Hume City Council is one of eight Melbourne Councils working with Northern Training Group (NGT) to train staff in general home care, respite care and personal care. Working in partnership with individual Councils, NGT designs and implements employment and training solutions to meet the organisation’s specific needs.
NGT is Australia’s largest employment and training company. For the year ending December 2002, the National Centre for Vocational Research announced that NGT commenced training for some 4,790 new apprentices across the country. It currently employs some 900 apprentices and trainees who work in small and large organisations.
“Hume City Council’s traineeship program has been running for three years,” said NGT’s Coordinator of Group Employment, Prue Reeves. “Seven trainees have now graduated and another two have just began training. While working in the industry, trainees complete a series of workshops both in and out of house for a duration of 18 months.”
Julie Lee, Maree Saliba, Mary Carvajal, Karla Wilson, Carol Pratt and Raynor Mifsud are the most recent group to graduate from the program.They were presented with a Certificate III in Community Services and Aged Care at a recent graduation ceremony.
In congratulating the trainees, Prue Reeves thanked them for being a part of NGT and wished them luck with all their endeavours.
“Hume City Council will offer all six graduates full time and permanent employment,” she said. For further information contact NGT, telephone (03) 9686 7944.
