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Appendix 2: Staffing Overview (continued)
Training Expenditure
The Staff Development Branch manages the centrally controlled training budget. A summary table and details of its expenditure are listed below.
| Table 77 | Summary of Centrally Funded Training |
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Funded from Canberra-Based Training Programs |
|
|
Training expenditure ($) |
3 144 253 |
|
Person days spent in training |
30 082 |
|
Number of staff participating in training |
5 275 |
| Table 78 | Breakdown of Central Funding Expenditure |
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Type of Training |
Total Expenditure |
Percentage of Total Training Expenditure |
Average Days Training Per Staff |
Total Number of Staff |
Number of Person Days of Training |
|
Leadership/management |
236 921 |
7.54 |
4.4 |
229 |
1 007.6 |
|
Professional skills |
178 146 |
5.67 |
1.7 |
1 771 |
3 010.7 |
|
Tertiary studies (other than graduate trainees) |
143 778 |
4.57 |
19.0 |
115 |
2 185.0 |
|
Graduate trainees |
538 570 |
17.13 |
240.0 |
32 |
7 680.0 |
|
Language training |
1 176 765 |
37.43 |
60.0 |
160 |
9 600.0 |
|
Security |
9 892 |
0.31 |
1.5 |
199 |
298.5 |
|
Finance |
91 650 |
2.91 |
4.1 |
170 |
697.0 |
|
IT/Technical |
406 729 |
12.94 |
3.2 |
400 |
1 280.0 |
|
ADCNET* |
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
621 |
745.2 |
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NNS computer training |
305 074 |
9.70 |
1.1 |
1 407 |
1 547.7 |
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Consular |
20 105 |
0.64 |
5.0 |
166 |
830.0 |
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Diversity |
36 623 |
1.16 |
240.0 |
5 |
1 200.0 |
|
Total |
3 144 253 |
100.00 |
581.2 |
5 275 |
30 081.7 |
* No expenditure occurred against the training budget, as all training was delivered by departmental staff in-house.
In addition to this expenditure, divisions, State and Territory offices and overseas posts may use funds from their administrative budgets on staff training. A summary of such expenditure is given below, as well as a summary of all training programs.
| Table 79 | Summary of Other Training Expenditure |
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Type |
Amount ($) |
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Funded from posts’ budgets* |
2 037 807 |
|
State and Territory offices |
117 998 |
|
Divisions |
197 240 |
|
Staff Development Branch** |
121 489 |
|
Total |
2 474 534 |
* The bulk of this training was in leadership and management, finance, IT (including LAN), regional seminars, ethics and public affairs, for both Australia-based and locally engaged staff.
** Central funding used to partially fund specialist training and branch/division seminars.
| Table 80 | Summary of All Training Programs |
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Canberra, State and Territory Offices and Overseas Posts |
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|
Total training expenditure ($) |
5 618 787 |
|
Percentage of expenditure on training of total salary costs |
2.24 |
|
Average expenditure on training per officer ($) |
1 547 |
|
Average days of training per employee |
8.3 |
