Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone: (062) 73 2136

Telex: 62286

Federal Minister for  Employment and Industrial Relations

Ralph Willis M P

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CEP GRANT OF $49, 411 TO

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

The Fe der al  M i n i s t e r  f o r  Employment and I n d u s t r i a l  R e l a t i o n s ,

Ral ph W i l l i s ,  and t he A c t i n g  M i n i s t e r  f o r  Resources and

Ener gy,  P e t e r  Wal sh,  t oday announced appr oval  o f  a $49, 411

g r a n t  under t he Community Employment Program (CEP) to

t he A u s t r a l i a n  At omi c Energy Commission to empl oy s i x

l o n g - t e r m  unempl oyed pe o p l e .

The s i x  p a r t i c i p a n t s  w i l l  r e c e i v e  work e x p e r i e n c e  and

t r a i n i n g  i n g a r d e n i n g ,  l a n d s c a p i n g ,  e r o s i o n  c o n t r o l  and

ge ne r a l  b u i l d i n g  mai nt ena nc e a s p e c t s .

"The o n - t h e - j o b  s k i l l s  t he s t a f f  of  t he A u s t r a l i a n  Atomi c

Energy Commission w i l l  pass on to t he s i x  p a r t i c i p a n t s

w i l l  i n c l u d e  p l a n t  r e c o g n i t i o n ,  machi ne r y c o n t r o l ,  f i r e Â­

f i g h t i n g  equi pment  pr oc edur e s a n d ' c l e r i c a l  t a sks a s s o c i a t e d

w i t h  s i t e  wo r k s , "  t he'  Mi ni s t e r s  s a i d .

The p r o j e c t  w i l l  be l o c a t e d  a t  t he Lucas He i ght s  Research

L a b o r a t o r i e s .  '

CEP p a r t i c i p a n t s  ar e r e c r u i t e d  by t he Commonwealth Employment

S e r v i c e  ( CES) ,  w i t h  p r e f e r e n c e  f o r  t he most d i s a d v a n t a g e d

groups of  unempl oyed p e o p l e ,  i n c l u d i n g  t he l o n g - t e r m

unempl oyed,  A b o r i g i n a l s ,  mi g r a n t s  w i t h  E n g l i s h  l anguage

d i f f i c u l t i e s  and t he d i s a b l e d .  F i f t y  per  c e nt  of  CEP

j obs ar e aimed a t  women.

CANBERRA

Medi a Cont a c t  DEIR Commonwealth Programs Se c t i o n

( K e r r y  Madi gan)

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2-47-100  Mar 84

