THE AUSTRALIAN Government says it will establish a National Resource Sector Employment Taskforce to train up 70,000 skilled workers.
These skilled workers will be building, operating and maintaining major resource sector projects over the next decade.
Upcoming projects in the sector, like the Gorgon LNG Project, will require labour to be sourced from currently available workers, as well as up-skilling education leavers and job-seekers.
The local Indigenous population will also be trained so they can take advantage of the opportunities offered by the projects.
The National Resource Sector Taskforce will examine the current pipeline of skilled construction workers such as engineers, boilermakers, welders, concreters, riggers, drillers and divers, and identify areas where additional skills focus will be required.
The Taskforce will include representation from state and territory governments, the resource sector, Skills Australia, and representatives from university, vocational education and the group training sector.
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