23 June 2016

Green Army participants wanted

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Join the Green Army!

Are you aged between 17 and 24, an Australian citizen or permanent resident and would like to be a part of a team that will make a REAL difference to the environment or heritage in your local community?

Would you like to be paid an allowance while gaining skills, training and experience that can help you enter the workforce, improve your career opportunities or further your education and training?

Then the GREEN ARMY is for you.

The Green Army is an Australian Government initiative open to young people including Indigenous Australians, school leavers, gap year students, graduates and job seekers who are looking to develop skills, undertake training and gain experience in the delivery of conservation and heritage projects. Through this, participants will enhance opportunities for careers and further training in conservation and heritage management.

Several projects are commencing in the Canberra region soon. Projects include erosion control, planting, weed control, water monitoring, rabbit mapping + more.

To Apply go to http://conservationvolunteers.com.au/green-army/nsw-act/ and select any of the Canberra based projects then fill out an application form.

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Could this be extended to older job seekers? I always wanted to do this, especially during past periods of prolonged unemployment, but by the time it was introduced i was just too old by a tiny bit for the cutoff and have been ever since. I always thought it was rather short sighted restricting it to only young people.

devils_advocate said :

Isn’t this the Abbott programme where participants are paid half the minimum wage and aren’t protected by the standard workplace protections that everyone else in Australia gets? Super tempting.

Do you have a problem with that?

Isn’t this the Abbott programme where participants are paid half the minimum wage and aren’t protected by the standard workplace protections that everyone else in Australia gets? Super tempting.

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