Edition 61, October 2008

Extra funding for Productivity Places

The Australian Government will invest $187 million to create an additional 56,000 new training places this year as part of its $10.3 billion Economic Security Strategy.

This funding injection will effectively double the Productivity Places Program from 57,000 to 113,000 and take the Government's total investment in training places to more than $400 million since April 2008.

The new places will be available at Certificate II, III and IV levels, with 10,000 places to be allocated as 'Structural Adjustment Places' to provide specific retraining opportunities and targeted support to displaced workers.

These new places will help maintain the momentum the program has generated and provide more skilled labour to meet the needs of industry.

Since the Productivity Places Program began in April more than 50,000 jobseekers enrolled and over 11,000 have already completed their training in areas of skill shortage.

Almost 1000 jobseekers who have been referred for training by employment service providers have already obtained jobs.

For more information visit www.productivityplaces.deewr.gov.au/home.htm

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