About the Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022–2032

Focus: Enable all Queenslanders to participate in the workforce and support employers to rethink their employment practices and grow a more diverse workforce.

• Establish a network of Industry-based Workforce Advisors to work directly with employers to help them to address workforce challenges and diversify their workforces
• Support more Queenslanders, particularly women, to access the workforce through fostering flexible work practices to widen the pool of available workers
• Establish a Multicultural Affairs Settlement Team to advocate and improve workforce outcomes for migrants and refugees
• Expand the Diverse Queensland Workforce Program to ensure migrants, refugees and international students have the support and guidance needed to find a fulfilling job and build rewarding careers
• Deliver the Social Enterprise Jobs Fund to support profit-for-purpose businesses and increase the participation of Queenslanders currently underrepresented in our workforce
• Partner with industry to harness the existing skills of the onshore migrant workforce, particularly to address skills shortages in high demand sectors
• Deliver the First Nations Training Strategy to support First Nations people to be better connected with training and skilling opportunities that link to sustainable local jobs
• Deliver the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Economic Strategy to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders
• Deliver the Queensland Public Sector Inclusion and Diversity Strategy 2021–2025 to improve outcomes for groups who may be underrepresented in the workforce, and showcase the Queensland Government as a model employer
• Deliver the next state disability plan through a co-design process, incorporating priorities under Australia's Disability Strategy 2021–2031 including increasing employment opportunities for people with disability.

Focus: Implement locally focused and led workforce planning and initiatives and coordinate efforts across industry, the community and government at all levels to focus on local and regional workforce priorities.

• Partner with rural and remote communities to deliver local skills and job creation initiatives to increase workforce capacity in these locations
• Partner with regions to develop workforce plans and initiatives to support 'grow your own' workforces and cross-sector skills development
• Increase subsidies available to eligible regional apprentices/trainees to offset their travel and accommodation costs when attending training offsite
• Include a focus on place-based approaches within the design and development of relevant future workforce-related programs
• Extend the Rural Jobs initiatives for the Queensland agricultural sector to continue efforts to attract, train and retain a skilled and high performing workforce.

Focus: Create strong and effective school-industry partnerships across Queensland and improve access to high-quality career information for school students.

• Develop regional action plans to expand and assist school-based apprenticeships and traineeships
• Expand the Gateway to Industry Schools program to include the hydrogen industry and ensure accessibility for individuals and groups that may be underrepresented
• Appoint Regional School Industry Partnership managers in education regions to strengthen school-industry partnerships and support school to work transitions
• Create a career development program for teachers and a career education program for students in Years 7 to 10 to help them understand their potential career options.

Focus: Partner with industries and communities on new approaches to attract and retain workers and support industry-led initiatives to work differently to increase workforce capability and capacity.

• Establish a Workforce Connect Fund to increase investment in industry and community-led projects that address workforce shortages
• Partner with the health and community services sectors to create and implement sector-led workforce development, attraction and retention strategies
• Create a Queensland Government Skilled Workforce Attraction Office to promote Queensland as an attractive destination to live, work and play
• Develop the skills pathways for the growing clean energy economy, including the critical skills required for Queensland to embrace the emerging opportunities in clean energy
• Develop a Queensland Resources Industry Workforce Plan, as an action under the Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan
• Enhance the Mentoring for Growth program to provide further one-on-one support to employers to help them address their workforce challenges
• Implement new initiatives focused on supporting apprentices and trainees to complete their training
• Deliver an internship program pilot for a supported pathway for people with a trade qualification to become qualified teachers

Focus: Develop an innovative, modern and flexible training system that delivers for traditional and emerging industries, and increase collaboration between government, industry and the education system at all levels.

• Develop a VET Strategy to ensure that Queensland's $1.2 billion annual investment in skills and training is tailored to meet current and future workforce needs
• Partner with industry to increase the uptake of higher-level apprenticeships and traineeships in industries where strong demand exists
• Extend the Micro-Credentialing Pilot Program to provide increased access to industry-supported short courses
• Expand the Group Training Organisation Pre-Apprenticeships Program to encourage more individuals to complete an apprenticeship and to provide employers with greater access to skilled workers
• Partner with Queensland's university sector to increase collaboration and engagement between the Queensland Government, universities and industry
• Develop pathways into higher education courses for those interested in pursuing a career in automation and support upskilling and reskilling in autonomous technology fields through an additional investment of $3.3 million in the Queensland Future Skills Partnership.