NSW schools outreach program encourages trade careers
Weld Australia’s Advanced Manufacturing Schools Outreach Program is encouraging kids in secondary schools across New South Wales to explore careers in the trades.
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Good business sense: employing people with a disability
CEO of Weld Australia, Geoff Crittenden, explains the importance of employers embracing a diverse workforce as Australia faces a huge shortage of welders.
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Radical approach needed to overcome skilled welder shortage
Weld Australia estimates that, unless action is taken now, Australia will be 70,000 welders short by 2030.
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Automation and jobs
Weld Australia sponsored the 2022 Endeavour Awards for the category of Best Industrial Internet of Things Application, which recognised the most outstanding application used in a smart factory to improve the manufacturing process.
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Weld Australia calls for radical approach to overcome skilled welder shortage
Weld Australia is calling for a radical four-pronged approach to overcome the nation’s skilled welder shortage that includes: an overhaul of welding apprenticeships; tapping into hidden sources of talent; refocussing STEM training in schools; and investment in TAFEs nationally.
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Calls for government to prioritise local manufacturing
Weld Australia has called for urgent action, saying the Australian Government is prioritising international trade relations over support for the local manufacturing sector.
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Inspiring Mackay manufacturing at welding technology showcase
BOC, Weld Australia and Diverseco have launched Weld Australia’s newly formed Mackay Committee at a technology showcase at BOC Mackay’s Gas and Welding store.
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Sovereign manufacturing capability is essential for Australia’s renewable energy future
Australia is rapidly moving from carbon fuelled power generation to a renewable energy system. Renewable energy accounted for 32.5 per cent of Australia’s total electricity generation in 2021, an increase of almost 5 per cent compared to 2020. In the past five years, the proportion of Australia’s electricity that comes from renewables has almost doubled, increasing from 16.9 per cent in 2017 to 32.5 per cent in 2021.
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Combatting Australia’s skills shortage by unlocking women’s workforce participation
Australia is facing a critical shortage of skilled workers. To combat this shortage, it is essential that women’s workforce participation is increased, according to Weld Australia.
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Manufacturing needs a coordinated national policy approach
Recently, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet awarded a $70 million contract for the manufacture of electric buses to a western Sydney manufacturer. Custom Denning will manufacture 79 electric buses, as part of the NSW Government’s commitment for the state’s fleet of more than 8,000 buses to go green by 2030.
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Australia’s severe shortage of skilled people requires industry-led solutions supported by government
This time last year, when anyone asked me for an annual outlook, all I was prepared to say was that market conditions in 2021 would be uncertain. I was right. 2021 was just as unpredictable as 2020, with further lockdowns and border restrictions.
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Weld Australia fuels confidence in Australian manufacturing
According to the federal government’s Australian Manufacturing Performance Report, manufacturing contributes $100 billion per year to the Australian GDP, employs one million people and is responsible for 26 per cent of all R&D business expenditure in Australia.
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A lack of local skills will impact nuclear submarine manufacture
On 16 September, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia would no longer proceed with the Attack Class conventional submarine program to be built by Naval Group. Instead, Australia is set to build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines after striking a trilateral security agreement with the US and the UK.
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Bridging the gap between education and industry
Like every industry across the globe, Australia’s welding industry is feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to feedback from Weld Australia’s members, the key challenge being faced across the industry is a shortage of labour, from Welding Supervisors and Inspectors, right through to welders. Finding competent, skilled, experienced welders is becoming more and more difficult.
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Industry, schools and governments must work together to foster STEM career pathways
Weld Australia is calling on industry, schools and governments to work together to develop and deliver STEM programs that engage, excite and attract students. Australia needs a vibrant national STEM skills program that illuminates the opportunities available in careers like welding and manufacturing for kids and parents alike.
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Keeping Australian welders safe: Weld Australia’s free welder safety resources
Welding is a safe occupation when proper precautions are taken. But, if safety measures are ignored, welders face a range of potentially dangerous hazards that can cause electric shock, or even a fatality.
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Federal Budget fails the next generation of welders
The recently announced 2021-2022 Federal Budget has failed the next generation of welders, with a noticeable lack of funding allocated to TAFE, and vocational training more broadly. This is despite the serious skills shortage facing Australian industry, exacerbated by border closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Welders need to be safe at work – both physically and mentally
Welding can and should be considered a safe occupation; when proper precautions are taken, welders have no cause to fear accident or injury. But when safety isn’t taken seriously in the workplace, the
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A gas-led recovery will not work
“We need to get the gas from under our feet.”
So said Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a speech in late January, emphasising his plans for a “gas-led recovery” following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hope for the future—with a strong national plan
The COVID-19 pandemic created uncertainty for everyone, with staff stood down and projects delayed or cancelled. And, while all of us are worried about what the future holds, there are many reasons to
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