The South Australian Government has opened a $16 million tender fund for SA registered training organisations, industry and employers to train job seekers throughout the state.

 

State Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister Tom Kenyon says the final round of federally funded Productivity Places Program (PPP) for Job Seekers will help job seekers enter the labour market with skills and qualifications that are in high demand by industry.

 

“These training places will lead to nationally endorsed qualifications at Certificate II, Certificate III, Certificate IV and Diploma levels in a range of industry sectors,” Mr Kenyon said.

 

“Targeted training places will be allocated to help meet the particular needs of indigenous people, those with disabilities, retrenched workers, unemployed youth and those who are disadvantaged by regional circumstances."

 

The Productivity Places Program is part of the Federal Government’s Skilling Australia for the Future initiative – a national commitment to provide an additional 711,000 training places up to mid 2012.

 

Applications close 5pm on November 23 2011.

 

More information can be found here