Employment programs
A key component of the Queensland Skills Plan is the new Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative that will assist those Queenslanders who are most disadvantaged in the labour market to achieve sustainable employment outcomes.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work replaces the very successful Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative. The new initiative responds to the changes in the labour market that have occurred since Breaking the Unemployment Cycle was introduced in 1998 at a time of near record unemployment.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work combines many of the successful components of Breaking the Unemployment Cycle with a new range of assistance measures that can be customised to meet individual needs. Skilling Queenslanders for Work aims to ensure individual Queenslanders get the right mix of training, vocational skills and associated assistance to be skilled for Queensland's 21st century workforce. Full implementation of Skilling Queenslanders for Work occurred in July 2007.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work is now managed by the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations. Visit www.deir.qld.gov.au/employment for more information.
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