Fortescue Metals Group’s Vocational Training and Employment Centre (VTEC) is a doorway towards employment with FMG for Aboriginal people. The centre runs a program designed to equip local indigenous people with the skills to gain employment in the mining sector. Graduates are guaranteed ongoing employment.

The plan for VTEC was developed during Land Access Agreement negotiations between traditional claimant groups and Andrew Forrest. The Kariyarra, Nyiyaparli and Palyku people negotiated with Fortescue an agreement to provide for vocational training. The centre was established in 2006. The centre is based at Pundulmurra TAFE College in South Hedland and works by identifying employment opportunities within FMG, and with contractors who work with us, then developing courses using TAFE and other training organisations to provide people with the necessary skills for those jobs.