Edge Employment Solutions : Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia : job audit report, 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) have been working in collaboration with EDGE Employment Solutions to identify the work opportunities that lie within the Department for people with disabilities. Based on the Equal Employment Opportunity Act 1987 (EEOA), the DAFWA have set a target of increasing their rate of employment of individuals with disabilities to constitute 4% of their entire workforce. Currently, persons\u27 with a mild to moderate disability form 1.7% of the Public Sector. The role of EDGE Employment Solutions pertaining to this project was to develop a matrix that would include the key roles within the DAFWA, the functional capacity required for each role, and the relevant types of disabilities chat may be taken into consideration when employing new staff