The Byron Bay Herb Nursery has announced its launch of Open Employment Pathways.
It is a new initiative designed to help the nursery’s employees with disabilities grow their skills, gain formal qualifications, and secure real-world work experience in the open employment market.
The Byron Bay Herb Nursery has been selling high-quality plants and herbs across the Byron Shire for 30 years, as well as providing supported, paid employment and training opportunities to people with disabilities.
Key elements of the Open Employment Pathways program will include: a discovery process where participants identify skills relevant to the open employment market; new on-site work constructing a workshop and developing and packaging a new product, Corromount; Horticulture Certificate II; and work experience.
Local business engagement
The nursery is encouraging local businesses to get involved by offering work experience placements.
Nursery manager and project writer Nick Thom, said, ‘this project provides an opportunity for our workers to gain the necessary qualifications, skills, experience and connections, allowing them to build a pathway to open employment based on their own goals and interests.’
For more information email [email protected].
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