#POWER OF TAFE: Industry Partnerships

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SPARK collaboration boosts women into the construction industry

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) was proud to be one of the industry partners who worked together to give 15 women a break into the heavily male-dominated construction industry through the SPARK, ATC and Lendlease Women in Construction Jobtrainer Program in 2022. The fully funded five-week program delivered a combination of theory, practical hands-on learning, site tours, and work preparation sessions to the group of enthusiastic participants.

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Canberra Institute of Technology developing gender equality action plan

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) has partnered with Our Watch, a national violence prevention organisation, to take action to prevent violence against women and gender-based violence and improve equity and equality. Since 2023, CIT and Our Watch have worked in partnership to implement the Respect and Equality framework across the whole institute. TAFEs can help to create an Australia where

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Partnership to end gendered violence

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has joined forces with the national violence prevention organisation, Our Watch, to take action in preventing gendered violence. CDU, a dual-sector university, and the Northern Territory’s largest trainer, formalised their commitment in a ceremony on International Women’s Day this year at its Alice Springs campus. Image 1. Charles Darwin University’s Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Scott Bowman

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Women Apprentices in Victorian Electrical (WAVE Project)

The purpose of the WAVE project was to increase the participation of women (and people who identified as being female) in electrical apprenticeships in Victoria.

To enable the participants to both gain and have the support structure in place to complete their electrical apprenticeship, participants completed the Certificate II in Electrotechnology (career start) and were provided with a range of targeted support services.

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TAFE NSW’s SongHubs Collaboration with APRA AMCOS

The art of collaboration in both music and education is evident in the recent SongHubs songwriting camp run by TAFE NSW in partnership with the Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (APRA AMCOS).

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Holistic skills addressing regional needs

Now in its fourth year, the Heavy Industry Multi Skills (HIMS) pre-employment program in Port Pirie, South Australia, is getting results through collaboration with TAFE SA, local major industries, and Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North (RDA Yorke and Mid North).

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TAFEs band together to lead cyber security skills

In a first for Australian TAFEs, 11 institutes across Australia are working together as TAFEcyber. The consortium produces job ready cyber security professionals with hands-on skills. The consortium is led by staff at South Metropolitan TAFE in Western Australia and was initially supported by various government seed funding initiatives.

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Nurturing nursing talent: Greenslopes private hospital and TAFE Queensland’s successful partnership

Over 15 years ago, Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane articulated two key problems – a shortage of enrolled nurses, and the time spent teaching new graduates the ‘Greenslopes way.’ Working collaboratively with TAFE Queensland, a solution – “Grow Your Own Workforce” – was developed to train enrolled nurses in a Diploma of Nursing wholly on-site in the workplace.

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Victorian Tunnelling Centre builds infrastructure skills

Together, CYP Design and Construction (CYP) and Holmesglen Institute have created the Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC), a one-of-a-kind skilling facility based on international best practice. CYP is a joint venture of John Holland, Lendlease and Bouygues delivering the Victorian Metro Tunnel Project’s rail tunnels and underground stations.

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Ebuses are driving TAFE NSW and Volvo partnership

TAFE NSW and Volvo are leading the development of skills needed to work with zero emission buses. The partnership has helped drive this clean environment initiative, as New South Wales legislates to replace diesel fleets with electric buses over time.  

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Queensland Future Skills Partnership

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) – the largest producer of seaborne metallurgical coal identified a need for the fast-tracked development of automated technology skill sets and qualifications for an open-cut mining environment in Queensland. The response was a multi-million-dollar collaboration between BMA, TAFE Queensland and CQ University Australia, the Queensland Future Skills Partnership.

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