The Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence and Digital, AI and Technology Skills Centre of Excellence will support a confident, capable and future ready workforce across the care and digital sectors.
The Australian and Victorian governments have partnered to boost workforce capability and strengthen national training pathways through the establishment of 2 new Centres of Excellence in Victoria.
The Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence at Holmesglen’s Moorabbin campus and the Digital, AI and Technology Skills Centre of Excellence at Chisholm Institute’s Frankston campus will support high quality training, innovation and collaboration across 2 critical workforce areas.
Both centres are jointly funded under the National Skills Agreement (NSA) and will help ensure Australia has a skilled and adaptable workforce that can meet current and future needs across both the care and digital sectors.
Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence
The Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence will receive a joint investment of $20.67 million. The centre will help equip the Australian workforce with cutting edge skills for work in the home and community care sector.
Located at Holmesglen’s Moorabbin campus, the centre will support innovation in health care through virtual training methods that respond to emerging technologies and best practice research.
In addition, the Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence will:
- establish a smart house with adaptive technology to enhance the educational experience and practical skills development of learners across various disciplines
- develop a virtual reality replica of the smart house that enables access across the National TAFE Network for students, teachers and industry through a computer, tablet, phone or virtual reality technology
- progress qualification design in home and community-based care, including development of new micro-credentials or skill sets
- create professional development resources for educators to build their capability in emerging technologies so that they can teach and support learners
- function as a hub for research and development, enabling academics and industry experts to collaborate on projects and contribute to the development of solutions that address real-world challenges in smart house technologies.
Digital, AI and Technology Skills Centre of Excellence
The Digital, AI and Technology Skills Centre of Excellence will receive a joint investment of
$30 million. It will support a national uplift in digital literacy and strengthen pathways to digital careers.
The centre will work with Australian businesses and technology start-ups to establish satellite campuses that deliver targeted training for critical industries. It will also scale higher apprenticeship models across the TAFE network.
The Digital, AI and Technology Skills Centre of Excellence will:
- expand and scale the training pipeline and teaching capability to address Australia’s digital worker shortfall
- drive accelerated pathways for upskilling and reskilling in artificial intelligence skills, which is critical for the future resilience of Australia’s workforce
- embed a relevant and responsive national tertiary curriculum and pathways for student learning that align to the relevant, recognised digital frameworks (DigComp, Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) and the Digital Literacy Skills Framework)
- facilitate rigorous applied research, evaluation and communications that establish, validate and drive best practice nationally in digital education and training
- support learners from all backgrounds to achieve the digital literacy required to be capable and confident members of Australia’s workforce.
Background
TAFE Centres of Excellence aim to increase collaboration between TAFEs, through partnerships with employers, unions, universities and other stakeholders. They deliver the skills people need for good, secure work and meaningful careers.
The Australian government is investing $325 million under the 5-year NSA to establish a network of TAFE Centres of Excellence.
Each Centre of Excellence will focus on high skills needs to help deliver a skilled workforce for strategically important industries.
More information
- Visit the TAFE Centres of Excellence page
- Learn more about the National Skills Agreement
- Read the Minister’s media release