As many industries including transport cry out for waves of new workers, TAFE Queensland is doing its part to attract and train the next generation of the workforce by providing pre-apprenticeship training to high school students to drive them towards a trade future.
Transport faces one of the most critical challenges for workforce development, given the older demographic of its workers, as it looks to fill not only vacant roles but soon-to-be vacant roles.
Technicians to keep heavy automotive fleets on the road are crucial to the ongoing success of Australia’s transport industry, and apprentices will play a key role in supporting this side of the sector.
As the largest training provider in Queensland and the Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2023 Australian Training Awards, TAFE Queensland is doing everything possible to increase the number of apprentice candidates for the industry.
TAFE Queensland – Skills-Tech business manager of Heavy Automotive Training David Jenkinson said that in addition to training more than half of the state’s heavy commercial vehicle apprentices, TAFE Queensland is driving high schoolers towards the industry with pre-apprenticeship TAFE At School training.
TAFE Queensland apprentices won the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show National Apprentice Challenge. Image: TAFE Queensland“TAFE Queensland is the provider of choice for the heavy automotive and transport industries, and as the largest training provider in the state we also want to help provide a pipeline of workers for the industries we service,” David said.
“For TAFE At School students, we are offering the Heavy Vehicle stream of the Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation (AUR20720) across many of our campuses, including our largest at Acacia Ridge.”
“This gives students experience and skills working on heavy commercial vehicles, and often is the first time they have considered pursuing a career in this side of the automotive industry,” he said.
There are more than 80 TAFE At School students enrolled in the heavy vehicle pre-apprenticeship at TAFE Queensland’s flagship trade training facility at Acacia Ridge, and many more across Queensland that are taking the first steps to joining the transport industry as heavy vehicle technicians.
Pre-apprenticeship training at TAFE Queensland provides students with the basic knowledge needed to hit the ground running in their industry and with hands-on experience that helps them decide if this is the career for them before embarking on an apprenticeship.
TAFE Queensland also offers training for those further along in their career, with many post-trade courses on offer for various industries to help specialise or progress into new and exciting roles.
For more information about pre-apprenticeship training, visit tafeqld.edu.au/pre-apprenticeships or call 1300 308 233 today.
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