As part of its Skilling Australia for the future initiative, the government recognises the importance of nationally endorsed training in assisting job seekers to acquire skills and gain lasting employment and assisting existing workers to update or upgrade their skills.
The government has allocated 630,000 training places over five years to ensure that Australians develop the skills that industry needs. The new demand driven approach will better match up training to the needs of industry - providing businesses with a solution to skill shortages.
Combined with new targets to halve the proportion of Australians aged 24 to 64 years without qualifications and double the number of higher qualification completions (diploma and advanced diploma) by 2020, the Productivity Places Program (the Program) will also lead to better jobs for working Australians.
So what is the productivity places program?
the Program is a great way for jobseekers to improve their skills so that they can find employment
the Program provides new training places in skills employers want and is designed to help jobseekers secure employment
the Program is part of the Australian Government’s Skilling Australia for the Future initiative
the training will be delivered by training organisations
jobseekers can gain a new qualification or upgrade an existing qualification.
ForestWorks role within the Program will be to:
provide industry advice to Skills Australia, government and enterprises on workforce development and skills needs
actively support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of high quality training and workforce
development products and services including training packages
provide independent skills and training advice to enterprises, including matching identified training needs with appropriate training solutions
work with enterprises, RTOs and training providers to ensure that individual and enterprise training needs are matched to appropriate training.
