
Trade apprenticeships increase in popularity in 2015
Apprentices and trainees are favouring trade-based qualifications over non-trade placements, recent figures have revealed.
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Apprentices and trainees are favouring trade-based qualifications over non-trade placements, recent figures have revealed.

The Queensland government has introduced a new piece of legislation in the state parliament aimed at boosting the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

Not long ago Jason Whitley was a mature age apprentice, but he has come a long way since qualifying as a light vehicle auto mechanic in November 2014.<

More than a year on from completing her Certificate IV in Youth Work and with two years work experience under her belt, 19 year old Janah O’Shea is a confident young woman with clear ambitions of one day becoming a social worker.<

It was just two years ago, that former graduate of the QGC Strengthening Local Workforces Program, Robert Moore decided to take up the challenge and open his own hairdressing salon in the Central Queensland town of Biloela.

Chinchilla resident Michael Turley has always had a great connection with kids, so it comes as no surprise that he is reveling in his role as an Educator at Charley’s Place Early Learning College.
When former Toolooa High School student Montana Connors began her traineeship with Roseberry Community Services in Gladstone, she was a quiet, modest young lady, uncertain of where her future might take her.

In an effort to further reduce Queensland’s unemployed demographic, the state government has announced a plan to create more than 8,000 jobs through its Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.

More than $59 million in newly announced funding will go toward important infrastructure projects, helping support thousands of jobs in Queensland.

Apprentices and trainees are favouring trade-based qualifications over non-trade placements, recent figures have revealed.

The Queensland government has introduced a new piece of legislation in the state parliament aimed at boosting the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

Not long ago Jason Whitley was a mature age apprentice, but he has come a long way since qualifying as a light vehicle auto mechanic in November 2014.<

More than a year on from completing her Certificate IV in Youth Work and with two years work experience under her belt, 19 year old Janah O’Shea is a confident young woman with clear ambitions of one day becoming a social worker.<

It was just two years ago, that former graduate of the QGC Strengthening Local Workforces Program, Robert Moore decided to take up the challenge and open his own hairdressing salon in the Central Queensland town of Biloela.

Chinchilla resident Michael Turley has always had a great connection with kids, so it comes as no surprise that he is reveling in his role as an Educator at Charley’s Place Early Learning College.
When former Toolooa High School student Montana Connors began her traineeship with Roseberry Community Services in Gladstone, she was a quiet, modest young lady, uncertain of where her future might take her.
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