A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding staffing levels, job titles, and vacancies within the Resources Safety Division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The Minister provides some answers and refers to tabled documents and a previous question.

AnsweredQoN 47Legislative Council
Asked
17 February 2011
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum

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RESOURCES SAFETY DIVISION
I refer to the resources safety division and ask, as of today’s date — (1) How many full-time equivalent staff are allocated to this department? (2) What are their job titles and levels? (3) How many FTE positions are vacant and what positions are they? (4) How long have the positions in (3) been vacant? (5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(1) How many full-time equivalent staff are allocated to this department? (2) What are their job titles and levels? (3) How many FTE positions are vacant and what positions are they? (4) How long have the positions in (3) been vacant? (5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(2) What are their job titles and levels? (3) How many FTE positions are vacant and what positions are they? (4) How long have the positions in (3) been vacant? (5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(3) How many FTE positions are vacant and what positions are they? (4) How long have the positions in (3) been vacant? (5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(4) How long have the positions in (3) been vacant? (5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(5) When is it planned to fill the vacant positions? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(1) As at February 2011, the establishment of the resources safety division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum was 199. (2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(2) I will table a list detailing the job titles and levels as attachment 1 to the tabled paper. (3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(3) Thirty-one positions are vacant. I will table the list of those positions as attachment 2 to the tabled paper. (4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
(4)–(5) Some vacant positions are newly created positions and have not yet been advertised. Some vacant positions have resulted from promotions. I refer the honourable member to the answer to question without notice 287 of 25 May 2010. The answer to part (4) of that question highlighted the intention to fill positions over two years and explained the issues of competition with industry to recruit the necessary specialist skills and that it is generally recognised there is a skills shortage in Australia across some sections of the resources industry. I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff. [See paper 3042.]
I am pleased to report that the department and industry are working together to actively implement the new safety reforms and recent rounds of recruitment have been very successful in attracting suitably skilled staff.

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