Intercultural Centre has a strong history of meeting variety of job needs Winner for all comers
A NOT- FOR- PROFIT group having great success in training people for jobs is calling for participants to fill a new intake of up to 100 positions.
Townsville Intercultural Centre is probably better known for helping refugees and migrants settle in the community.
But the centre’s executive director, Farvardin Daliri, said they also had a strong history of training people for jobs as a provider of the Skilling Queenslanders for Work project.
“The Skilling Queenslanders for Work is a State Government- funded program which helps people with barriers to access training and find employment,” Mr Daliri said.
“The program has helped many people in the community.”
Mr Daliri said their success rate at a minimum was placing 65 people in work per 100 who undertook the training.
He said the program, although targeted at people with barriers to employment, whether it was cultural, language or some form of disability, was open to everyone.
“The intercultural centre is uniquely placed in North Queensland to connect with the culturally and linguistically diverse, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, with people who are physically or mentally challenged, the long- term unem- ployed, migrants, refugees and young people,” Mr Daliri said.
“Through these close connections, the centre has been able to provide direct support to those community groups and enhance their ability to achieve equitable social and economic participation in the region.”
Mr Daliri said the program also aimed to respond to the wider community need for an improved local and state economy with higher individual participation and a more available workforce.
To achieve these objectives, the program offered Certificate III courses delivered by a Registered Training Organisation, providing informal training and support to enhance people’s ability to successfully start and sustain long- term employment.
“Despite the region’s considerably high unemployment rate, the successful delivery of the project has enabled employers to access a larger workforce, while increasing opportunities for individuals to become self- sufficient and contribute to the economy,” Mr Daliri said.
The centre is delivering Certificate III courses in hospitality, individual support, security operations and surface extraction ( mining) which Mr Daliri said were all areas where the prospects for employment were good.
To contact the centre, call 4772 4800 or email drew@ townsvilleic. com. au for enrolments.