Job Trainer bolstered by $17 million in wake of ACT's skills shortage | ABC News

The COVID-19 pandemic hit industries across the ACT hard and many employers are now facing a skills crisis.

The ACT government, together with the commonwealth, has offered a solution.

$17 million will be used to to expand the Job Trainer program, funding thousands of free training places in the sectors doing it toughest.

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