Council welcomes new trainees

Charters Towers Regional Council has welcomed 6 new trainees as part of the “Skilling Queenslanders for Work” First Start program.

First Start is designed to provide education and employment opportunities to young people and disadvantaged job seekers. The program allows the trainees to gain a recognised qualification from a registered training organisation and 12 months of paid employment with the local council.

Local councils across Queensland will have access to $6M dollars in funding in 2018–19, which will see 400 new traineeships being created.

Mayor Liz Schmidt said she is happy Council can be involved with the Skilling Queenslanders initiative. “This is a great opportunity for our youth. It’s a pleasure for Council to provide these traineeships and support these young people to gain real-world experience.”

Past trainees have successfully gained permanent employment with Council or gained employment with other organisations.

The new trainees will work in different areas including business administration, the Library, horticulture and conservation and land management.

The First Start program is proudly funded by the Queensland Government.

OGG 1 March 2019