2011

Energy Skills Queensland has introduced a no cost recruitment strategy for employers which will provide hundreds of electrical apprenticeship seekers with basic training and vital skills to kick start their careers.

Job seekers looking to join in on the Queensland gas industry boom, and local businesses seeking skilled workers have a new point of entry, following the launch of Energy Skills Queensland’s (ESQ) Careers in Gas website (careersingas.com.au).

One hundred local participants of the Gladstone Workforce Skilling Strategy (GWSS) are ready to address the booming energy industry’s workforce needs, after becoming the first to graduate from the leading-edge program.

Ten trained telecommunications workers recently graduated in Toowoomba to meet workforce needs in the telecommunications sector. The Energy Skills Queensland Telecommunications New Entrant Program prepares workers for the NBN rollout,…

Bechtel will hire 400 adult apprentices to construct three LNG plants in the Gladstone region under the National Apprenticeships Program (NAP), making it one of the largest intakes of apprentices in the nation’s history, and a huge boost for Queensland jobs.