2009 Success stories - WIN TV
The Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative is giving Queenslanders the right mix of training, skills and experience for our 21st century workforce. Skilling Queenslanders for Work projects throughout Queensland offer disadvantaged jobseekers a chance to break into the workforce through training, assistance and practical experience.
The following stories, which screened on WIN television, illustrate how the initiative has changed the lives of individuals and helped them gain valuable skills that meet the needs of today's skill-starved workforce.
Bundaberg Get Set for Work
The Queensland State Government is helping disengaged youth in Bundaberg to Get Set for Work.
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Cairns Choices
In Cairns, Choice Australia helped 47 people to prepare for work with the help of a Queensland State Government grant.
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Gympie construction
Ten Gympie jobseekers got a skills boost and breathed new life into the ageing Choice through this 15-week construction project which was funded by Skilling Queenslanders for Work.
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Ingham Indigenous trainees
Mungalla Station near Ingham is a successful Indigenous Tourism venture that is employing five trainees in business, tourism, land management and cattle production with the help of Skilling Queenslanders for Work funding.
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Mackay adult literacy project
The George Street Neighbourhood Centre in Mackay runs an adult literacy and numeracy project thanks to a grant from the Queensland Government.
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Rockhampton mature-age skills project
Oasis Community Services in Rockhampton is helping mature-age long-term unemployed participants to prepare for work on this Skilling Queenslanders for Work project.
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South-West Queensland truck training
Through the Bush Connection project Ozcare assisted 80 people to undertake the two-week heavy driver training course to help people from Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, Tara, St George and surrounding areas.
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Toowoomba trainee
57 year-old John Mansaray, a refuge from Africa, is grateful for the skills and experience he is getting on a Government-funded traineeship.
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Participate in Prosperity
The Queensland Government is helping families who move from Palm Island to Townsville link up with local services and engage with their new communities.
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Making over the monastery
Jobs Queensland is helping ten disadvantaged jobseekers to develop skills as they revitalise an old monastery in Yeppoon for its new life as an emergency housing centre for youth in crisis.
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Last updated 06 October 2009