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"The only thing worse than training your staff and have them leave is not training them and have them stay" - Anon
An Australian survey of employees identified career development and training as the second most important condition of employment (after work culture and environment) and it was the highest issue for younger age groups.
Skilled staff are more capable with new technology, work more quickly with fewer mistakes, accept more responsibility, require less supervision and are better communicators.
Recent research undertaken by Agriculture ITO has identified significant returns for investing in training.
Training leads to higher skills and wages and lower staff turnover.
Investing in people and skills includes:
- Giving employees the training they need to be effective
- Providing all employees with opportunities for formal and informal learning such as industry qualifications and on-the-job training
- Structuring the workplace so that experienced employees can give support and coaching to less experienced staff
- Auditing the skill level of your employees and regularly identifying new training opportunities
- Talking to staff about their goals and aspirations, and assessing what sort of training they could have to move towards these
- Providing staff with personal career development plans
"People development is good for our business, the person and
the industry. We enjoy seeing people develop."
"Our training includes AgITO, employer group days, discussion
groups and industry organised days."
Read their story:
From an employee's perspective
Employees were also profiled during this exercise.
The following case study (right) describes the path of a farm employee, Jayden Morgan, who has had time and resources invested into his career, which has impacted his success in the industry.
