Australia & Pacific
Bricklayers, joiners, carpenters, roof tilers, plumbers, electricians and painters are all in shortage, according to the government’s independent skills adviser.
Queensland butchers are battling to survive amid a skills shortage, with one set to stop serving customers due to a lack of available staff, while others have begun recruiting from overseas.
Education & Youth
As Jobs and Skills Australia releases sobering findings about the future of the nation’s workforce, experts are urging people to stop seeing university as “the ideal”.
Education & Youth
As Jobs and Skills Australia releases sobering findings about the future of the nation’s workforce, experts are urging people to stop seeing university as “the ideal”.
Technology
TAFE NSW is helping address an ongoing plumbing skills shortage in the Upper Hunter by training the next generation of plumbers.
World News
The Queensland government has launched a new training initiative designed to help thousands of experienced workers across Queensland
National (Nepal)
The Department of Education, with technical support from Room to Read Nepal, has completed a five-day training programme to strengthen the delivery of life skills education in schools across all seven provinces.