Indigenous employment and training support officers

To help Indigenous apprentices, trainees and vocational students complete their training and stay in the workforce, the department employs Indigenous Employment and Training Officers (IETSOs) to provide them with culturally appropriate, one-to-one mentoring and support. IETSOs also help employers become more aware of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders cultural responsibilities and protocols.

Under the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative, the number of IETSOs has been increased to enable them to support a greater number of Indigenous jobseekers over a wider area of Queensland.

The IETSOs work in collaboration with local Indigenous communities and the Indigenous Employment and Training Managers to develop local employment and training strategies and to identify employment and training opportunities in these areas.

IETSOs are located throughout Queensland in centres which include:

• Far North Queensland (Cairns, Hopevale, Weipa, Thursday Island, Northern Peninsula Area)
• North Queensland (Townsville, Palm Island, Mount Isa, Doomadgee, Normanton)
• Central Queensland (Rockhampton, Woorabinda, Mackay)
• Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast (Nambour, Kingaroy, Bundaberg, Maryborough)
• South West Queensland (Toowoomba, Ipswich)
• Brisbane North (Lutwyche)
• Brisbane South and Gold Coast (Mt Gravatt, Logan, Gold Coast)

For further information, or to find out who your local IETSO is, contact the Employment Hotline on 1300 369 925.

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• Indigenous employment and training support officers brochure (PDF, 772 KB)

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