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Vocational Education Training Officer - Identified
Townsville Correctional Complex; Custodial Operations; Stuart
In this role you will design, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate vocational training programs and related activities to meet the needs of the offender population within the facility.
This position will contribute to the proposed objectives and outcomes of the Queensland Government’s Delivering for Queensland plan, National Agreement on Closing the Gap, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Better Justice Together: Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Strategy 2024-2031, as well as the organisation’s own 2030 Strategic Plan. There will be cultural support available for the incumbent through Murridhagun Cultural Centre.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Education & Training |
| Classification | AO5 |
| Workplace Location | Townsville region |
| Job ad reference | QLD/684671/26 |
| Closing date | 28-Apr-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Greg Osborne |
| Contact details | Phone: 44305318 Access the National Relay Service |
The following mandatory requirements apply to this role:
- It is an operational requirement that the candidate must hold one of the following credentials:
- TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor,
- TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education or vocational education and training
- A secondary teaching qualification and one of the following credential
- TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set ( or obtain within 3 months of commencement), or
- TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor (or obtain within 3 months of commencement), or
- TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor (or obtain within 3 months of commencement)
- It is a regulatory requirement that Foundations Skills Trainers and Assessor must hold one of the following
- TAESS00009 Address Foundation Skills in Vocational Practice Skill Set or its successor a higher-level education qualification, such as:
- TAE80113 Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice (and its equivalent TAE70111); or
- Bachelor of Education, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Education, or higher (Primary, Secondary or Adult).
- This may include qualifications relating to TESOL, adult education or vocational education.
- As this position will require travel and work across various locations possession of a driver's licence, minimum C class Australian licence is a mandatory requirement.
- Identified Role: For this position, it is a genuine occupation requirement that it is filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person, as set out in Section 7 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) for the purposes in Section 25 of that Act.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/684671/26
Closing Date: Tuesday, 28th April 2026
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