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Regional VET Delivery in East Gippsland: Exploring Common Myths

This presentation explores the common misconceptions and challenges in delivering vocational education and training in the East Gippsland region of Victoria. It highlights the unique characteristics, infrastructure limitations, industry profiles, and community capacity building efforts. The presentation also touches on the training market, teaching and learning approaches, recruitment and retention strategies, partnerships with community organizations, and the need for sustainable funding models.

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Regional VET Delivery in East Gippsland: Exploring Common Myths

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

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

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  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

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