GROW program

Program under review and will resume in 2023. Referrals not accepted at this time.

The GROW program is designed to introduce people from marginalised and disadvantaged backgrounds to employment and training opportunities and pathways.

The GROW program is delivered by the Training for the Future, a Level Crossing Removal Project initiative.

About the program

This massive overhaul of our transport network is creating tens of thousands of jobs across a wide range of sectors, from construction and engineering, to human resources and administration. Opportunities are wide and varied with well-trained skilled staff required in the public and private sector.

The GROW program helps participants:

understand the transport industry recruitment processes
build crucial recruitment networks within industry
gain fully funded industry-critical certifications and tickets.

GROW is held over 4 to 5 days at transport operator sites and infrastructure projects in Melbourne and is designed to showcase the breadth of opportunities available across the rail and public transport network.

This includes:

train and tram manufacturing
operations and maintenance
engineering and project management
electrical, mechanical, and civil trades
professional services and administration.

Benefits

Introduction to rail and construction industry including critical safety awareness needed to work in the industry
Job search skills workshop to develop your pitch for the transport sector
Specific insights into pathways to working in Metro Trains, Yarra Trams, VLine and Bombardier Transportation
Industry site visits and briefings from industry experts about career opportunities and pathways
Specific insights into pathways to working on transport infrastructure projects, including via labour hire companies
Build networks with recruitment personnel across the transport and infrastructure industry
Gain fully funded Industry tickets required to work in the Victorian railway and construction environment:
- Construction White Card
- Train Track Safety Awareness.

Eligibility

Participants must identify as one or more of the following:

Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
From a refugee or asylum seeker background
Have a disability(s)
Registered as long term unemployed.

To participate in the program, it is important to:

Have an interest in rail and construction industry
Have a positive attitude and be job ready
Be able to commit to a 5-day program
Be willing to travel early to training venues and bus pick up sites where required
Have appropriate language, literacy and numeracy skills where required
Have an ability to travel to work if required.

How to apply

More information coming soon.

Job opportunities

After completing the program, the program supports participants to network with program partners and apply for roles with those organisations directly.

Engineering roles
Project management roles
Graduate positions
Civil constructions
Labouring
Entry level roles

To browse the full listing of job opportunities in the public service, broader public sector and on infrastructure projects, and programs available through Jobs Victoria, please visit the Careers Victoria website.

Jobs Victoria also connects people who are facing challenges finding work with businesses that are looking for the right people to work for them. For more information please visit the Jobs Victoria website.

Referrals can be made to the program by community organisations, employment support agencies, including the Jobs Victoria Employment Network.

'Through the Kangan Institute which I did a short course with, at the end of that the GROW Program was mentioned and introduced to us, and so I took the opportunity to take that up and do a rail ticket and was able to obtain a position here at the Cherry Street crossing removal.'

Wayne - Cherry Street Level Crossing Removal Project

Program video

Further information

This program is run by Training for the Future through the Level Crossing Removal Project – a project office of Major Transport Infrastructure Authority delivering Victoria's Big Build.