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to the Community as part of the joint management negotiations (see Key Issues for the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, p. 10). Under the Lease the Director has, subject to the plan, specific obligations concerning employment and training for traditional owners. These are:

    * within six months of the commencement of the Lease to establish and implement a program for training reasonable numbers of the Community in skills relevant to the administration, management and control of the park

    * to contract the Council's services and engage as many Community members as is practicable to provide services in and in relation to the park.

To fulfil these obligations, the Director has engaged a training manager whose duties include assisting in the provision of relevant training for members of the Council. A Training Committee has also been established to advise the Board on priority areas for training and employment. During the first plan, a Training Strategy for 2005–2010 was endorsed by the Board and implemented to build capacity within the Council, the park and the Council's key business arms.

In addition to providing training to employees, the park's training and employment initiatives have targeted Council members not currently in the workforce including primary, secondary and tertiary students. Work placements through programs such as the Community Development Employment Program have provided opportunities for Council members to develop skills in land management, become familiar with park management objectives and to stay and work on their country. The provision of a Junior Ranger Program (see Section 6.1, Protecting and Promoting Culture and Knowledge) has engaged pre-school and primary students from Jervis Bay School in cultural activities with elders, and work experience opportunities for high school students have supported students-at-risk programs to encourage school retention.

Two trainee positions were maintained in the park during the first plan including an executive trainee and a horticultural trainee. Trainees were supported with formal and on-the-job training. Vocational training in conservation and land management, tourism, business and horticulture has been completed by park staff and Council members. The park has also established exchange programs with other Parks Australia jointly managed parks.

These initiatives have resulted in an average of 45 per cent of park staff being Indigenous people employed as ongoing Australian Government employees; many more Council members are employed indirectly through contracted park services. The expansion of service level agreements with the Council's business arm has increased the range of contracted services to include road and fire trail maintenance, entry station services and cleaning park and staff facilities. These contracts are worth around $1 million to the Community annually.

It has been a long-standing Australian Public Service (APS) policy to regard roles with a strong involvement in issues relating to