Businesses - Queensland Industry Tourism Council

This page provides a range of useful resources and contacts for businesses looking to promote career opportunities in tourism and to attract and retain a skilled workforce.  

Queensland Tourism Industry Council

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) can guide and support your business in promoting tourism careers and securing an engaged workforce.

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Industry Workforce Advisor program

The Industry Workforce Advisor program supports small and medium businesses with their unique workforce challenge.

The program provides tourism operators with free, one-on-one personalised support, helping you identify your workforce concerns and assisting you in attracting and retaining a diversified workforce.

If you’d like to receive free and personalised workforce support, submit an Expression of Interest form.

Regional Tourism Careers Roadshow

Designed to showcase the tourism industry to secondary students, the QTIC Regional Tourism Careers Roadshow connects with Queensland schools and communities and demonstrates the exciting nature of careers in tourism and hospitality.

The all-day Roadshow events are filled with activities that highlight the various career paths that are available in the tourism industry. The activities are led by local industry businesses, allowing students to receive genuine career advice and to make important connections with employers.

If you’d like your business to participate in a Regional Tourism Careers Roadshow event and to connect with engaged secondary students, contact the program at careersroadshow@qtic.com.au.

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Learning and earning

Your business can engage with students currently studying tourism, hospitality, or events, who are pursuing an industry career. There are many organisations and programs that can connect your business with skilled students.

Free upskilling courses

The QTIC Micro-Credentialing program provides fast training solutions for tourism businesses and their staff on the Typsy online learning platform. The free, bite-sized online lessons help operators fill critical skill gaps in as little as 30 minutes.

Tailored specifically for the tourism industry, your business can assign individual training lessons for staff to complete at a time and place that suits them. Arm your business with industry-specific training and create an engaged workforce.

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