Richmond Valley Council is committed to creating our workforce and leaders of tomorrow.
Each year Council recruits a new intake of school-based trainees to be part of our YES (Youth Employment Strategy) program.
The YES program offers apprenticeships, traineeships and cadetships to our local young people. The program began in 2015 and to date we have had 100 local young people work with us to learn new skills and contribute to the Richmond Valley local government area. We are very proud of YES and its track record of providing opportunities for our young people through professional cadetships, school-based traineeships, and full-time traineeships and apprenticeships.
We are incredibly proud of our continued support of work experience and training programs delivered in partnership with our local schools and training providers. Many students have enjoyed a week of work experience, learning about what it is like to work before they leave school. Others have completed school based traineeships, full time traineeships, scholarships and apprenticeships with the support of expert mentoring and technical guidance.