User Choice Funding

What is User Choice?

The User Choice program provides public funding for the delivery of accredited, entry-level training to apprentices and trainees.

The program works in conjunction with the Commonwealth Australian Apprenticeships System, under which apprentices and trainees (also known in some jurisdictions as "Australian Apprentices") enter into legally binding training contracts with their employers and receive structured training to achieve ....

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Industry Consultative Group (ICG)

ICG Meetings for 2011

Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) operates in a partnership between the Food Processing Industry and the Queensland Government with the aim of fostering improved coordination and leadership within the industry. To ensure that MSQ attains the outcomes required it coordinates a Industry Consultative Group (ICG). The ICG consists of industry representatives from the Food Processing sector and focuses specifically on sector skilling needs, the group meets quarterly. The dates for the group meetings in 2011 are:

Wednesday 23 February 2011
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Wednesday 23 November 2011

Food Industry Partnership, Overcome Skills Shortage

A growing need for more food science and technology graduates in Australia will be addressed by a landmark new partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).Under the industry-first.....

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