Indigenous aged care workers living in 60 rural and remote areas across Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia will receive a training boost.

South Australia Tafe, Kimberley Tafe, Queensland Tafe and the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Program Aboriginal Corporation will provide on-site training as part of a Federal Government initiative.

Federal Mental Health and Ageing Minister Mark Butler said the training aimed to increase employment and development opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people after the success of similar projects in remote regions in the Northern Territory and in Cape York.

"The project will provide important and relevant training to Indigenous people in their own communities, and this will assist the ageing Indigenous population to receive culturally appropriate care," he said.

A Department of Health and Ageing spokesperson said the training was targeted at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care staff without formal qualifications or those who wanted to upgrade their qualifications.

"While the training to be provided will be determined by individual skills audits conducted by the registered training organisations, in general the purpose of the training is to support these aged care workers to gain Certificate III level qualifications in aged care or home and community care," he said.

"The aim of the initiative is to up skill and promote career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the aged care sector.

"The project has already commenced and training will begin after the completion of the individual skills audit."