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Australian Employment Covenant (AEC) P Plate Program

The Australian Employment Covenant (AEC) P Plate Program is designed to provide training and support to young Indigenous Australians, primarily in Years 10, 11 and 12, creating clear pathways into employment as soon as schooling and training is complete.

This program will link-in with other worthwhile organisations and programs that are currently working within the secondary schooling system to ensure that students leaving school have the life skills necessary to be successful in the workplace, and more specifically, fill employment opportunities created through the AEC. Clear pathways to employment will be provided to ensure that those leaving school are provided with strong opportunity to join the workforce.

Supplementing this program will be the drive to create a new long-term vision for all school-leaving students where 'Welfare is not an Option'. This program will be ongoing and engage students from as early as primary school, ensuring that each and every child is prepared to make the correct choices once they reach the crucial decision-making time at the end of their education and/or training.

In short, the AEC P Plate Program will provide:

• Guaranteed employment for Year 10, 11 and 12 students who satisfactorily meet the requirements as outlined by the school and AEC in regards to completion of school and either work experience (Year 10) or via structured work place learning opportunities, school traineeships, etc. (Schools will initially selected in locations where AEC jobs are situated.);
• Ongoing professional development for schools personnel involved in the program;
• Connection between educational staff and companies that have the potential to provide assistance with work experience or structured work place learning placements; and Connection to community and educational support agencies that will provide additional benefit to current Indigenous programs run at school.

For more information contact the project officer on (07) 3381 6400 or visit the Fifty Thousand Jobs website.

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