Presentation to CEET National Conference October 29 th 2004

1. Presentation to CEET National ConferenceOctober 29th 2004 Angela Hutson Chief Executive Officer

2. Regional VET Delivery: Exploring the Common Myth - Understandings

3. Locations

4. East Gippsland Region … Facts • 65,000 people • 4% of Victoria’s Koori population • Covers 14% of Victoria • Two local government areas • Improving employment levels • Low educational achievement levels • Aging population • Lower % of 20 – 44 year olds • Gippsland Lakes – 365 sq km • Subject to drought, floods & fires

5. East Gippsland Region…. Facts Infrastructure • Bottled gas • Lack of public transport • Limited broadband access to remote communities • Limited access to a range of medical specialists

6. Industries Primarily SME’s in: • Forestry • Fishing, Maritime/Aquaculture • Agriculture & Horticulture • Food Processing • Health & Community Services • Hospitality, Tourism & Retail Plus usual array of Government Departments

7. East Gippsland Institute of TAFE One of the smallest TAFE Institutes: • 17 Campuses • 4 major regional campuses • 1 campus in NSW • 250 EFT staff • 13,000 students • 1.9 million SCH • $21 million turnover (excluding capital)

8. Myth Understanding – Resourcing • OTTE Indicators • Victoria’s top performing Institute in 2001 & 2002 • 5th highest in 2003 • In 2003 Institute was least reliant on recurrent funds • 40% of income from commercial sources • Commercial return required to have breakeven Institute budget • Critical mass vs minimum levels of infrastructure

9. Myth Understanding – Regional Rump aka Poor Country Cousin Community Capacity Building • High TAFE participation levels • Net importer of training • Keeping young people in the region • High take up of apprenticeships/traineeships • Employment outcomes • Less capacity to detach from client or student Plus high level of public scrutiny & accountability

10. Myth Understanding – Training Market • 110+ private RTO’s • 2 GTCs • 8 other Victorian TAFE Institutes • Broad based program profile – still not able to be all things to all people • Brokerage role • Less capacity to leverage • National & international markets • Major global clients

11. Myth Understanding – Teaching & Learning • Highest performing Institute in 2003 – student & graduate satisfaction • Individual Learner Management • Enterprise based • GEO model for industry training • RMIT – Degrees in Nursing & Commerce • Outreach network: Yarram to Mallacoota • Centres of Excellence – Forestech & SEAMEC

12. Myth Understanding – Recruitment & Retention • Hard to recruit but a bonanza • Recruit for who you can become & what you can contribute • Reshaping & reinventing – nimble, committed & opportunistic • Strong strategic focus on HRM & D

13. Myth Understanding – Beyond the Community College • Gippsland East LLEN • RMIT • 3 clusters - 17 Schools • Group Training Companies • ACE providers • Koori Co Ops

14. Myth Understanding - Future Guaranteed?? • Diversifying & strengthening our commercial client base • Finding balance between government & commercial income sources • Maintaining high standards in quality of teaching & learning • Managing our Intellectual Property • Financing recurrent ICT & infrastructure costs