New facilities at Communities@Work that will improve vocational education and training for students in the Tuggeranong region were opened today.
The Australian Government provided $231,593 towards the project to refurbish rooms at the Tuggeranong Community Centre to make it suitable for use as a flexible training centre including a self study area and an ungraded meeting room for use by larger learning groups.
The project will offer students access to industry-standard equipment and facilities and students who complete training here will enter the workforce with invaluable experience.
The Gillard Government is committed to investing in infrastructure that improves vocational education and training to ensure Australia has the skills base we need for the future growth of our economy.
The $231,593 grant for the NuSkills Learning and Development Centre was provided under the Australian Government’s Investing in Community Education and Training (ICET) element of the Teaching and Learning Capital Fund for Vocational Education and training (TLCF (VET)) which funds the purchase, construction, fit-out or refurbishment of facilities for vocational education and training.
The Government’s investment in vocational education includes $2.5 billion to establish Trades Training Centres in schools across Australia, and more than $2 billion over five years for 711 000 new training places under the Productivity Places Program.
