As part of its Skilling Australia for the Future initiative, the Australian 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 funding for 711,000 qualification commencements over five years to ensure that Australians develop the skills that industry needs. Of the total qualifications, 319,000 will be allocated to job seekers and 392,000 will be allocated to existing workers.
The qualifications will be delivered in an industry-driven system, ensuring that training is more responsive to the needs of enterprises and individuals.
How can job seeker places be accessed from 1 July 2009?
The Australian Government delivered mainstream PPP job seeker training places from April 2008 to
30 June 2009.
The state and territory governments have progressively assumed delivery of mainstream job seeker and existing worker PPP training places through 2009. This is in accordance with the Council of Australian Governments' negotiated National Partnership (NP) Agreement for PPP, which was signed by seven state and territory governments. The Victorian Government has signed a separate agreement.
The delivery of job seeker and existing worker training places by the state and territory governments from
1 July 2009 will incorporate the training commitments identified by the Compact with Young Australians and the Compact with Retrenched Workers.
Job seekers are encouraged to contact their Job Services Australia provider to discuss their eligibility for job seeker training places being delivered via the state and territory governments. Job seekers who do not have a Job Services Australia provider should contact Centrelink.