Yasmina wins state trainee award
February 26, 2010
Yasmina Tadic has shone the spotlight on Mount Gambier after being named the state’s indigenous trainee of the year within the Group Training Australia network. Read more
Trade school officially opened
February 19, 2010
Almost 120 school-based apprentices have already signed up to be part of the Limestone Coast Trade School for the Future, where new facilities were opened on Wednesday.
Based at Grant High School, the centre services partner schools throughout the region, from Bordertown to Kingston and south to Allendale East. Read more
Nurses complete training program
December 15, 2009
Nurses from across the South East graduated on Friday from a Country Health SA program which prepared them for their unique role in rural hospitals. Read more
Keen interest in cooking courses
November 10, 2009
Apprenticeship numbers at TAFE SA have been rising over the past few years, with the commercial cookery course in particular demand. Read more
New forestry training initiative
November 2, 2009
A Commonwealth initiative will fund 48 timber industry-related qualifications within the region.
The recent funding announcement is the result of a ForestrySA funding submission, which was completed with industry support to benefit the broader sector.
As a result of the collaborative approach, almost $290,000 was secured for training in identified skill-shortage areas from the Federal Government’s Productivity Places Program for Existing Workers. Read more
Taskforce examines teacher shortage
October 28, 2009
A new State Government taskforce may help overcome the ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining appropriate teachers for Mount Gambier’s schools as a regional shortage looms.
However, key issues in resolving the situation may be left to the Industrial Relations Commission, which is continuing a hearing this week in Adelaide after a two-year stalemate in enterprise bargaining for the state’s teachers. Read more
National saw doctor training chopped
October 21, 2009
Mount Gambier TAFE SA has axed its national saw doctoring program, which has been delivered in the Blue Lake City for more than 30 years.
Considered a major setback for TAFE SA’s Mount Gamier campus and the region’s $1b timber industry, the saw doctoring program will cease in March. Read more
Builder lays vocational foundations
October 13, 2009
A Mount Gambier builder is seeking a switch to the training field to help prepare the next generation of tradesmen as part of a campaign to avoid a looming national skill shortage.
Carpenter Niels de Vos has among 20 people to recently graduate from the Wise Guys program in Adelaide to make the transition. Read more
Funds for skills training
September 25, 2009
At least 600 unemployed people in the Limestone Coast will benefit from almost $380,000 in funding over the next year to boost skills training.
Employment Minister Michael O’Brien has announced the funding under South Australia Works, the State Government’s program offering skills training to unemployed people in areas of local industry demand. Read more
$2.5m trade centre proposed for CBD
September 24, 2009
South East education leaders are exploring properties in the centre of Mount Gambier to establish a $2.5m trade training centre for secondary students.
The project is part of a rollout of trade training centres across Australia as part of the Federal Government’s “education revolution”. Read more
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