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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we know that enrollment numbers are on the rise
for Charles Darwin University's TAIFE, already surpassing last year's total
budget by almost fourteen percent. There has also been a
significant increase in Indigenous student enrollments, marking up or making
up almost twenty four percent of those currently studying at TAFE.
(00:21):
Now joining me on the line is Charles Dowen University's
pro Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of TAIFE, Michael Hamilton.
Good morning to you, Michael.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to everyone listening today.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Mate, this seems like a great news story. So those
TATHE numbers are on the rise, talk us through them.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, Look, we've seen a good rise across well, pretty
much the whole of the taste, but in particular in
those regional and remote areas. And so we've put in
a concerted effort to really lift our profile in those
remote and regional areas, just to ensure that you know,
we're not the University of Darwin, the University of the
Northern Territory.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
And tell me in terms of you know, like in
terms of the enrollments, how does it compare to previous years?
And you know what, like how the numbers sort of
looking if you break them down.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So if you if you really want to get you
dig into the metrics. Our prenise numbers are up. That
is really good news for the Northern Territory because we
know we need more tradees, we know we need more
professionals across the Northern Territory and our businesses are stepping
up and they're investing in territorians and our so apprentice
numbers they've already been strong for a few years, but
they're up about ten percent this year. So that's a
(01:37):
really solid effort out in the regions. Like I mean,
we talk about growth across the territory of fourteen percent,
well every regions up at least twenty percent, and if
we go out to East Arnham region actually up closer
to sixty percent increase, which is wonderful. Now our First
Nations engagement because we're going into the communities were you know,
(01:59):
we're engaged doing First Nations people in their town and
so it's actually up thirty five percent. We've engaged one
six hundred and fifty First Nations people this year and
I mean that's impressive numbers. But the most important thing
is that these are people, and we're going and we're
meeting them on their turf and we're providing a service
(02:20):
that we are you know, we're working these things out
with those local communities around the opportunities for employment, micro enterprise,
all of those things that are relevant to that community specifically.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
That is a great thing. Are there initiatives as well
in place to sort of link up students with employers
once they've completed their trade or their apprenticeship.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So we did a late last year we did a
project in Central Australia at Central Australian Hubs. There are
seven communities that we worked with there and we worked
with those communities around and with an ordn territory government
around the best opportunities for employment and we provided some
very niche training in health, also in construction and also
(03:05):
in civil construction and we engaged. It was about one
hundred one hundred students that lived in those communities and
thirty five of them picked up jobs out of it.
And I think that in a remote area, that's an
outstanding result. They were short and sharp one week. I
think they got the requisite skills, went to the to
and got local employment.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's I mean. I think it's a really good thing.
And fundamentally what we want right is for you know,
whether you're in a regional location, whether you're in a
remote location, whether you're in an urban area of the
Northern Territory, you want to see young people and mature
students obviously getting engaged in a trade or an apprenticeship
and then ultimately ending up with a meaningful job.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
One hundred percent. You know, we're here to service the
Northern Territory as a whole, you know, and the whole
idea of establishing the TAKEE two and a half years
ago was how we could best service industry and that
was through providing flexible, responsive products that really embedded people
(04:09):
in those industries.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Michael, tell me what trades are most in demand. I
know you and I have spoken about this before.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Tell me which ones electro technology, So electricians are going
through the roof. We will have over five hundred electrical
apprentices this year. Wow. That we're really lacking is electrical teachers.
So if there's any Sparky's out there that you know,
you're just getting a little bit sick of bean in
the sun, we would love to talk to you about
(04:37):
becoming an electrical teacher.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
But you paid as much to teach us what you
do when you're out there on the tools.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Ah, well, that's all way to challenge we do. We
pay our staff well, now we have to, you know,
and they are our greatest assets and so we do
want to invest in them. But of course they're also
the best asset for industry as well, and totally acknowledge that.
But still come and see us anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Absolutely, will you want those you want those experienced trades
they're teaching everybody else coming up through the ranks. So
our electrician, any others that are quite popular at this
point in time or most in demand.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yeah, so, plumbings on the rise, it's up sixty percent.
