Employing Young People – A Cost Burden or Guaranteeing a Future?

In the last two and a half years Council has adopted an aggressive policy to create opportunities for the employment of apprentices, trainees and cadets as part of its workforce. Apart from making good business sense this policy also in part arose from the community planning exercise Council initiated in the same time frame. As part of the community planning exercise you told the council how important it was there were local job opportunities for young people. While many of these apprenticeship and cadetship positions are supported through Commonwealth and State funding schemes they never-the-less still cost ratepayers money. Also, young people employed in these positions spend time off the job at training which means they are sometimes not as productive as other employees. Council is keen to not only continue this policy over the next few years, but to expand it. However, we would like to know whether you support this initiative? Like all initiatives involving the employment of people, employing more young people as apprentices and cadets will cost money. Council believes this is money well spent. Do you support this position?  

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