O Group

O group Successful in Jobs Fund Application

Posted on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 | Permalink

O group representatives joined with Tasmanian upper house member Senator Nick Sherry and local member for Braddon, Sid Sidebottom to publicly announce success in our Federal Jobs Fund application. The O Group of companies have been granted $1 million to implement their “Community Infrastructure Development Group” project as part of the national Get Communities Working Fund.

This project is collaboration with a range of community Not-for-profits including Youth and Family Focus and the Westbury Community Health Centre. O group will establish four community infrastructure development teams, and offer casual employment over a five day fortnight to improve community infrastructure in Northern Tasmania.

These teams will focus on a number of aged care and civic infrastructure projects already under development. The opportunity to progress up to 100 jobseekers (some of whom may have been recently made redundant), via this subsidised employment opportunity during 2010 is being lauded as an innovative, progressive and exciting prospect for jobseekers across the region. It will also present those jobseekers with a range of “best fit” skills and attributes for other industry sector work such as in construction and allied roles.