{"id":6504,"date":"2020-05-13T23:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2020-05-13T23:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:17:10","slug":"nsw-government-extends-fee-free-courses-to-help-bushfire-impacted-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/nsw-government-extends-fee-free-courses-to-help-bushfire-impacted-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW GOVERNMENT EXTENDS FEE-FREE COURSES TO HELP BUSHFIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government further extends its support to the communities recovering from bushfires with a range of fee-free vocational education courses, following an initial suite of courses announced earlier this year on the South Coast.<br \/>\nFee-free courses are being introduced in areas such as Port Macquarie, West Kempsey, Wauchope, Tuncurry, Taree, Macksville, Cooma and Tumut. Courses available range from First Aid, White Card, Chainsaw and Fell Trees, Dozer Operations and more.<br \/>\nMinister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee said more than 500 people were enrolled in the fee-free courses in the South Coast.<br \/>\n\u201cOne of the best ways we can support disaster affected communities is with practical training programs,\u201d Mr Lee said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese courses will equip communities with the skills they need as they rebuild and repair critical infrastructure such as homes and businesses. They also create new employment opportunities to assist locals to get back on their feet.<br \/>\n\u201cThe training will be delivered by TAFE NSW and other Registered Training Organisations.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information about the range of fee-free courses available to bushfire affected communities, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.liberal.org.au\/Shared-Content\/News\/2020\/www.training.nsw.gov.au%20\">www.training.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0or call 13 28 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government further extends its support to the communities recovering from bushfires with a range of fee-free vocational education courses, following an initial suite of courses announced earlier this year on the South Coast. Fee-free courses are being introduced in areas such as Port Macquarie, West Kempsey, Wauchope, Tuncurry, Taree, Macksville, Cooma and Tumut. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/nsw-government-extends-fee-free-courses-to-help-bushfire-impacted-communities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW GOVERNMENT EXTENDS FEE-FREE COURSES TO HELP BUSHFIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES&#8221;<\/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-6504","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\/6504","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=6504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}