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Christian Stevens

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I wish to discuss the decline in capable ICT and Subject Matter Experts within the APS. I find that we lose valuable, experienced staff to private companies as a result of the money offered. This is because of the APS increment caps. ICT and certain subject matter experts are management people, however for them to make decent salaries for their experience they need to move in to management roles. Not only putting these staff out of their comfort zone but also putting them in charge of other staff members. Without management skills these managers cause retention issues for not only themselves but for their staff. I would like to see departments remove these caps and implement a more versatile performance management (pay increment) system that increases to subject matters wages to reflect the experience they have in these roles. If something isn't done in this space we will lose valuable staff especially in the ICT fields.