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Queensland Regionalisation Strategy now available

By david.breese | January 10th, 2012 | Posted in Blog, Employment, Environment, For Business, Lifestyle, Major Projects, News

 

The Queensland Government has launched the Queensland Regionalisation Strategy (QRS), a future-thinking plan to manage the state’s population and economic growth over the next 20 years. This follows the launch of the first annual Queensland Infrastructure Plan (QIP), a blueprint for the state’s infrastructure priorities for the next 20 years and beyond, which was launched on 3 November 2011. MORE MORE

Coal Seam Gas Employment Opportunities – Indigenous & Unemployed

By david.breese | | Posted in Blog, Employment, News

 

The Coal Seam Gas (CSG) program is a joint initiative of BoysTown and Energy Skills Queensland that aims to train up to 180 Indigenous and unemployed workers to be job ready for the Queensland CSG Industry. MORE MORE

APLNG Invites Expressions of Interest

Free Heavy Rigid Training for Unemployed & Indigenous

By david.breese | January 9th, 2012 | Posted in Blog, Employment, News, Training

The “Keeping Queensland Moving” project will assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants and unemployed people across Toowoomba and the Darling Downs and South West Queensland region to access training and employment opportunities in the transport and logistics industry.

 

The training is accredited training in a Heavy Rigid Vehicle, and participants will be issued with a Statement of Attainment on successfully completing training. MORE MORE

Update from Surat Basin Rail

SBC member secures solar contract

By david.breese | December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in News

21st December 2011| The Chronicle

TOOWOOMBA-based firm FK Gardner and Sons has been appointed to carry out civil works at CS Energy’s $104.7 million Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project.

The Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project will be the largest solar integration with a coal-fired power station in the world. MORE MORE

Business opportunities for consultants working in the Western Downs

By david.breese | December 21st, 2011 | Posted in Blog, For Business, Major Projects, News

      

Advance Western Downs is seeking to establish a register of consultants servicing the Western Downs region.

Consultants will be required to submit a Capability Statement outlining their areas of expertise, experience, key personnel, successful outcomes and other information which might be useful. MORE MORE

Surat Basin Futures Partnership – developing our future workforce

By david.breese | December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Blog, Employment, For Business, Lifestyle, Major Projects, Media Release, News, Training

 

A new partnership facilitated by the Smith Family Partnership Brokers in the Darling Downs is set to help young people to connect with the exciting opportunities emerging in the Surat Basin Region.  The partnership between Centenary Heights State High School, Surat Basin Corporation and Arrow Energy aims to help students and teachers explore the range of career options which are being generated by the huge growth in the Surat Basin Corridor.  MORE MORE

SBC welcomes a new corporate member

Thomas & Coffey
By Stacey.Kent | December 14th, 2011 | Posted in Blog, For Business, Major Projects

The SBC is excited to announce it’s newest corporate member, Thomas & Coffey Ltd.

Thomas & Coffey provides specialised industrial services to the mining, heavy industry, manufacturing, defence, utilities, energy and healthcare sectors.

To learn about this great company CLICK HERE or to go to their website.

New website taps Queenslanders into LNG jobs

By Stacey.Kent | December 9th, 2011 | Posted in Employment, For Business, Major Projects, News

 

A new website has been launched to help Queenslanders secure a job in the state’s rapidly-growing LNG industry.

Employment, Skills and Mining Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the Careers in Gas website will help jobseekers keen to share in the golden age of gas development in Queensland. MORE MORE





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