A Wimmera not-for-profit is calling for more training to be made available to jobseekers so they can secure full-time work.
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Christian Emergency Food Centre's Bev Miatke's call comes as new figures show the number of people with more than one job is climbing steadily in the region.
The latest data from the Australian Bureau of statistics shows there were 1985 residents in the Horsham municipality with more than one job in the 2016-17 financial year.
This represented a 12.2 per cent increase in one year so that 18 per cent of all employed people in the municipality had more than one job. Of those with multiple jobs, 56 per cent were women.
There were also increases in multiple job holders in Ararat (11.5 per cent), Hindmarsh (17.1 per cent) Northern Grampians (13.2 per cent) West Wimmera (13.7 per cent) and Yarriambiack (3.7 per cent).
Mrs Miatke, a client assessment manager, said she expected for many in the region with multiple jobs, the roles they held were both part-time.
"If you have more than one job it's likely neither of them add up to a full-time role in terms of hours or pay, and if you're less-skilled you're also more likely to only be able to secure part-time employment," she said.
"Hospitality and retail seem to be common combinations for people working more than one job."
The ABS data showed nationally, retail and hospitality, healthcare and administrative services and healthcare and education were the most common combinations of industries people worked in. It showed one in four people under 30 had several jobs.
Mrs Miatke said a solution was organisations upskilling more people so they could qualify and apply for long-term full-time employment.
"Often people who present to us don't have the skill to do a full-time job," she said.
"There are less full-time jobs available and not enough part-time roles to go around in the Wimmera either."
Mrs Miatke said most of the clients the food centre received had only one part-time job, were out of work or had recently acquired a full-time job and needed help paying the bills.
She said people looking for more work could visit the food centre on Firebrace Street and volunteer to get experience that would improve their employability.
Skillinvest chief executive Darren Webster said attracting new industry to the region would improve the number of secure jobs.
"Taking advantage of our strengths in agriculture and attracting new industry would be a really good start in encouraging businesses to employ young people at the bottom level and train them," he said.
"Training locally would also hopefully mean people stay in Wimmera once they finish. If people leave to do training when they finish school, it's harder to get them back after that."
Skillinvest employs apprentices at its trade school in disciplines including automotive building construction, horse racing, engineering and civil work.
Mr Webster said the organisation oversaw 400 trainees at any given time.
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