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Why is the Government providing additional vocational education and
training places for parents, older workers and people with a disability? |
The Government is providing additional training places under the welfare
reform package for parents, older workers and people with a disability,
so that they can undertake accredited training to update their skills or
gain new skills. This will ensure that parents, older workers and
people with a disability have access to high quality training that is
recognised by employers across Australia to improve their employment
opportunities. |
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When will the additional places be available? |
Funding for the additional places for people with a disability will
commence from January 2006. Funding for additional places for parents
and older workers will commence from July 2006. |
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How many training places will this provide? |
The Government is providing $42.6 million over three years for up to
12,300 additional vocational education and training places for parents
and older workers. The Government is also redirecting $43.3 million
from its 2002-03 welfare reform package Recognising and Improving the
Capacity of People with a Disability to provide an additional 7,600
vocational education and training places for people with a disability. |
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How can I access these additional training places? |
The additional funds will be included in the Australian Government’s
offer to the States and Territories for a new Commonwealth-State
Agreement for Skilling Australia’s Workforce. |
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Where can people get more information? |
You can get further information on the new national training
arrangements from the DEST website at www.dest.gov.au You can get
further information on careers and courses from the myfuture website at
www.myfuture.edu.au |
