Tools
Toolkits, templates, models and resources make the process of workforce development and planning, skills and behavioural profiling, capability framework design, job profiling and training needs analysis much easier. Access these tools to support you in clear process steps, comprehensive reporting and sustainable workforce planning practice. Resources come from Workforce BluePrint, across Australia and from international sources.
On this site you’ll find Workforce Planning Tools including:
Capability Frameworks
Build a capability framework including competencies – core, leadership and job specific; values and behaviours; and KPI’s, targets and performance measures. Streamline your approach by utilising our existing capability frameworks and customising to suit you.
Already got a workforce plan in place? Validate your workforce plan using our workforce plan checklist – confirm you are on the right track and identify any gaps.
Follow our 5 steps to workforce development and planning and together with the workforce plan template, produce your own plan or ask us for some help.
HATS (Harrison Assessments)
Use HATS for selecting and developing top performers as well as identifying match to values and behaviours and job role preferences. HATS assess eligibility – education, experience and hard skills and suitability – attitudes, motivation, interpersonal skills, work preferences, interests and values.
Why not participate in a free trial? Contact Don: ha@employmentprofiling.com.au and let him know Workforce BluePrint referred you.
Individual Capability Development Plan
Use the Individual Capability Development Plan template for an evidence based approach to performance management including demonstration of workforce values, commitment to strategic business priorities, competencies, strengths, development needs and capability development action plan.
Skillsbook™ for skills profiling, skills stock take, job profiling, competency frameworks
Skillsbook™ is an online tool with a powerful back end database of all units of competency from the National Training System.
Based upon the Balanced Scorecard this easy to use online tool gives you an immediate picture of the health of your small business. A comprehensive report and action plan helps you with where to next and we can provide you with coaching/mentoring support if you need an expert view.
SPSS for Workforce Demographics Analysis
Using SPSS for data analysis makes the job of understanding workforce priorities, trends and demographics pictures so much easier. This tool tests data sets against each other to look for correlations. Have a go yourself or use our expert associates to analyse your workforce data.
What is workforce development, workforce planning and human resource management? People use the terms interchangeably and it’s confusing so apply our Workforce Management model to understand key terms and workforce management activities.
The workforce plan template follows our workforce planning and development model, is easy to use and is tried and tested across many different industry sectors and organisations. Format the plan to suit your organisation and we can provide you with coaching/mentoring support to complete the plan if you need.
Workforce Planning Standards
Refer to the Workforce Planning Standards to understand:
- What is workforce planning?
- Why is workforce planning so important?
- Common barriers to workforce planning
- Whose responsibility is it?
- Better data, better decisions
- Implementing workforce planning – where do you begin?
- Checklist for workforce planning
- Resources and websites
Go to: www.standards.org.au for a copy of the HB 299-2008 standards.