Refrigeration is another one, heavy d's or mechanics they've always
sought after. I don't know if you like getting oil
under your fingernails, Katie, but it's a great trade and
lots of opportunity in the Northern Territory. Health is on
the rise. They're having a cracking year. They've doubled their
(05:40):
numbers two Yeah. Ah, good, well it is. It's good
for the territory here.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, that's the thing. Oh mate, Look, I'm not much
of a trades personal trades assistant. I think i'd be
a little bit useless.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, I we need you on the radio because you
keep on everyone honest and giving us all that information.
Is great, that's right.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
I'll stick to what I know. Oh well, I always
find it really interesting, you know, to look at what
he is in demand, but also you know, to look
at what's happening when it comes to trades. So it
is wonderful as always to talk to you before I
let you go. There are different areas of demand in
some of our regional locations as well.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
It's a great question. Civil construction is a big one.
Conservation land management is also very very prominent out in
regional and remote areas. Health's always been a little bit challenging,
but with the new Center of Excellence for Regional and
Remote Essential Care Services, I think you'll see some shifts
(06:40):
there in the future. And we'll probably talk about that
again another day.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, it sounds well, it sounds good, and Michael, as
I say, I really like to sort of hear more
about what is happening around the end, particularly when you
talk about those trades at Charles Dalwen University. It sounds
like you guys have got a lot happening at the
moment at the Trade School with the Tape School.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I should say, yeah, and we've just finished. Well, when
I say I've just finished, we've almost finished our first
round of graduations for the year, you know. And there
has been a couple of thousand people graduating that time,
which is really cool. And we've got tomorrow night in
Katherine we'll be there doing a graduation.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
How good.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Interesting. We're going to have eleven thousand students through the
TAFE this year, which is really cool, and three thousand
of those will be first Nation students and I'm really
proud of that.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah. Good stuff. Well, wonderful to talk to you this morning.
It is always good to catch up and find out
how things are going at the Tape C do you
pro Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of the Tape Michael Hamilton.
Good to have a chat with you today. Thanks Katie,
thank you, thanks so much for your time.
And we know that enrollment numbers are on the rise
for Charles Darwin University's TAIFE, already surpassing last year's total
budget by almost fourteen percent. There has also been a
significant increase in Indigenous student enrollments, marking up or making
up almost twenty four percent of those currently studying at TAFE.
(00:21):
Now joining me on the line is Charles Dowen University's
pro Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of TAIFE, Michael Hamilton.
Good morning to you, Michael.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to everyone listening today.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Mate, this seems like a great news story. So those
TATHE numbers are on the rise, talk us through them.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, Look, we've seen a good rise across well, pretty
much the whole of the taste, but in particular in
those regional and remote areas. And so we've put in
a concerted effort to really lift our profile in those
remote and regional areas, just to ensure that you know,
we're not the University of Darwin, the University of the
Northern Territory.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
And tell me in terms of you know, like in
terms of the enrollments, how does it compare to previous years?
And you know what, like how the numbers sort of
looking if you break them down.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So if you if you really want to get you
dig into the metrics. Our prenise numbers are up. That
is really good news for the Northern Territory because we
know we need more tradees, we know we need more
professionals across the Northern Territory and our businesses are stepping
up and they're investing in territorians and our so apprentice
numbers they've already been strong for a few years, but
they're up about ten percent this year. So that's a
(01:37):
really solid effort out in the regions. Like I mean,
we talk about growth across the territory of fourteen percent,
well every regions up at least twenty percent, and if
we go out to East Arnham region actually up closer
to sixty percent increase, which is wonderful. Now our First
Nations engagement because we're going into the communities were you know,
(01:59):
we're engaged doing First Nations people in their town and
so it's actually up thirty five percent. We've engaged one
six hundred and fifty First Nations people this year and
I mean that's impressive numbers. But the most important thing
is that these are people, and we're going and we're
meeting them on their turf and we're providing a service
(02:20):
that we are you know, we're working these things out
with those local communities around the opportunities for employment, micro enterprise,
all of those things that are relevant to that community specifically.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
That is a great thing. Are there initiatives as well
in place to sort of link up students with employers
once they've completed their trade or their apprenticeship.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So we did a late last year we did a
project in Central Australia at Central Australian Hubs. There are
seven communities that we worked with there and we worked
with those communities around and with an ordn territory government
around the best opportunities for employment and we provided some
very niche training in health, also in construction and also
(03:05):
in civil construction and we engaged. It was about one
hundred one hundred students that lived in those communities and
thirty five of them picked up jobs out of it.
