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Some groups of Queenslanders have substantial barriers preventing them from getting into the workforce. The Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative aims to give these jobseekers customised employment and training assistance to meet their individual needs, and the demands of the labour market for a skilled workforce.
The Productivity Places Program (PPP) is part of the joint Australian, State and Territory Governments initiative to provide additional training places for existing workers and job seekers. It's part of the Australian Government's Skilling Australia for the Future policy which in Queensland is being jointly managed by the Department of Education Training and the Arts and the Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation. A component of the job seeker training places will be administered through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
The First Start Program offers jobseekers with little or no work experience, opportunities to obtain a traineeship where they can gain on-the-job experience and training at a registered training organisation—and be paid.
Under the Get Set for Work Program, locally-based organisations are funded to provide employment and training assistance to 15–17 year olds who are either early school leavers or at risk of disengaging from education.
Indigenous employment measures to assist Indigenous jobseekers include complying with the Indigenous Employment Policy for Queensland Government Building and Civil Construction Projects; employing Indigenous Employment Managers and Training Support officers; and maintaining the Wal-Meta Unit to develop public sector employment and leadership programs for Indigenous Queenslanders.
The Community Literacy Program provides customised language, literacy and numeracy training for jobseekers who need help in these areas, to improve their employment or training outcomes.
Under Youth Training Incentives, subsidies of up to $1,100 (including GST) are available to private sector employers, local government authorities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Councils for taking on school-based apprentices and trainees.
The Worker Assistance Program, which helps workers affected by large-cale retrenchments arising from firm closures or industry restructuring is now delivered by the Department of State Development.
Queenslanders Working Together is part of the federally funded Australians Working Together program, and is administered by the Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation under this initiative. Current projects are operating until June 2009. No new contracts will be issued under this program.
Last updated 06 October 2009
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