📋 Tender Overview
The Pacific Labour Facility PLF Skills Development Manager Mr Brett Thomson yesterday 15082022 paid a courtesy visit to the Permanent Secretary for the Employment Ministry on the review of Fijis current Pre-Departure Briefing PDB training package.Mr Thomson is in the country for 5 days to scrutinise the current PDB practice identify issues and challenges with PDB content provide feedback sessions with trainer observation tools professional development and knowledge sharing and discuss PDB needs improvements and recommendations.Mr Thomson highlighted that every labour-sending country has a different approach toward pre-departure training and how that process is facilitated as far as time.We want to raise the standard across all Pacific Island Countries PICs. Fiji is the gold star on PDB because it realises and places the importance of PDB by making it over a 4-day period compared to any other PIC.This is a good move compared to other labour-sending countries currently making it over less than 2 days of PDB training. Fiji has never gone away from the 4-day PDB activities so this is a great chance to visit and find out where the support and improvements are needed said Mr Thomson.The training package focuses on sending key messages instead of competency-based he added.PLF is also looking at connecting all labour-sending Unit trainers from the different PICs together as a team to learn from each other their culture challenges and solutions.The Permanent Secretary for Employment Mr Cawaru on behalf of the Fijian Government continued to express his sincere gratitude towards the PLF for their support guidance staffing and funding for the Ministry and the employability of Fijians under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility PALM Scheme.Fiji is currently basing its PDB training material on the standardised package by PLF which consists of 7 modules covering areas on 1 Where am I going 2 All Aboard 3 Logistics 4 Whats in it for me 5 Working in Australia 6 Living in Australia and 7 the Australian Culture.
