5. Workforce Management

5.1 Training and Skill Development
5.2 Workplace Health and Safety
5.3 Industrial Relations

Workforce management will ensure workplace health and safety; industrial relations, training and skill development are integrated with the organisational procedures, practices and performance standards of the organisation.

Effective workforce management at all levels of the construction industry is a key contributor to achieving the Key Priorities and Objectives. The Queensland Government is committed to continuous improvement by ensuring service providers achieve an effective workforce-management focus at the enterprise and project levels, and in the industry generally.

Workforce management requires service providers to:

• create and maintain a safe working environment;
• integrate training and skill development into project management; and
• support cooperative and productive industrial relations, including compliance with awards and/or agreements and legislation.

These objectives centre on industry participants adopting a broad-based agenda to improve productivity through:

• effective communication;
• teamwork;
• high standards in workplace health and safety;
• training and skill development;
• effective workplace practices;
• promotion of access, equity and equal employment opportunity; and
• continuous improvement and best practice.