Qld Rural Training Places

The Bligh Government will partner with industry to deliver more than $1.5 million worth of training to jobseekers and existing workers in the rural sector. Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson said under the Productivity Places Program the Government would work with the Queensland Rural Industry Training Council to train some 200 workers and 100 jobseekers during the next two years. "High-level training will be delivered to existing workers in areas such as agriculture, conservation and land management, and horticulture," Mr Wilson said. The funding is also expected to help some 100 jobseekers to develop skills in areas such as conservation and land management, rural operations and shearing.