More than 100,000 people across NSW will have the opportunity to reskill for the jobs of the future thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s Skilling for Recovery initiative.
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the NSW Government had committed almost $160 million to match the Federal Government\u2019s JobTrainer funding, which would\u00a0 be a key component to the State\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery Plan.
\n\u201cCOVID-19 has presented an unprecedented challenge to our State, and Skilling for Recovery complements our current skills and training strategy,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s crucial we look to reskill, retrain and redeploy the workforce to industries where there are skills shortages and emerging employment opportunities. We are committed to ensuring the NSW workforce is the most highly skilled in the country.\u201d
\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet said getting people back to work was pivotal to the state\u2019s economic recovery.
\n\u201cHundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost in this pandemic and we need to get people off the Centrelink queues as quickly as possible,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.
\n\u201cThe innovative thinking we\u2019ve seen during lock-down will help drive our economy back to prosperity, supported by almost $16 billion in economic and health measures which focus on getting people into jobs and keeping businesses in business.\u201d
\nMinister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee said this investment would help job seekers retrain or up-skill to enhance their credentials and support school leavers to enter the workforce for the first time.
\n\u201cWe have to skill the workforce to take advantage of future job opportunities which may be very different to jobs in the pre-COVID economy,\u201d Mr Lee said.
\n\u201cEducation and skills are key pillars to the NSW Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery Plan, so it is a critical step to commit to these additional training places. I expect industries such as health,\u00a0 manufacturing and construction to be key training areas.\u201d
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