Jobs and Skills WA
Jobs and Skills WA
As Western Australia’s economy grows and diversifies, the outlook for jobs is constantly changing. Jobs and Skills WA is the way the State Government, through the Department, prioritises its investment in training to focus on courses that equip people to take up jobs that are, or will be, in high demand. Priorities include apprenticeships, eligible traineeships and priority industry qualifications.
Many other important industry qualifications are also subsidised under Jobs and Skills WA, including general industry training courses and foundation skills and equity courses. Full details of priority training areas and subsidised training courses are available on the Jobs and Skills WA website.
Jobs and Skills Centres
The Department is working with TAFE colleges, service providers and other stakeholders to establish Jobs and Skills Centres (JSCs) to fulfil an election commitment. Jobs and Skills Centres will offer free career, training and employment assistance. The first metropolitan TAFE Jobs and Skills Centres opened on 16 April 2018, and services will be progressively rolled out across WA through 2018–19. When fully implemented the community and industry will have increased access to services with a Statewide network of centres situated in metropolitan and regional TAFE locations, supported by a number of regional outreach centres.
The centres are a one-stop-shop for anyone looking to improve their skills and job prospects – including students, jobseekers and career changers. The centres will engage with their local communities and industry so they can respond effectively to the needs of their clients. When fully implemented the community and industry will have increased access to services with a Statewide network of five metropolitan TAFE locations, eight regional locations and a number of regional outreach centres.
Metropolitan centres
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Regional centres
More regional Jobs and Skills Centres will open in Broome, Geraldton, Karratha and Northam through 2018-2019. In the meantime, the Department continues to fund a range of contracted Career Centre services and Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre services. |
Frequently asked questions – Jobs and Skills WA
Jobs and Skills Centres are a new State Government service offering free career, training and employment assistance and information, advice and guidance for training and careers, and they also provide specialist support for Aboriginal jobseekers. When fully implemented the community and industry will have increased access to services with a Statewide network of centres situated in metropolitan and regional TAFE locations, supported by a number of regional outreach centres. The centres are a one-stop-shop for anyone looking to improve their skills and job prospects – including students, jobseekers and career changers.
The centres engage with their local communities and industry so they can respond effectively to the needs of their clients, and develop local solutions for local needs. The centres will also assist businesses to develop the workforce they need to support business growth. They also provide businesses with free assistance to recruit new workers, including apprentices and trainees, and develop the skills of their existing workers.
Answers to the following frequently asked questions are provided for your assistance.
Visit the Jobs and Skills WA website for more information about Jobs and Skills Centres
- Balga campus – North Metropolitan TAFE
- Joondalup campus – North Metropolitan TAFE
- Kalgoorlie campus – Central Regional TAFE
- Northbridge campus – North Metropolitan TAFE
- Peel (Mandurah) campus – South Metropolitan TAFE
- Rockingham campus – South Metropolitan TAFE
- Thornlie campus – South Metropolitan TAFE
- Mirrabooka – Career Centre provided by Mercycare, assisting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
4 Brewer Place, Mirrabooka, phone: 08 6298 9888. - Cannington – Career Centre provided by Mercycare, assisting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
64-66 Kent Street, Cannington, phone: 08 6298 9888. - East Perth – Career Centre provided by Outcare, assisting ex-offenders.
27 Moore St, East Perth, phone 08 6263 86
- Recruitment assistance
- Apprentice/trainee recruitment
- Free posting of employment vacancies on the JSWA website's jobs board
- Advertising opportunities on a free online Aboriginal-specific jobs board
- Workforce development advice
- Training or course information
- Information on training solutions and services that can be customised to meet enterprise-specific needs
- Resources and advice on Aboriginal recruitment and retention strategies
- career information and guidance;
- training and course information;
- help with job searching and job matching;
- skills and qualification recognition information;
- apprenticeship and traineeship assistance; and
- culturally sensitive employment and career service for Aboriginal people
For training providers
Jobs and Skills WA encourages healthy competition among providers and offers enhanced choices to students and employers.
Under Jobs and Skills WA, contracting arrangement processes have been streamlined and strengthened to support greater quality training provision. The focus is on efficient and effective selection and management of contracted private registered training organisations.
All information for training providers, VET practitioners and schools can be found in the Training providers and schools section of this website.