❓ This WA parliamentary question addresses the training needs of the relocated Warmun community following a disaster, focusing on resources allocated to Kimberley TAFE and specific training programs available, including motor vehicle driving. The answer outlines increased funding, existing programs, and collaboration with other organisations, but notes a lack of current motor vehicle training due to staffing issues.
AnsweredQoN 5296Legislative Assembly
Asked
17 May 2011
Member
Portfolio
Energy; Training and Workforce Development; Indigenous Affairs
QuestionView source ↗
In reference to the needs of the relocated Warmun Community:
(a) what additional resources have been allocated to Kimberley TAFE to ensure that the training opportunities for the members of the Warmun Community are being met;
(b) what training programs have been made available to the members of the Warmun community now that they have had to relocate to Kununurra;
(c) has there been any provisions made for the members of the Warmun community to have increased access to training in motor vehicle driving; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(d) what arrangements have been made to ensure that Kimberley TAFE expands a relevant and focused skills acquisition program for the Warmun community during their enforced stay in Kununurra and prior to the commencement of the major reconstruction program back at Warmun?
(a) what additional resources have been allocated to Kimberley TAFE to ensure that the training opportunities for the members of the Warmun Community are being met;
(b) what training programs have been made available to the members of the Warmun community now that they have had to relocate to Kununurra;
(c) has there been any provisions made for the members of the Warmun community to have increased access to training in motor vehicle driving; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(d) what arrangements have been made to ensure that Kimberley TAFE expands a relevant and focused skills acquisition program for the Warmun community during their enforced stay in Kununurra and prior to the commencement of the major reconstruction program back at Warmun?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 June 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Energy; Training and Workforce Development; Indigenous Affairs
Response time
30 days
(a) Kimberley TAFE's funding has been increased significantly since the beginning of 2010 and has sufficient resources to provide training opportunities that meet the needs of the Warmun Community.
(b) Kimberley TAFE has established a Rural Skills program (Certificate II in Rural Skills/Agriculture) close to Kununurra specifically for young Warmun community members.
Kimberley TAFE has engaged with the relocated Warmun Community to provide advice on various programs that could be made available, as well as existing options that are currently available through the Kununurra campus. Programs include Work Readiness, Youth Access Re-engagement Program, Certificates in General Education for Adults, Workplace English Language and Literacy, as well as specific practical skills development such as gaining a learner's permit, White Card Training and First Aid.
Kimberley TAFE has also provided advice and ideas for enterprise development to the Women's Centre staff.
The Department of Training and Workforce Development has recently been advised that a private training provider contracted to deliver training places in the Certificate III in Civil Construction Plant Operations under the Productivity Places Program, is collaborating with several other organisations to link the use of these training places to the Warmun reconstruction effort, and other Aboriginal community infrastructure projects in the region.
The Department has facilitated a process to ensure that these training places will be available when required for the Warmun Community and the reconstruction project.
(c) No, not at this time.
(i) A range of training providers and other organisations have previously delivered motor vehicle driver training in the region, but are currently experiencing difficulty in attracting and retaining appropriately skilled staff to continue providing this training.
(d) See (b).
Kimberley TAFE, in partnership with many other agencies, has been a contributor to the 'round table' discussions facilitated by the partnership brokers, Wunan Foundation Inc, to discuss and develop educational and training activities for young people from Warmun who are currently located in Kununurra.
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(b) Kimberley TAFE has established a Rural Skills program (Certificate II in Rural Skills/Agriculture) close to Kununurra specifically for young Warmun community members.
Kimberley TAFE has engaged with the relocated Warmun Community to provide advice on various programs that could be made available, as well as existing options that are currently available through the Kununurra campus. Programs include Work Readiness, Youth Access Re-engagement Program, Certificates in General Education for Adults, Workplace English Language and Literacy, as well as specific practical skills development such as gaining a learner's permit, White Card Training and First Aid.
Kimberley TAFE has also provided advice and ideas for enterprise development to the Women's Centre staff.
The Department of Training and Workforce Development has recently been advised that a private training provider contracted to deliver training places in the Certificate III in Civil Construction Plant Operations under the Productivity Places Program, is collaborating with several other organisations to link the use of these training places to the Warmun reconstruction effort, and other Aboriginal community infrastructure projects in the region.
The Department has facilitated a process to ensure that these training places will be available when required for the Warmun Community and the reconstruction project.
(c) No, not at this time.
(i) A range of training providers and other organisations have previously delivered motor vehicle driver training in the region, but are currently experiencing difficulty in attracting and retaining appropriately skilled staff to continue providing this training.
(d) See (b).
Kimberley TAFE, in partnership with many other agencies, has been a contributor to the 'round table' discussions facilitated by the partnership brokers, Wunan Foundation Inc, to discuss and develop educational and training activities for young people from Warmun who are currently located in Kununurra.
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