Trainee & Apprentice Opportunities With TRC
Nine traineeships and one apprenticeship are on offer after Tablelands Regional Council received First Start Program funding.
‘We’ll be offering 12-month traineeships in Logistic Operations, Systems Support, Legal and Governance, Libraries and Galleries, Community Development, Customer Relations, Regulatory Services, and People and Culture; and a two-year Land Protection and Nursery traineeship,’ said Mayor Rod Marti.
‘The three-year apprenticeship is with our Parks and Gardens Team.
‘These positions aren’t just for young people, we would like to see applications from mature-aged job seekers (45+ years), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, migrants and refugees from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, displaced workers, women re-entering the workforce and veterans / ex-Australian Defence Force members and their families.
‘You can find out more about these positions at our Trainee and Apprentice Information Session at 3.30–4.30pm Wednesday 19 February at the Coordination Centre, 15 Vernon Street in Atherton.
‘These opportunities demonstrate our ongoing commitment to increasing workforce participation, driving job growth and strengthening the economy of the region.
‘Many of our trainees and apprentices remain in our workforce, find alternative employment or take up study after their time with us — it’s something we’re very proud of,’ Mayor Marti said.
Aiden Jaggard completed his System Support traineeship this month and is looking forward to starting a full-time position with TRC as the IT Support Officer.
‘I applied for the traineeship because I wasn’t sure on where or what I wanted to do in the future, but I did have an interest in IT and when I saw the traineeship I thought that it would be the perfect starting point.
‘I’ve enjoyed working with the Systems Support Team and learning about the different systems that keep TRC running smoothly, not to mention everyone was very welcoming and open to sharing their knowledge.
‘Some advice I would give to anyone applying for any traineeship is to just do it.
‘In the end you do a traineeship to learn, not because you already know everything about it, and you also get qualifications out of it.
‘The application process was simple enough, and the interview itself was very smooth and didn’t feel like an interrogation compared to previous jobs,’ Mr Jaggard said.
Find out more and apply online from 9am Wednesday 19 February until 5pm Wednesday 5 March.
This training is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through its Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work provides skills development, training and job opportunities to unemployed, disengaged or disadvantaged Queenslanders through a suite of targeted skills and training programs.