Alice Springs Employment And Training Services Pty Ltd (ASEATS)

Purpose

The purpose of Alice Springs Employment And Training Services Pty Ltd (ASEATS) is to provide pre-employment and life skills training opportunities to Indigenous clients in the Northern Territory, particularly Alice Springs Town Camp residents, in a culturally sensitive way. Training provided is both accredited and non-accredited. Transport and lunches are provided to all participants. A workplace training and post placement mentoring service is also available.

ASEATS also recruits, trains and employs indigenous clients for labour hire into industries such as mining, landscaping and civil works.

History / Background

Tangentyere identified an opportunity to develop a business extension of the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP), with the possibility of keeping & extending an employment and training service if CDEP was abolished. Tangentyere CDEP was terminated in November 2007 as part of the rollout of CDEP closures under the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER).

ASEATS was incorporated in May 2007. Tangentyere Charitable Trust Company No. 5, ASEATS Pty Ltd, began trading as a separate company from 1 June 2007.

Activities

Vocational Training
ASEATS delivers both accredited and non accredited pre-employment and work ready training programs such as:
- ACCESS Certificate 1 in Work Readiness
- Short accredited course for Work Readiness
- Computer courses such as:
  - Introduction to computers,
  - Introduction to Word,
  - Introduction to Excel,
  - Operate a presentation package
  - Send and retrieve information using web browsers and email
  - Workplace computer training
- Men’s and Women’s Working Life Programs
- Working with landscapes courses
- Horticulture courses
- Fabric & Fibre Sewing course
- Indigenous Mentoring Service
Labour Hire
ASEATS provides indigenous labour requirements for special projects. ASEATS recruits, trains and employs Indigenous staff to work in the mining and other industries.
Civil Works
ASEATS has expertise, plant and equipment which give it the capacity to contract for Sewerage installation projects.

Achievements

In its first twelve months the business’s turnover exceeded $500,000. ASEATS has tendered to the Commonwealth to deliver Structure Training and Employment Projects (STEP ERS).

Partnerships

ASEATS has a partnering agreement with Jobs Australia Limited (JA). All accredited training is delivered through Jobs Australia as the Registered Training Organisation and is nationally recognised.

The Future

The following are potential areas of development for ASEATS:

Employment and training services for mines
Work for the Dole Programs
Training in ‘Mentor Indigenous Trainees’
Development of a team of Indigenous Trainers to deliver courses
A hospitality unit to provide food preparation training
Provision of sewerage upgrade to town camps and remote community outstations
Admission to the STEP ERS panel in the Northern Territory.

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Phone:	08 8952 9501
Fax:	08 8953 2069
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Location:	4 Elder Street Alice Springs, NT 0870
Mailing Address:	PO Box 8070 Alice Springs, NT 0871