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Sarah: TAFE has a really strong relationship with both small and large manufacturing companies, industry bodies, `
we regularly consult with industry to find out what they want us to be offering and how they want us to be offering it
whether it be post-trade qualifications or a consultancy helping them build a training plan.
Colin: We liaise with industry and we have lots of industry partners that have input into the development of
our programs and the customisation of our programs that we deliver to our students.
Sarah: The Defence sector is obviously very important and TAFE NSW are extremely good at building relationships and establishing exactly what their current needs are.
Colin: TAFE is very good at keeping pace with industry to ensure that we're delivering cutting edge training to our students.
Dennis: We have regular engagement with them to find out not only about their skill requirements for today
but also their skill requirements for two years and five years out.
Employers come to TAFE and say we want to buy your expertise
in terms of things like skills analysis and workforce development
and actually we put specialist people within organisations,
embed them into those organisations for a period of three months, six months,
to help them develop workforce plans for a whole range of things.
Helen: What we do within the manufacturing sector in fact in any sector we go into as TAFE NSW
we would aim to create a situation where there is sustainable business practices
both from an environmental point of view and from a bottom line point of view
and there are a number of ways that we do that
so we have innovative programs, workforce development solutions that would include
workplace improvement projects and we've got the most fantastic staff.
Julie: TAFE is incredibly thorough and we're very professional in what we do
we recognise that industry for certain has shortages in certain skill sets
so we like to get to know our employers and what they need.
My role as School-based Coordinator for TAFE NSW - South Western Sydney Institute
is to bring the employers and students together and the schools
monitor the school-based apprenticeship from the beginning to the end,
when they leave school they go into a full-time second year apprenticeship.
Helen: School-based apprenticeships are a great opportunity for a year 11 and 12 student
to be able to gain their HSC whilst also gaining employability skills
and fundamental technical skills of their chosen trade.
Julie: It's really rewarding to work with industry,
identify a skill gap that needs filling, get the right student or the right candidate
get them started in their trade and watch them go and develop
and increase their knowledge and enjoy what they are doing
and then see them go on to a full-time second year, third year, fourth year apprentice.
Helen: So the government both Federal and State governments
are offering a lot of funding to support sectors like the manufacturing sector.
Dennis: Whether industry are busy doing what they do best in manufacturing
and using lean technology in a whole range of things to make their business effective
what sometimes they miss out on though are huge opportunities to access a whole range of funding
to support their workforce development initiatives.
Helen: We have access to those funds and often when we are talking to our customers
we'll customise a program for them.
Sarah: We can match the employer's training needs, put together a program
and then connect them with the funding to help minimise the outlay on the employer's behalf.
Dennis: It's critical to keep TAFE relevant and we do
and we do that by doing three things really well engage, engage, engage with industry.