Productivity Placement Program (PPP)

Are you a stay at home mum or dad who has no former tertiary qualifications and is looking at studying to help get back in to the workforce or increase your skills to advance within the workforce? Can you afford the costs? Can you

 What if I told you there was a way you could obtain a FREE qualification funded by the government, studying distance education which means you get to study around looking after the kids in your spare time?

What if I told you there are FREE courses available to upgrade your current skills in the workforce?

Well there is a way! And it’s called Productivity Placement Program (PPP). PPP allowed me to successfully obtain CERT III in Children’s Services for FREE. That’s a TAFE course worth around $3000 which I did not have the money for.

I stayed at home and looked after my son and during his nap times and freetime, I studied. When each module was completed I sent them away in to an envelope to be marked and then rang the course co-ordinator to enrol in to the next couple of modules, which would be sent out to me in the mail within a week or so.

My teacher was available via E-mail and telephone to answer any questions I had, including any help needed with reading materials and assignments. One time I was going in to hospital and came down with glandular fever so had to ask for a month’s extention on one of the modules. All I had to do to ask for the extention was E-mail her and explain my circumstances.

PPP offers a range of qualifications that the state has skill shortages of.

To be eligable:

·         You must be either a permanent  resident of Australia or be an existing Australian citizen and in some cases a humanitarian refugee.

·         Unemployed

·         Over the age of 15

·         An eligable job seeker (with job seeker number/CRN)

·         Must not already be a fulltime student or self-employed

·         Other cases can be considered by registering with ESP

To enrol or ask any extra information visit your local job search agent such as Cadet Australia or Surina Russo.

Once you get the forms you will be asked to have a JP sign the documents stating that they have viewed your original documents, or you will be asked to attach certified copies.

Hopefully this will help some of you parents get the jobs that you want or the qualifications that you need so you can help support your family. I understand how difficult things can be and how tight money can get, especially within this economic crisis xo