❓ Mr. Morton asks about the Aboriginal firefighter cadetship program and how it will provide opportunities for Aboriginal Western Australians. The Minister details the program's goals to increase Aboriginal representation in the fire service through pre-employment support and targeted recruitment.
AnsweredQoN 714Legislative Assembly
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DEPARTMENT
OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — ABORIGINAL FIREFIGHTER CADETSHIP
PROGRAM
714. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Emergency Services:
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge in the
Speaker's gallery staff and students from Waroona District High School
in the member for Murray–Wellington's electorate. I have also
been asked to wish them good luck in their footy grand final this Saturday.
I note that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services
recently launched the Aboriginal firefighter cadetship program. Can the
minister please inform the house how this will provide new opportunities for
Aboriginal Western Australians?
OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — ABORIGINAL FIREFIGHTER CADETSHIP
PROGRAM
714. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Emergency Services:
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge in the
Speaker's gallery staff and students from Waroona District High School
in the member for Murray–Wellington's electorate. I have also
been asked to wish them good luck in their footy grand final this Saturday.
I note that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services
recently launched the Aboriginal firefighter cadetship program. Can the
minister please inform the house how this will provide new opportunities for
Aboriginal Western Australians?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Forrestfield for his question. This is
an exciting project. Last week the Department of Fire and Emergency Services
launched the Aboriginal firefighter cadetship program. It is basically a pre-employment
program that, firstly, will increase the number of young Aboriginal men and
women who meet the minimum entry requirements to become a firefighter and join
the Trainee Firefighter School and, secondly, increase the number of young
Aboriginal men and women employed in the Department of Fire and Emergency
Services. Basically, the government wants to see more young Aboriginal men and
women from across the state of Western Australia meet the requirements so that
they can play a challenging and fulfilling role as firefighters in our state.
That is why we are going to provide assistance for them to gain these
prerequisite qualifications. The cadetship program will start in January, and
those who join up will be paid as they gain those prerequisite qualifications.
They will develop new skills and be mentored. If they do not meet the minimum
fitness requirements, they will be given a personal trainer to help them reach
that standard and enter the Trainee Firefighter School. Last week we commenced
a six-week targeted campaign across Western Australia to try to attract
suitable young Aboriginal men and women to the program. In the next few days I
will email all members of Parliament, from the Kimberley through to Esperance,
and I hope every member of Parliament can identify a suitable young Aboriginal
man or woman in their electorate and point them in the right direction to be
part of a very exciting program that will help create real and rewarding jobs
for young Aboriginal men and women across the state.
an exciting project. Last week the Department of Fire and Emergency Services
launched the Aboriginal firefighter cadetship program. It is basically a pre-employment
program that, firstly, will increase the number of young Aboriginal men and
women who meet the minimum entry requirements to become a firefighter and join
the Trainee Firefighter School and, secondly, increase the number of young
Aboriginal men and women employed in the Department of Fire and Emergency
Services. Basically, the government wants to see more young Aboriginal men and
women from across the state of Western Australia meet the requirements so that
they can play a challenging and fulfilling role as firefighters in our state.
That is why we are going to provide assistance for them to gain these
prerequisite qualifications. The cadetship program will start in January, and
those who join up will be paid as they gain those prerequisite qualifications.
They will develop new skills and be mentored. If they do not meet the minimum
fitness requirements, they will be given a personal trainer to help them reach
that standard and enter the Trainee Firefighter School. Last week we commenced
a six-week targeted campaign across Western Australia to try to attract
suitable young Aboriginal men and women to the program. In the next few days I
will email all members of Parliament, from the Kimberley through to Esperance,
and I hope every member of Parliament can identify a suitable young Aboriginal
man or woman in their electorate and point them in the right direction to be
part of a very exciting program that will help create real and rewarding jobs
for young Aboriginal men and women across the state.
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