Free tradie training for mature age Australians

0:00All the Australians are being urged to head back to school for a twilight career change. The movie is part of a new incentive program upskilling workers for free to help tackle the construction crisis. From office worker to trainee tradeee, this decision has changed my life. Once a keen home handyman, now an apprentice carpenter at age 43. Look, I've got a passion for it. That's probably one of the biggest things. I look forward to my days now. He's timing impeccable with the construction industry facing a chronic labour shortage and the federal government announcing free qualifications for 6,000 mature aged tradeys nationally. People with skills but not qualifications in areas relevant to building homes for Australia could be fast-tracked to having those skills recognised. The initiative modeled on a similar New South Wales scheme which has 1900 season students

1:02enrolled. What was looking like a 12, 18 month process, I'm looking to get done in three months. Construction worker Zach will soon graduate as a qualified builder. It's been awesome. It's been really easy. I pretty much just called up and said, this is my scenario, this is what I want to do. These are my ambitions. Tafes and training organisations will deliver the advanced entry trades program with the first students set to sign up within months. The state's offering a range of free TAFE courses including aged and child care, fitness and cyber security. It's great for our economy and media and national goals. I am so glad, so glad I made the decision to head down this road and give this a crack. JackieQuist, 7 News.