South Australia Report - August 2010

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We have been successful in our application for $8.2m in funding from the Federal Government in the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Round 3.
The announcement of the success of the proposed project, Civil Train Highway to Skilling the Industry, came from Simon Crean at the new CCF SA head office on July 15, 2010.
The Civil Contractors Federation SA (CCF SA), researched and identified South Australia’s skill requirements for the civil construction industry, to deliver the SA government’s increased investment into civil infrastructure over the next 5 years. It identified very low numbers of formally trained and accredited workers across the civil construction industry, current acute skill shortages and a predicted requirement of a 42% increase in skilled workers over the next 5 years. The Civil Train Highway to Skilling the Industry project will match the required skills training to the growing needs of the state’s civil construction industry.
The project will:

Refurbish the new CCF SA head office and Centre of Training Excellence - $3.5m;
Purchase a mobile training unit (MTU) to take civil training to remote areas of SA - $1.2m; and
Purchase earthmoving simulators for innovative training solutions - $3.5m.

1. Refurbish the new CCF SA Head Office and Centre of Training Excellence
The $3.5m to refurbish 1 South Road, Thebarton, will provide modern training rooms and facilities that embrace emerging technology in education and training.
The MTU deployed to SA regional areas will also be used in the metropolitan area. Its main purpose will be to support traditional regional training services (i.e. at larger regional centres). It will deliver training and employment generating programs to remote and indigenous communities, equivalent in content and quality as their city counterparts.
The earthmoving simulators will provide a major innovation and significant shift in training methodologies, thereby significantly increasing plant operator trainee numbers. Their use will reduce the time required on real plant for new entrants into the civil construction industry, either at the Civil Train SA Live Works Training site at Playford, or in the workplace. This will significantly increase the number of new entrants into the civil construction industry in South Australia.

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