GW3 has identified five strategic and interconnected accelerators that exist across all industry sectors and will deliver economic growth when maximised.

Shifting roles, emerging industries.

The Greater Whitsunday region has a workforce of more than 97,000 which will continue to shift between different roles across traditional and emerging industries.

As our region continues to unlock the future of our workforces, people will be at the heart of change. People are our greatest asset adapting their skills and expertise as the digital world continues to revolutionise the nature of jobs.

Future Workforce Initiatives.

The region is backed by a series of ten iconic initiatives identified in the Greater Whitsunday Workforce Development Playbook. The playbook will not only support our region to grow and thrive but also provide innovative and disruptive solutions to workforce attraction and retention; reskilling and meeting the emerging workforce needs.

Growing our own workforce.

Ensuring the next generation are well equipped when entering the workforce, it is important to continue to grow skills and build a comprehensive understanding of the career opportunities in the region. The Greater Foundations programs aimed at improving educators’ knowledge of the wide range of career opportunities available in the region.

Preparing an emerging sector workforce.

With a changing economic and technological landscape and new industries, it is important to prepare for an emerging workforce. GW3 is working to identify the skills needs and training gaps for emerging sectors, such as aquaculture, aerospace, biomanufacturing and digital.

Evolving our current workforce.

Evolution is critical to ensure the region’s workforce keeps up with the changing economic landscape and continues to deliver positive results. GW3 secured grant funding to run the Greater Digital Skills Program, focused on upskilling businesses with critical digital skills to address key workforce challenges.

The keys to unlock your potential.

The future has already arrived, and the challenge for our region is to create the best opportunity for our people to have rewarding careers, that foster economic growth.

And the key to a dynamic, responsive, and capable workforce is to harness and redirect people’s skills to meet the demands of industries today for tomorrow.

When it comes to greater possibilities, you can be what you can’t see. We’re giving our workforce the keys to unlock their potential to meet the demands for new skill sets and job roles.

The Greater Whitsunday region is a place for greater careers, connections and skills.

The Greater Whitsunday region is embracing new thinking and change, where business, workforces and industries are dynamic and future focused.

GW3 are empowering businesses with cutting edge skills to navigate and prepare them to leverage new technologies, through the Greater Digital Skills Program. The program is funded by Jobs Queensland through the Grow Your Own Regional Workforce Program and powered by the Queensland Government’s Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022-2032.

Now in its second year Greater Foundations, creating career-based classroom learning is aimed at informing Greater Whitsunday educators on what careers and workforce opportunities exist across the region. This professional development event sets the scene for teachers about the greater possibilities across the region and the roles in emerging and traditional industries. Greater Foundations is one of the Greater Whitsunday Regional Jobs Committee projects supported funded by the Queensland Government.

Greater Workforce.

The Greater Whitsunday region is leading the way with dynamic resources designed to support future-focused careers.

Through a series of videos, GW3 shares inspiring stories from industry leaders across mining, agriculture, tourism, and health, offering insights on navigating today’s evolving career landscape. The Career Education Module Project, an initiative of the Greater Whitsunday Regional Jobs Committee and proudly funded by the Queensland Government, provides valuable educational resources for teachers and students.

Designed to develop a stackable Career Education program for schools in the Greater Whitsunday region, the modules will leverage the data recently released under the RJC to assist students to identify the current and emerging work opportunities they could pursue in region.

Explore how the Greater Whitsunday region is building a greater workforce for a brighter future for students, small business and industry leaders.

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Workforce Development Highlights

2024

Greater Digital Skills Program launched.

2023

Greater Whitsunday Workforce Development Playbook released

2022

The For Greater Careers Education Program and stackable career modules released.

2020

Future Employment Study released.

2019

The Future Workforces Summit

Featured Programs

Greater Whitsunday Regional Jobs Committee

The RJC Program coordinates regional communities, industry, and government to identify opportunities and challenges for local skills development, workforce participation and business growth. The Greater Whitsunday RJC is driven by locals, for locals, bringing together community leaders, businesses, training providers and industry representatives, to ensure training and employment solutions meet the needs of the region now and into the future.

Greater Foundations

Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) are building career-based classroom learning with Greater Foundations, a professional development event for educators across the Greater Whitsunday region.

Greater Whitsunday AgTech Hub

The Greater Whitsunday Agtech Hub promoting innovation and adoption of AgTech, amplifying opportunities across agribusinesses and supply chains. Learn about agtech and join us in bringing new ways of farming, people and capabilities to the region.

Greater Whitsunday Geospatial Hub to connect the dots across future workforce landscapes

Geospatial and Earth Observation (EO) technologies could be the next frontier for the Greater Whitsunday region’s workforce to explore.

Greater Digital Skills Program to solve workforce challenges for region’s SMEs.

The Greater Whitsunday region is set to experience a significant boost in digital capabilities with the launch of the Greater Digital Skills Program.

Greater Foundations24 set to empower educators to unlock greater career possibilities

Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is again delivering the Greater Foundations program, aimed at informing Greater Whitsunday teachers and educators on what career and workforce opportunities exist across the region.

Greater Whitsunday Workforce Development Playbook to build a future fit workforce.

Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has released the Greater Whitsunday Workforce Development Playbook which identifies a range of future focused initiatives to create a dynamic and capable regional workforce.

Greater Whitsunday Alliance releases the regional Future Employment Study

Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has released the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday (MIW) Future Employment Study to provide the region’s industries, businesses and workforces with a blueprint to ensure we are prepared for the impact of digital technology.

Region welcomes new funding confirmation and Chair of Regional Jobs Committee program.

Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has been confirmed as the Greater Whitsundays host organisation for the Queensland Government’s Regional Jobs Committee program until June 2025. The Queensland Government has established 12 Regional […]