MORE than $5.6M in funding has been provided to Shepparton’s GOTAFE campus last week, which aims to boost the Tafe’s courses in baking, dental assistance, nursing, cabinet making, engineering fabrication and health services.
The boost will help GOTAFE continue to strengthen innovative partnerships with industry and other key stakeholders.
GOTAFE CEO, Travis Heeney said, “GOTAFE has developed strong partnerships with employers and industry and they often approach us with specific training needs.
“We work with those employers and industry to customise a training solution, and these announcements are a terrific outcome from some of that work.”
The Minister for Training and Skills, the Hon. Gayle Tierney’s funding announcement was for courses and programs that will be delivered by GOTAFE under the Victorian Government’s Regional and Specialist Training Fund, and Workforce Training Innovation Fund.
GOTAFE programs and courses receiving funding include Certificate II in Baking, Certificate III in Baking, Certificate III in Dental Assisting, Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade, Certificate III in Cabinet Making, Diploma of Nursing, Certificate III in Health Support Services as well as the Industry-wide Upskilling Training and Assessment Model for the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry.
“We are working to ensure our curriculum is fully aligned to the current and future needs of local employers, industries and communities, and this funding boost will help that work,” Mr Heeney said.
“We are resolutely committed to ensuring the needs of students and industries, especially across regional Victoria, are at the heart of all we do.”
