{"id":8597,"date":"2017-09-11T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T08:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/a-blueprint-to-create-manufacturing-jobs-of-the-future\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T07:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T07:11:04","slug":"a-blueprint-to-create-manufacturing-jobs-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/a-blueprint-to-create-manufacturing-jobs-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"A BLUEPRINT TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS OF THE FUTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Andrews Labor Government will boost manufacturing, create highly skilled jobs and help businesses grow as part of a new industry strategy unveiled today.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan joined workers at Jayco Australia to unveil <em>Advancing Victorian Manufacturing \u2013 A Blueprint for the Future<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy, backed by $12 million in new funding and initiatives, builds on the Labor Government\u2019s successful programs to support manufacturing businesses and create new jobs.The statement sets out four key actions including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>creating manufacturing jobs of the future<\/li>\n<li>helping small to medium businesses grow, innovate and capture new market opportunities<\/li>\n<li>strengthening the local supply chain<\/li>\n<li>taking Victorian companies to the world and find export opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New initiatives will help manufacturers develop new products, improve training and skills, increase competitiveness and support export growth.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Advisory Council, led by Ross Pilling, developed the strategy which features input from businesses, industry associations, unions and research organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The $18 million <em>Future Industries Manufacturing Program<\/em> has already supported more than 30 projects to create more than 250 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing employs more than 283,000 Victorians. In 2016, manufacturing experienced the fastest employment growth of any industry in Victoria with around 40,000 new jobs created.<\/p>\n<p>To access <em>Advancing Victorian Manufacturing \u2013 A Blueprint for the Future<\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economicdevelopment..vic.gov.au\/advancing-manufacturing\">economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au\/advancing-manufacturing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Andrews Labor Government will boost manufacturing, create highly skilled jobs and help businesses grow as part of a new industry strategy unveiled today. Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan joined workers at Jayco Australia to unveil Advancing Victorian Manufacturing \u2013 A Blueprint for the Future. The strategy, backed by $12 million in new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9824,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597\/revisions\/9824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}