❓ Question regarding plans to increase/decrease apprenticeship and traineeship courses at Polytechnic West's Balga Campus, including facilities and equipment. The answer indicates some course increases and potential reductions, but no immediate facility upgrades.
AnsweredQoN 2941Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the need to provide apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities to young Western Australians in order to ensure the State retains a skilled workforce and ask: (a) are there any plans to increase the number and/or type of apprentice courses provided to apprentices/pre-apprentices who attend the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West; (b) what additional apprenticeship courses are proposed to be provided and when will such courses commence; (c) are there any plans to reduce the number of apprenticeship courses provided to apprentices/pre-apprentices who attend the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West; (d) what courses are proposed to be reduced and when will the reduction occur; (e) are there any plans to increase the number and/or type of traineeship courses provided to trainees and students seeking traineeships who attend the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West; (f) what additional traineeship courses are proposed to be provided and when will such courses commence; (g) are there any plans to reduce the number of traineeship courses provided to trainees and students seeking traineeships who attend the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West; (h) what traineeship courses are proposed to be reduced and when will the reduction occur; (i) are there any plans to convert any courses presently delivered to students who attend the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West to online or distant type education/training courses and if so, what changes are proposed and from what date/s will the changes be implemented; and (j) at the Balga Campus of Polytechnic West: (i) is there a need to provide any additional classrooms/training facilities to effectively deliver the courses it presently provides or it intends to provide; (ii) will additional classrooms/training facilities be provided and if so, when; (iii) is there a need to provide additional equipment/training materials or the like to deliver the courses it presently provides or intends to provide; (iv) are all the facilities, equipment, machinery and the like maintained to high standard, and if not, why not; (v) what facilities, equipment, machinery and the like needs to be upgraded or replaced; and (vi) what facilities, equipment, machinery and the like is proposed to be replaced and/or upgraded in the: (A) 2014–2015 financial year? (B) 2015–2016 financial year?
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Answered
21 October 2014
Responded by
Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
34 days
(a) Yes
(b) Electrical and Painting & Decorating from the commencement of 2015.
(c) Yes
(d) Depending on alternative training providers for these trades being identified by the Department of Training and Workforce Development reductions may occur in Upholstery, Vehicle Trimming, Polishing, Wood Machining and Floor Covering.
A timeframe for reduction has not yet been set.
(e) Yes
(f) Hairdressing, Construction and Civil Construction from the commencement of 2015
(g) No
(h) Not applicable
(i) No
(j)(i) No
(ii) Not applicable
(iii) No - equipment and training materials are adequate for the level and type of delivery at this time.
(iv) Yes
(v) Not applicable
(vi) No specific items have been identified for upgrade or replacement at this time. Items are generally upgraded and/or replaced on a needs basis.
(b) Electrical and Painting & Decorating from the commencement of 2015.
(c) Yes
(d) Depending on alternative training providers for these trades being identified by the Department of Training and Workforce Development reductions may occur in Upholstery, Vehicle Trimming, Polishing, Wood Machining and Floor Covering.
A timeframe for reduction has not yet been set.
(e) Yes
(f) Hairdressing, Construction and Civil Construction from the commencement of 2015
(g) No
(h) Not applicable
(i) No
(j)(i) No
(ii) Not applicable
(iii) No - equipment and training materials are adequate for the level and type of delivery at this time.
(iv) Yes
(v) Not applicable
(vi) No specific items have been identified for upgrade or replacement at this time. Items are generally upgraded and/or replaced on a needs basis.
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