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EQUIPPING Gladstone’s unemployed and those who lost their jobs due to COVID with the knowledge and skills to enter the workforce is available through the new JobTrainer scheme.
A partnership between federal and state governments, JobTrainer gives eligible people access to free or low-fee training courses at Tafe aimed at stimulating the economy.
State government statistics for October 2020 showed 6.23 per cent of people in Central Queensland were unemployed from a population of 226,811 (ABS figure for 2019).
The national unemployment rate for people aged 15 plus eligible to work in October was seven per cent, while Queensland’s unemployment rate was 7.7 per cent.