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    The Access Program delivers new hope

    Being an unemployed jobseeker can get you into a rut, but thanks to an Australian government training initiative new skills were developed leading to new jobs and the prospect of a better future.

  1. What was holding you back?

    Myself. I thought that I was happy doing what I was doing, which was sitting at home and letting the world go past me.

  2. How did you overcome those barriers?

    My Employment Consultant discussed the Asset Maintenance Course with me which was going to be starting soon at Work & Training and thought that it would be a good opportunity for me to gain some more skills as well as get out of my rut. I started the course and at the beginning I thought that I would be bored and wouldn’t really learn a lot, but I got a surprise. My boyfriend and I both enrolled in the course, and we loved it. Not only were we learning some new skills, but we made friends and became motivated to find some work.

  3. What was the outcome?

    Both my boyfriend and myself have started working as cleaners at a resort and we are loving it. We can’t believe the difference that it has made to our life. We have steady money coming in now and we look forward to getting up and going to work. We are also thinking about our future and perhaps moving to the Mainland to work in the mines as cleaners. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Work & Training and the support that we have received from all of the trainers.