A new project aiming to improve how women “are hired, supported at work, and promoted into leadership roles” at manufacturing companies has been launched at the Central Coast. According to a statement from skills minister Andrew Giles (pictured) and others on Tuesday, the ManufactHER: Empowering Women, Transforming Advanced Manufacturing project is being delivered and led…
Big Sister mentoring program aims to get more women into male-dominated industries The federal government says it is supporting more women get into clean energy and construction jobs through a new “by women for women” apprentice initiative, titled the Big Sister: Advanced mentoring program. Announced last week, the program “will bolster the number of women…
JV not to be for FBR Robotic technology company FBR told shareholders that the “period for the option granted to CRH Ventures” to enter a joint venture in the US passed on February 16. FBR said it “did not receive formal notice of exercise of the option” from CRH and therefore FBR is no longer…
The federal and state governments have announced $20 million for a new TAFE Queensland Centre of Excellence – Clean Energy (Batteries), to be a state-wide initiative coordinated through TAFE Queensland SkillsTech. According to a joint statement on Tuesday, the centre will operate across the TAFE network and deliver training in “emerging battery technologies and support…
The federal government has announced $12 million in funding, which it says will help the ten Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) study workforce challenges and identify industry-led responses, in consultation with Jobs and Skills Australia and vocational education and training (VET) industry stakeholders. The announcement on Monday morning came at the beginning of National Skills…
The head of education at The Australian Industry Group and a national leader at the Electrical Trades Union have been appointed as Deputy Commissioners at the federal government’s Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) The Ai Group’s Executive Director – Centre for Education & Training. Megan Lilly (pictured), and the ETU’s National Assistant Secretary Trevor Gauld…