20 Coonamble Women Get Jobs Through Local CTC
A NSW Government program that gives small regional towns access to computers, training and technology is creating new jobs and opportunities for local women, the Minister for Information Technology, Kim Yeadon, said today.
While Mr Yeadon this week announced $1.2 million funding to create 15 more Community Technology Centres throughout NSW, some of the existing CTCs are already having great successes.
Mr Yeadon said 2001 CTC of the Year, the Coonamble Internet Centre, reported that it had created job opportunities for 20 Coonamble women.
It is great to see that this program is creating real opportunities and jobs in these small towns, Mr Yeadon said.
It is vital that rural and regional NSW is not left out of the information revolution.
Coonamble centre managed a data entry contract which provided part-time work for 20 women, most of whom live on farms more than 50 kilometres out of town.
Internet technology enabled the women to work from home, fulfilling their duties in their own time and at their own pace.
Importantly, these workers, many of who already possessed a wide range of work skills and experience, have picked up valuable new IT skills which keeps them in step with the information age.
For example, many of these women had not used email before, now email is the key to them generating an income.
The project, involved the processing of more than 155,000 names and addresses from an Australia-wide survey managed through Teletask, a telework program in rural Australia.
Centre-manager, Caroline Scott, said income from the contract had been put to practical use, buying a new set of blinds or new carpets, a blanket box for the children's toys or a new set of tyres for the car.
Coonamble now has the runs on the board with the success of the first contract and the skills and efficient data processing capacity that the teleworkers have demonstrated, she said.
While Mr Yeadon this week announced $1.2 million funding to create 15 more Community Technology Centres throughout NSW, some of the existing CTCs are already having great successes.
Mr Yeadon said 2001 CTC of the Year, the Coonamble Internet Centre, reported that it had created job opportunities for 20 Coonamble women.
It is great to see that this program is creating real opportunities and jobs in these small towns, Mr Yeadon said.
It is vital that rural and regional NSW is not left out of the information revolution.
Coonamble centre managed a data entry contract which provided part-time work for 20 women, most of whom live on farms more than 50 kilometres out of town.
Internet technology enabled the women to work from home, fulfilling their duties in their own time and at their own pace.
Importantly, these workers, many of who already possessed a wide range of work skills and experience, have picked up valuable new IT skills which keeps them in step with the information age.
For example, many of these women had not used email before, now email is the key to them generating an income.
The project, involved the processing of more than 155,000 names and addresses from an Australia-wide survey managed through Teletask, a telework program in rural Australia.
Centre-manager, Caroline Scott, said income from the contract had been put to practical use, buying a new set of blinds or new carpets, a blanket box for the children's toys or a new set of tyres for the car.
Coonamble now has the runs on the board with the success of the first contract and the skills and efficient data processing capacity that the teleworkers have demonstrated, she said.
