As the digital nature of every aspect of business increases, organisations need to ensure their staff are suitably skilled. The Victorian Government’s Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Program offers grants of up to $5000 to assist manufacturing businesses adapt to a digital operating environment.
The program is open to businesses with a manufacturing presence in Victoria which are on a growth trajectory and are seeking to utilise their existing workforce to apply digital technology to their operations.
The Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Program provides funding to enrol a nominated employee in a 12-week online, part-time industry endorsed digital skills course in one of the following streams:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) / machine learning
- Cloud computing
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Cybersecurity
- Data analytics
- Digital marketing
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- IT operations and support
- Product management
- Programming/software development
- Project management (agile)
- User experience design / User interface design (UX/UI)
- Web development
Further specialities will be added from May 2023. Courses will run in January, May and September 2023 and January and April 2024.
Applications are now open and close on 31 March 2024 (unless funds are allocated earlier).
For more information and to apply for the program visit business.vic.gov.au