Regional traineeships supporting careers and communities

The Cook Government is supporting regional communities across Western Australia to grow and thrive, with a $1.9 million investment in traineeships to boost local workforces.
  • $1.9 million funding to invest in regional trainees across Western Australia
  • Cook Government helping build a skilled workforce in the regions

The Cook Government is supporting regional communities across Western Australia to grow and thrive, with a $1.9 million investment in traineeships to boost local workforces.

A total of 50 communities from Bremer Bay to Tom Price, and the eastern Goldfields, will benefit from Regional Traineeship Program grants, tailored to meet the needs of individual locations.

The funding backs traineeships across information technology, aged care, business administration and marketing, library and information services, tourism, civil construction, horticulture, primary health care, youth work and community services.

Regional Development Minister Don Punch made the announcement yesterday afternoon at the Waroona Community Resource Centre (CRC).

The Shire of Waroona will use its grant to enable a trainee to undertake a Certificate in Business Administration or Work Skills to enhance their local CRC's service.

The trainee will be mentored by CRC staff and build skills in business operations, reporting and accountability, while gaining vital work experience by attending board meetings and other functions.

More than 270 trainees from across the WA Community Resource Network and local government have benefitted from the Regional Traineeship Program over the past five years.

Comments attributed to Regional Development Minister Don Punch:

"The Regional Traineeship Program is helping regional communities to build their workforce capacity, while trainees acquire skills and develop career pathways in a supported environment.

"There is a diverse range of traineeships this year - all have been tailored to the unique needs of each community.

"Communities around our vast State have benefited from this program for several years now, helping attract and retain local workers and improving services to residents and businesses."

2023 Regional Traineeship Program grant recipients

Organisation

Intended Traineeship

Region

Augusta CRC

Business

South West

Beverley CRC

Marketing

Wheatbelt

Boddington CRC

Accounting

Peel

Boyup Brook CRC

Business

South West

Bremer Bay CRC

Library and Information

Great Southern

Bridgetown CRC

Business

South West

Brookton CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Bruce Rock CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Brunswick Junction CRC

Horticulture

South West

Cuballing (Shire of)

Civil Construction

Wheatbelt

Cunderdin CRC

Events Technical

Wheatbelt

Dalwallinu CRC

Events Technical

Wheatbelt

Dardanup (Shire of)

Business

South West

Denmark CRC

Business

Great Southern

Dongara CRC

Tourism

Mid West

Donnybrook CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Esperance (Shire of)

Automotive Mechanical

Goldfields-Esperance

Frankland River CRC

Community Services

Great Southern

Gingin CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Greenbushes CRC

Accounts Administration

South West

Harvey CRC

Business

South West

Hopetoun CRC

Youth Work

Goldfields-Esperance

Jerramungup CRC

Community Services

Great Southern

Jurien Bay CRC

Computer Systems

Wheatbelt

Katanning Hub CRC

Events Technical

Great Southern

Kellerberrin CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Manjimup CRC

Accounts 

South West

Mukinbudin CRC

Community Services Work

Wheatbelt

Mullewa CRC

Business

Mid West

Nannup CRC

Accounts Administration

South West

Narembeen CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Narrogin (Shire of)

Local Government

Wheatbelt

Newdegate CRC

Events Technical

Great Southern

Northcliffe CRC

Business

South West

Pemberton CRC

Business

South West

Ravensthorpe CRC

Business

Goldfields-Esperance

Tambellup CRC

Community Services Work

Great Southern

Tammin (Shire of)

Civil Construction

Wheatbelt

Toodyay CRC

Youth Work

Wheatbelt

Tom Price CRC

Allied Health

Pilbara

Tjuntjuntjara CRC

ATSI Primary Health Care

Goldfields-Esperance

Victoria Plains (Shire of)

Horticulture

Wheatbelt

Wagin CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Walpole CRC

Community Services Work

South West

Wandering CRC

Business

Wheatbelt

Waroona CRC

Workplace Skills 

Peel

West Arthur CRC

Business

South West

Wickepin CRC

Community Services Work

Wheatbelt

Williams CRC

Individual Support (Ageing)

Wheatbelt

Yarloop CRC

Business 

South West


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