Last week saw many of our Reference Groups meeting for their Term 1 meetings. I attended the Assets RG where a wide range of topics were discussed including local trades scheme, demountable program, fast track initiative, maintenance backlog, safety & compliance issues, cooler classroom program, sustainability strategy and future focused learning.

A big focus was on the amount of work required to get Bobbin PS and Wytaliba PS back online following the fires and the inspection of 180 sites over the holidays to make sure they were clear for usage on Day 1. Chairperson Brent Kunkler praised the AMU teams for a super enormous effort. Just incredible what they did.

I also attended the HR Reference Group Term 1 meeting where discussions focused on bringing the group up to speed with the work being done with the SMR (Staffing Methodology Review) team and the HCM (Human Capital Management) team. Discussions centred around:

• Supply issues – casuals particularly. They will be piloting a trial of 2 types of remedies – in built relief and a Hub & spoke model …more details to come
• SSPs – supplementary staffing
• HCM is the industry term that refers to people management & systems. The graphic below shows what they are attempting to do: