The Department of Education’s Summer Skills program has been expanded to include seven TAFE NSW online short courses targeted at school leavers from last year.
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Geoff Lee said the expansion of fee-free Summer Skills training courses, with new online courses, was part of the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments’ JobTrainer initiative.
“In designing the Summer Skills program, the NSW Government has ensured the training on offer is aligned to local industry needs,” Mr Lee said.
“We need to provide the opportunities that help school leavers find their feet in these uncertain times,” he said.
“Online learning is a terrific way to upskill at your own pace,”
Mr Lee said all the courses came from the $320 million committed to delivering 100,000 fee-free training places as part of the NSW Government’s contribution to the JobTrainer initiative.
“There are more than 100,000 fee-free training places available through TAFE NSW and approved providers for people across NSW to reskill, retrain and redeploy to growth areas in a post COVID-19 economy,” the Minister said.
“I encourage anyone impacted by the pandemic to see what training options are available in 2021,” he said.
Mr Lee said enrolments were open for training in Cyber Concepts; Introduction to working in the health industry; Construction materials and Work Health and Safety; Mental health; Business administration skills; Introductory to business skills; and Digital security basics.
Further information on the Summer Skills fee-free courses can be accessed at this PS News link.
