Incorporating interactive technology into classrooms, meetings and seminars

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Automotive Partnership In Sydney's Heartland
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DEMOGRAPHIC
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FACTS FIGURES

• 100,000 Km2
• Enrolments
• 100,000
• 10,000
• 1,000

• Geographical area
• Total Student
• Western Sydney
  Institute
• Blacktown College
• Automotive Section

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Blacktown Automotive

• Staff 12 Full-time, 10 part-time
• Students - 700
• Courses
• Automotive Light Vehicles
• Traineeships
• Commercial ventures
• Aviation
• Automotive Aftermarket

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Heartland Holden
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Penrith ?
? Blacktown
Parramatta ?
? Castle Hill
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Heartland Holden Needs

• Proper training
• Right amount of time
• Quality technicians
• Tailored courses

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THE GEARS

• New Training Package
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  Heartland Holden
• Automotive/Blacktown College

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MESHING THE GEARS

• New Training Package
• 
  Heartland Holden
• Automotive/Blacktown College

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COMMON GROUND

• Training Plan with entry and exit points at Cert
  II III
• Stage One Program
• 36 Training days per year in total
• Break Down
• 15 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head Office
• 10 Days off site at Blacktown College
• 11 Days at individual outlets for workplace
  training and assessment days

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• Stage Two Program
• 36 Training days per year in total
• Break Down
• 18 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head Office
• 6 Days off site at Blacktown College
• 12 Days at individual outlets for workplace
  training and assessment days
• Stage Three Program
• 36 Training days per year in total
• Break Down
• 9 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head
  Office
• 9 Days off site at Blacktown College
• 18 Days at individual outlets for workplace
  training and assessment days

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ADDITIONAL COURSES

• Cert II Air Conditioning (ARTIC Licence)
• Vehicle Inspection Qualification
• Cert IV and Diploma

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Automotive Industry Skills Report 2006

• For Industry
• Reductions of time periods required to complete
  apprenticeships.
• In the RSR sector, continuing to develop
  attraction and retention strategies to make the
  industry more attractive to younger people.
• Continuing to develop active partnerships with
  providers to ensure that industry needs are
  better met, and also to ensure that providers
  remain up to date with rapid technological change.

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Automotive Industry Skills Report 2006

• For the Training System
• Recognising that industry provider partnerships
  are critical to enable providers to keep abreast
  of technological developments, this includes
  continuing professional development for RTOs.
• Greater implementation of flexible delivery
  modes.
• Structuring training in such a way as to provide
  for local needs within a nationally consistent
  framework.
• Providing clear information about career paths to
  enable informed employment and education choices.

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WHO BENEFITS
Automotive Industry
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WHATS NEXT?
Automotive Industry
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TAFENSW Western Sydney Institutes Automotive
Training Solution

• RPL.
• Training plan tailored to industry needs.
• On site and off site training.
• Flexible delivery.
• Workplace assessment.
• Product knowledge training.
• One training point.
• Greater flexibility for individual differences.
• Continuous feedback on progression.
• Automotive Aftermarket.
• Skills assessment for licensing in NSW.
• Gap training for unqualified mature aged workers.

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Where to from here?

• Heartland Holden have employed an Apprentice
  Training Coordinator
• Roll out program to wider Automotive community
• Identified students to proceed to Certificate IV
  and Diploma

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• THANK YOU
• ANY QUESTIONS