March 3, 2023
Cherbourg Mayor Elvie Sandow has congratulated the 20 new starters who began their training at the Cherbourg Call Centre on Wednesday.
She said it was good to see local jobs for local people, and encouraged the group stick out the three months training because of the benefits it would bring for their future, their children and grandchildren.
CEO Chatur Zala said Cherbourg Council was the first to roll out this sort of employment initiative to create meaningful local employment.
Council Business Manager Sean Nicholson said Deputy Mayor Tom Langton had pushed for years for QBuild inquiries to be handled locally.
Sean said it would be a “journey of learning” as for some of the starters it would be their first job.
All trainees will go through a 12-week bootcamp which will include team building, numeracy and literacy and computer familiarisation.
This would be followed by a four-week course to learn Service Queensland protocols to handle QBuild inquiries.
Mayor Sandow said the QBuild service contract would make it easier for Cherbourg residents as they would soon be speaking with locals from the community who understood their situation better.
Cr Fred Cobbo also offered his congratulations to the trainees, saying it would also be a good outcome for all the other First Nations communities who would be calling the service.
