5 May 2023
- Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer and the Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher met today with Gladstone State High School students where work on building a new hydrogen training hub at the school is moving ahead.
- Gladstone State High School has received a grant of $2M to build the hydrogen training hub.
- Gladstone State High School is one of 32 Queensland high schools that have joined the Government’s Hydrogen Gateway to Industry Schools Program.
- The Hydrogen GISP program has two participating schools in the Gladstone region – Gladstone State High and Trinity College.
Queensland’s hydrogen industry is expected to grow by $19 billion, creating an additional 4,350 jobs by 2040.
Queensland has the potential to be a hydrogen superpower and programs such as the Gateway to Industry Schools Program (GISP) have a big role to grow the workforce to support a jobs bonanza so that our future workforce is primed and ready to go to capitalise on it.
The industry-led Hydrogen Gateway to Industry Schools program broadens science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) knowledge to diversify and assist in accelerating future skills and opportunities towards the hydrogen industry.
Students at Gladstone State High School and Trinity College that participate in the Hydrogen Gateway Industry to Schools Partnership will be exposed to a range of learning experiences to assist them in their career choices and self-select pathways to employment.
From production, to engineering, to storage to distribution and exporting, the program offers various opportunities for schools to become involved.
More than 2000 Queensland students will benefit over the next three years, thanks to more than $800,000 in funding from the Palaszczuk Government.
The broader Gateway Industry to Schools program takes in industries including aerospace, advanced manufacturing, health, screen and media, agribusiness and more.
Quotes attributable to the Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer:
“”Creating an environment where young Queenslanders can work and thrive in the workforce is vital.
“Not only does it help build the economy, it creates vibrant communities, with a strong, diverse and skilled workforce. The Palaszczuk Government’s intentions are clear _ create good jobs for families and their children.
“Hydrogen is a huge industry and massive opportunity not to be missed. We have the potential to be a hydrogen superpower and Gladstone will be a big part of that.
“Queensland’s hydrogen industry is expected to grow by $19 billion, creating an additional 4,350 jobs by 2040. More than 2000 Queensland students will benefit over the next three years from our Hydrogen GISP program and our efforts in the schools.”
Quotes attributable to Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and the Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher:
“I’m proud that we have two participating schools in the Gladstone region in the Hydrogen GISP program- Gladstone State High and Trinity College – and that these students will have the opportunity to find a great and satisfying career pathway in the hydrogen industry.
“It is exciting to see our kids build their dream careers right here in their own backyard.
“The Queensland Government is investing significantly in delivering high quality training and creating an exciting career pathway for Gladstone school students.
“The GISP program plays an important role in delivering on the needs of Gladstone and it also allows the Palaszczuk Labor Government to continue our delivery of the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan, supporting nearly 100,000 more jobs.”
