Education Centre Gippsland

Workforce Participation Partnerships (WPP)

What is WPP?
WPP is a program to help get people back into work.
It is particularly aimed at industries which are identified as having skills shortages, such as: construction, horticulture, hospitality, aged care, community services, transport and engineering.
Workforce Participation Partnerships address two priorities of the Victorian Government: increasing sustainable employment opportunities for Victorians facing significant barriers to work and addressing areas of emerging labour and skill shortages.

Who is eligible for WPP?

Anyone experiencing any of the following barriers:

• Youth 15—24
• Public housing tenant
• Sole parent
• Ex-offender
• Indigenous Australian
• Recent Migrant
• Person with a physical disability
• Person with a mental illness
• Person with learning difficulties
• Retrenched worker with limited market