Australian Government - Royal Australian Mint

Annual Report 2005-06

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Management of Human Resources

Recruitment and Succession Planning

The Mint's retention rates continue to fluctuate and will be addressed by implementing the recommendations from the organisational and workplace review. Recruitment activity for 2005-06 resulted in 21 new ongoing staff being recruited, five non-ongoing staff were converted to ongoing positions through selection processes. There were also four new apprentices recruited and they commenced their apprenticeship training programmes in January 2006.

The Mint continues to experience difficulties attracting skilled trades-people due to market forces and the inability to off er competitive salaries. This will also be addressed through the organisational and workplace review outcomes, with a focus on workforce planning and an increase in structured training and development initiatives.

Training

The Mint's training and development programme aims to improve the skills, knowledge and attitudes of employees, to increase their competence and performance. With the acquisition of more sophisticated capital equipment, technical training of existing staff remains a high priority.

To ensure that the Mint retains its capability to produce high quality coin, staff are given the opportunity to be trained in the operation of new and sophisticated machinery. Frequently machinery manufacturers send experts from overseas to review the operation of their machines and train staff in making the most of that machinery. Marketing staff have been through a comprehensive sales and customer service in-house training programme. The Mint has an on the job training programme across the production areas and some staff have been given the opportunity to train in other positions across the organisation when the incumbents have taken extended periods of leave. Additionally a number of staff attended relevant training courses provided by the Australian Public Service Commission.

The cost for external training courses attended by Mint employees for 2005-06 was $130,000, salary and travel costs are not included.