Currently there exists a national shortage of skilled workers and qualified personnel in many industries, with widespread acknowledgment of the shortage of skilled workers in the surveying and spatial science profession. There is a consensus that organisations requiring surveying and spatial science professionals are currently severely affected by the available pool of qualified personnel. The shortage of qualified spatial science personnel creates a cycle of turnover in staff, where regional and remote locations are either forced to attract staff from coastal and metropolitan locations or attract staff from other industries. To address the problem of this skills shortage, the surveying and spatial science profession successfully applied for funding through the Critical Skills Investment Fund. The group adopted a supply chain approach for the provision of sufficient qualified personnel whereby training/education, attracting new entrants and regulatory registration/professional certification were identified as critical areas and priorities.
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