NSW Wants Tradies To Learn Technologies Of The Future

TAFE training in New South Wales could be overhauled to provide workers with skills in technologies such as 3D printing and robotics as the government in that state conducts a review of the system which is designed to ensure that the state has adequately qualified tradespeople for the workplaces of the future.

Set to report in July, the review will consider how the state’s TAFE and training system can better equip students for current and future requirements. The review will consider initiatives such as a HECS-style program for TAFE students along with greater industry involvement in co-designing courses and making sure that courses are up to date. 

It will also consider how findings can be implemented through ‘exemplar’ projects. 

These include the Western Sydney Aerotropolis and the Meadowbank Education and Employment Precinct. 

Gladys Berejiklian, current premier of New South Wales, said the government wanted the TAFE system to best equip students for work sites of the future. 

“We need more tradies in existing trades, but we also need to prepare workers in new areas like 3D printing, robotics and other technologies to provide the jobs of the future in places like the Western Sydney Aerotropolis and the Sydney Tech Hub.” 

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