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MRAEL is established to offer end to end workforce solutions; to provide dignity and hope to all people through support, training and employment; and to provide benevolent relief to the marginalised. We achieve this by providing: employment, apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities; education and training to individuals in order to increase their ability to obtain employment; workforce advice and support to businesses in order to improve their services; corporate services to community service organisations; and specialised services to the vulnerable, the disadvantaged and the marginalised. MRAEL Limited oversees several businesses and entities, all with the core objective of contributing to the growth, development and sustainability of a skilled workforce for the future. MRAEL's subsidiaries are: Australian Trade College North Brisbane Ltd: an independent, co-educational senior school that was established to provide students with the opportunity to complete their senior phase of learning whilst pursuing hands-on training towards a trade career. Australian Trade Training College Ltd: a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that specialises in delivering trade training to apprentices and trainees, as well as providing comprehensive training solutions to Partner Organisations to assist in building the capacity of their workforce. Capricornia Training Company Ltd (CTC): manages the Youth Housing and Reintegration Service (YHARS) in Central Queensland, which assists young people aged 12-21 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to find safe accommodation and to re-engage in productive and positive choices that enable a better quality of life. Hospitality Training Network Ltd (HTN): a not-for-profit Group Training Organisation operating in NSW that supports, promotes and develops the vocational skills of people pursuing careers through apprenticeship and traineeship pathways primarily in the hospitality, food services and tourism sectors and contributes to the provision of skilled workers that are matched to the unique needs of those industries. DGT: DGT Employment & Training is a not-for-profit Group Training Organisation and Registered Training Organisation that delivers Apprenticeship Services, Training Services, and Training to Employment support programs in South East Queensland. Overall, we provide services that enable and support people and businesses to realise their potential through opportunities for quality education, training and employment."
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Name: Apprentice Employment Services
URL: www.mrael.com.au
Classification: Job training (Economic development > Employment > Job training)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- General community in Australia
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Training to Employment Programs
URL: www.mrael.com.au
Classification: Job training (Economic development > Employment > Job training)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Females
- Males
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- Unemployed persons
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Australian Apprenticeship Support Services
URL: https://masnational.com.au/
Classification: Job training (Economic development > Employment > Job training)
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
- Unemployed persons
Name: Youth Housing and Reintegration Service (YHARS)
URL: www.ctcqld.com.au
Classification: Personal services (Human services > Personal services)
Beneficiaries:- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Secondary Education
Classification: Secondary education (Education > Primary and secondary education > Secondary education)
Beneficiaries:- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Vocational Education and Training
URL: www.attc.org.au
Classification: Vocational education and training (Education > Vocational education and training )
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
Name: Job Training
URL: www.attc.org.au
Classification: Job training (Economic development > Employment > Job training)
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
Name: Workforce Australia
URL: www.intojobs.com.au
Classification: Job services (Human services > Job services)
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
- Unemployed persons
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