry is placing a greater emphasis on up-skilling existing workers. Many activities in the industry today rely on sophisticated technology. Increasingly, workers need to be computer literate and able to work with complex technology that drives the production process. 

Tasmanian Forest Operator Assessment and Licensing Scheme
ForestWorks Tasmania oversees the issuance of Tasmanian forest industry operator licences, administers an industry database, supports Tasmanian Forest Industries Training Board (TFITB) registered assessors and manages forest industry standards and accreditation committees. » more
Training as an investment
Skills identification and development are crucial to ensuring enterprises remain viable and retain their competitive edge domestically and internationally. » more
Industry Environmental Scan
The industry Environmental Scan captures and analyses the most recent grassroots industry intelligence about existing and emerging skill shortages and training requirements in order to inform government decision-making. » more
Skills Assessment
Formal assessment is a critical process in ensuring that operators have the skills and knowledge to carry out work safely and competently. » more
Employing an apprentice or trainee
A quick reference guide to the steps involved in employing an apprentice or trainee. » more
Workplace literacy and the WELL Program
Welcome to the ForestWorks workplace literacy and WELL Program page. » more
VET and Training Packages
How does Vocational Education and Training (VET) work? What are Training Packages? » more
Find an industry RTO
Need to find a provider of training for your workforce? The Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) for our industry are listed here. » more
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