The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is asking employers in the horticulture industry to complete a quick Growcom survey on labour supply this week.
“There’s no doubt COVID-19 will have an impact on the supply of labour this year,” a spokesman said.
“To plan for that, we need to know what your ‘normal’ demand for labour would be for the next six months.
“Growcom has created a short survey to capture labour demand and provide accurate month-to-month forecasts to September 2020.
“Complete this survey according to your normal plans for production, not including any assumptions you may have made about the impacts of COVID-19 on either market demand or the availability of labour.
“It’s important we understand what will be needed for the industry to operate as close to normal as possible.
“It’s also important that we ensure adequate support for the region to manage the flow of workers.
“The survey should be completed by individual farming operations on a postcode basis, so please provide one response for all operations within a single postcode.
“If you have operations in multiple postcodes, please submit one response for each postcode.
The survey will close this Friday 24 April – forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=22WaNe6kukmLEYvfYTasCBRyLPtjN6VDprHrHJpc-XFUMlI3RlkzMUJZUzJCSkIxSlhSS1dOMEtZUi4u
