- $1.9
million funding to invest in regional trainees across Western Australia
- Cook
Government helping build a skilled workforce in the regions
The Cook Government
is supporting regional communities across Western Australia to grow and thrive,
with a $1.9 million investment in traineeships to boost local workforces.
A total of 50
communities from Bremer Bay to Tom Price, and the eastern Goldfields, will
benefit from Regional Traineeship Program grants, tailored to meet the needs of
individual locations.
The funding backs
traineeships across information technology, aged care, business administration
and marketing, library and information services, tourism, civil construction,
horticulture, primary health care, youth work and community services.
Regional
Development Minister Don Punch made the announcement yesterday afternoon at the
Waroona Community Resource Centre (CRC).
The Shire of
Waroona will use its grant to enable a trainee to undertake a Certificate in
Business Administration or Work Skills to enhance their local CRC's service.
The trainee will be
mentored by CRC staff and build skills in business operations, reporting and
accountability, while gaining vital work experience by attending board meetings
and other functions.
More than 270
trainees from across the WA Community Resource Network and local government
have benefitted from the Regional Traineeship Program over the past five years.
Comments
attributed to Regional Development Minister Don Punch:
"The Regional Traineeship Program is helping
regional communities to build their workforce capacity, while trainees acquire
skills and develop career pathways in a supported environment.
"There is a diverse range of traineeships
this year - all have been tailored to the unique needs of each community.
"Communities around our vast State have
benefited from this program for several years now, helping attract and retain
local workers and improving services to residents and businesses."
2023 Regional Traineeship Program grant recipients
