One thousand new apprentices and trainees will soon have jobs as the Minns Labor government commits $93.5 million to building a pipeline of skilled workers for NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This initiative is part of the NSW Government\u2019s plan to tackle skills gaps in the state\u2019s economy in priority industries, including in critical services of transport, electricity, water, IT and cyber security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program involves NSW Government departments, state-owned corporations, and other public service employers looking for opportunities to hire 500 apprentices and 500 trainees. This will include those who already hire apprentices and trainees, as well as those who have not traditionally taken on those workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This vital $93.5 million investment through the 2023-2024 NSW Budget marks the delivery of an election commitment and is part of the Minns Labor government\u2019s long-term plan to rebuild the essential services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government has a clear focus on responsibly managing finances to provide opportunities where people need them most, to improve the essential services, now and into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Training Services NSW will work alongside TAFE NSW and other quality training providers to ensure apprentices and trainees are highly-qualified and can meet the needs of their employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All 1000 apprentices and trainees will join the NSW Government workforce by mid-2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hiring early career, or upskilling mid-career workers, will ensure the government has access to a talented pool of workers in a competitive labour market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is vital the NSW Government is plugging skills gaps, including with hardworking apprentices and trainees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur government is focused on building a strong workforce to deliver essential services for our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis includes delivering on our election commitment to make sure we recruit 1000 apprentices and trainees in fields where they are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Premier and Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Prue Car said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is so wonderful there will be an opportunity for 1000 people to get a job as an apprentice or trainee with the NSW Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cChoosing a traineeship or an apprenticeship is an important path to a career and this announcement creates more certainty in training and upskilling workers across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis initiative will see apprentices and trainees given a leg up in their career, and I look forward to seeing these apprentices working across NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Transport Jo Haylen said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re building up our state\u2019s transport sector by delivering on the Minns Labor government\u2019s commitment to deliver more trainees and apprenticeships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEncouraging public sector organisations like Sydney Trains to train and upskill their workforces, locks in our state\u2019s next generation of mechanics, engineers and frontline staff and sets our network up for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One thousand new apprentices and trainees will soon have jobs as the Minns Labor government commits $93.5 million to building a pipeline of skilled workers for NSW. This initiative is part of the NSW Government\u2019s plan to tackle skills gaps in the state\u2019s economy in priority industries, including in critical services of transport, electricity, water, … Continue reading “Pipeline of skilled workers secured as $93.5 million invested in hiring 1000 new apprentices and trainees”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23037,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036\/revisions\/23037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}