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Digital Jobs for Manufacturing

14 October 2022

Digital manufacturing

Program overview

The Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Program offers grants of up to $5000 to assist Victorian manufacturing businesses adapt to a digital operating environment.

The program is open to businesses with a manufacturing presence in Victoria which are on a growth trajectory and are seeking to utilise their existing workforce to apply digital technology to their operations.

About the program

The Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Program provides funding to enrol a nominated employee in a 12-week online, part-time industry endorsed digital skills course in one of the following streams:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / machine learning
  • Cloud computing
  • Customer relationship management (CRM)
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data analytics
  • Digital marketing
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
  • IT operations and support
  • Product management
  • Programming/software development
  • Project management (agile)
  • User experience design (UX) / User interface design (UI)
  • Web and application development

Courses will run in January, May and September 2023 and January and April 2024.

Additive manufacturing, computer-aided design (CAD) / computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and robotic process automation (RPA) will be available for the May 2023 training rounds. Please email digitaljobsprogram@ecodev.vic.gov.au to express your interest in these courses.

Please refer to the Digital Jobs Program website for more information on available courses.

Applications open on Friday 14 October 2022 and close at 11:59pm on 31 March 2024 (unless funds are allocated earlier).