QATC transition team positions up for grabs
FAR North Queenslanders can now throw their hat in the ring to fill three positions in the team overseeing the transition of the Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC).
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said the Project Management Office (PMO) would lead the consultation and transition process for QATC students, staff and facilities over the next year.
“Our intention is for the PMO to be operational in the coming weeks, which is why we are currently advertising for a director and two liaison officers,” he said.
“These are full-time positions with the director to be based in Longreach and the liaison officers to be based in Longreach and in Emerald.”
Mr Furner said PMO staff would work with local stakeholders to reinvigorate vocational education, training and skilling in the state’s central west.
Short courses offered by QATC will also continue through 2019 where demand exists.
Mr Furner said $30 million would also be invested in reshaping vocational education and training, which included $25 million over three years for the Annual VET Investment Plan, $700,000 for Regional Skills Investment Strategies to meet training needs in the Central Highlands and Longreach local government areas, and $2.2 million for the Regional Skills Adjustment Strategy to support droughtaffected producers and provide support for the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program.
Applications for the positions are now open on the Queensland Government’s Smart Jobs website and close on January 18. For more information on the exciting and challenging positions available or how to apply, visit smartjobs.qld.gov.au