Picture: Managing Director TAFE NSW Jon Black with NSW Deputy Premier and Member for Monaro John Barilaro and Assistant Minister for Skills Adam Marshall at Queanbeyan TAFE on Wednesday.
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Queanbeyan is set to receive an innovative new TAFE NSW SkillsPoints headquarters, as part of the NSW Government’s push to create the workforce of the future by collaborating with business and industry.
NSW Deputy Premier and Member for Monaro John Barilaro today revealed the town as the chosen location of one of six new regional and three metropolitan SkillsPoints headquarters, which have been designed to ensure TAFE NSW builds on its reputation as a world-class vocational education and training provider.
“SkillsPoints are intersection points where TAFE NSW will work with business and industry to develop curriculum and training to provide Australians with the skills needed for the jobs of the future,” Mr Barilaro said.
“Our Queanbeyan SkillsPoints will focus on health, wellbeing and community services in response to projected increase in demand for these workers in the area.
“There is already strong demand for such skill sets as medical technicians, disability and aged care workers, social and welfare professionals and early childhood educators.”
The first SkillsPoints HQ – Innovative Manufacturing, Robotics and Science – will open in Newcastle in September.
The rollout of the remaining SkillsPoints HQs in Griffith, Tamworth, Queanbeyan, Dubbo, Coffs Harbour, Ultimo, Parramatta and Mount Druitt – will be announced in coming months.
Assistant Minister for Skills Adam Marshall said each SkillsPoints will be powered by a core team of between eight and 15 staff.
“What is so exciting about these SkillsPoints headquarters is that each location has been strategically determined to support its own region’s economic growth and employment needs. So, for example, the SkillsPoints in Coffs Harbour will focus on tourism while the SkillsPoints in Griffith will focus on agribusiness,” he said.
Mr Barilaro said that with regionally based headquarters and a Statewide focus, “SkillsPoints will be capable of rapidly designing and delivering training to meet the needs of established and emerging industries”.
“Whether in a classroom, on-site, online or a combination of these, SkillsPoints training and resources will be tailored to industry needs and demonstrates the NSW Government’s commitment to ensuring the same high-quality, industry relevant content anywhere from the city to rural and regional NSW,” said Mr Marshall.
