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Department of Training and Workforce Development

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Department of Training and Workforce Development
Department overview
Formed2009
JurisdictionGovernment of Western Australia
HeadquartersDjookanup, 16 Parkland Road, Osborne Park
Minister responsible
  • Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Department executive
  • Karen Ho, Director General
Websitewww.dtwd.wa.gov.au

The Department of Training and Workforce Development is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department is responsible for the growth of the Western Australian workforce through attraction and retention strategies, career development services and vocational and education training.[1]

The department was one of the few that remained mostly unaffected by the 2017 restructuring of the Western Australian Government departments, which resulted in the number of departments being reduced from 41 to 25.[2]

The department is led by Director General Karen Ho.[3] The department was led by Director General Anne Driscoll from May 2017 to 14 March 2021, at which point Karen Ho took up the role in an acting capacity,[4] because of Driscoll's retirement. The department was one of eight Western Australian Government departments to receive a new Director General at the time.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Department of Training and Workforce Development: About us". www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ "WA machinery of government changes: list of amalgamated departments". The Mandarin. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Department of Training and Workforce Development: Our structure". Department of Training and Workforce Development. Government of Western Australia. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Department of Training and Workforce Development Annual Report 2020–21" (PDF). www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Renewed leadership for eight State Government departments". www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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