The PIAA’s FuturePrint website, set up to promote the opportunities available in the printing industry, is now open for business. Joan Grace, general manager for innovation, training and employment with the PIAA, says, “The aims of FuturePrint are simple and exciting – to give businesses practical tools and support as they plan and equip for the future, and to find the right people with the right skills to help them get there.”

Prospective apprentices can match their skills to the best-fit jobs in the industry, then hop onto the jobs board, where businesses can upload vacancies and recruit applicants. The PIAA says some 60 businesses have already signed on to the program in January, pledging to employ or upskill nearly 200 workers. More than a dozen apprentices have already begun their training, and the association says it is on track to achieve its targeted intake of more than 120 apprentices by mid-year. Grace says, “With our precincts around the country well-established and our team of advisors on the ground to support the program, we are seeing this starting to play out in real businesses and with real people – that’s exciting. “The structure is in place, the website is operational, the training is already happening – now we just want more businesses to benefit. There’s no deadline and no obligation, so I encourage anyone thinking about their business future to contact us and start the conversation.”

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