SUMMER SKILLS

Summer Skills is a great opportunity for students to access fee-free training and upskill themselves and kick-start their future careers whilst having a summer break around NSW. Many different NSW locations, for your travelling, up-skilling summer!

Eligibility criteria to participate in the Summer Skills programme:

• Must be a school leaver or aged between 16 and 24 (at the start of training)
• Living or working in NSW as an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or humanitarian visa holder
• Signed out of school

 
Stage 1 in the process is an Expression of Interest Survey that requires students to either scan the QR Code on the flyer or click the link to the webpage to fill out a short survey indicating their preferences of course subjects and the areas of NSW they would want to undertake the courses/work.
 
Students can select multiple subject areas and parts of the state to undertake courses as the Summer Skills programme is aimed at allowing the School Leavers and young people aged 16-24 to take a “Gap Summer” in NSW, whilst interstate and international travel is off the cards.  The courses will run all the way through to April 2022, so there are plenty of opportunities.
 

Stage 2 of the programme will see students notified of the available courses in their preference areas and subjects so they can actually sign-up for them.  There will also be a website launching that students can access to find available jobs and accommodation around NSW, making even easier for them to decide where they might want to travel this summer.
 
Courses will be covered in the following industry areas based on the students EOI’s;

CAREER INFORMATION SESSIONS

BLUESCOPE STEEL CAREER INFORMATION SESSION

Yesterday several students joined a valuable online careers session from Bluescope Steel, one of the biggest employers across the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands.

Students were provided with information on potential areas of work and jobs available within the steelworks, including: Engineering (Materials, Electrical, Mechanical), Trades (Electrical and Mechanical), Cyber Security and the Environment Department and were given the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session.