And I think that in a remote area, that's an
outstanding result. They were short and sharp one week. I
think they got the requisite skills, went to the to
and got local employment.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's I mean. I think it's a really good thing.
And fundamentally what we want right is for you know,
whether you're in a regional location, whether you're in a
remote location, whether you're in an urban area of the
Northern Territory, you want to see young people and mature
students obviously getting engaged in a trade or an apprenticeship
and then ultimately ending up with a meaningful job.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
One hundred percent. You know, we're here to service the
Northern Territory as a whole, you know, and the whole
idea of establishing the TAKEE two and a half years
ago was how we could best service industry and that
was through providing flexible, responsive products that really embedded people
(04:09):
in those industries.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Michael, tell me what trades are most in demand. I
know you and I have spoken about this before.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Tell me which ones electro technology, So electricians are going
through the roof. We will have over five hundred electrical
apprentices this year. Wow. That we're really lacking is electrical teachers.
So if there's any Sparky's out there that you know,
you're just getting a little bit sick of bean in
the sun, we would love to talk to you about
(04:37):
becoming an electrical teacher.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
But you paid as much to teach us what you
do when you're out there on the tools.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Ah, well, that's all way to challenge we do. We
pay our staff well, now we have to, you know,
and they are our greatest assets and so we do
want to invest in them. But of course they're also
the best asset for industry as well, and totally acknowledge that.
But still come and see us anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Absolutely, will you want those you want those experienced trades
they're teaching everybody else coming up through the ranks. So
our electrician, any others that are quite popular at this
point in time or most in demand.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yeah, so, plumbings on the rise, it's up sixty percent.
Refrigeration is another one, heavy d's or mechanics they've always
sought after. I don't know if you like getting oil
under your fingernails, Katie, but it's a great trade and
lots of opportunity in the Northern Territory. Health is on
the rise. They're having a cracking year. They've doubled their
(05:40):
numbers two Yeah. Ah, good, well it is. It's good
for the territory here.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, that's the thing. Oh mate, Look, I'm not much
of a trades personal trades assistant. I think i'd be
a little bit useless.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, I we need you on the radio because you
keep on everyone honest and giving us all that information.
Is great, that's right.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
I'll stick to what I know. Oh well, I always
find it really interesting, you know, to look at what
he is in demand, but also you know, to look
at what's happening when it comes to trades. So it
is wonderful as always to talk to you before I
let you go. There are different areas of demand in
some of our regional locations as well.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
It's a great question. Civil construction is a big one.
Conservation land management is also very very prominent out in
regional and remote areas. Health's always been a little bit challenging,
but with the new Center of Excellence for Regional and
Remote Essential Care Services, I think you'll see some shifts
(06:40):
there in the future. And we'll probably talk about that
again another day.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, it sounds well, it sounds good, and Michael, as
I say, I really like to sort of hear more
about what is happening around the end, particularly when you
talk about those trades at Charles Dalwen University. It sounds
like you guys have got a lot happening at the
moment at the Trade School with the Tape School.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I should say, yeah, and we've just finished. Well, when
I say I've just finished, we've almost finished our first
round of graduations for the year, you know. And there
has been a couple of thousand people graduating that time,
which is really cool. And we've got tomorrow night in
Katherine we'll be there doing a graduation.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
How good.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Interesting. We're going to have eleven thousand students through the
TAFE this year, which is really cool, and three thousand
of those will be first Nation students and I'm really
proud of that.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah. Good stuff. Well, wonderful to talk to you this morning.
It is always good to catch up and find out
how things are going at the Tape C do you
pro Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of the Tape Michael Hamilton.
Good to have a chat with you today. Thanks Katie,
thank you, thanks so much for your time.
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