New TAFE training centre to fuel clean energy workforce
An Electric Automotive Vehicle Training Centre has been added to North Metropolitan TAFE’s Joondalup campus to deliver skills training across clean energy vehicles.
WA Premier Roger Cook and Training and Workforce Development Minister Simone McGurk officially opened the new centre at the Joondalup Learning Precinct and met with students undertaking training to maintain electric and hybrid vehicles.
This centre will provide a hub for people to train in electric vehicle (EV) technologies and help develop the next generation of automotive workers to service vehicles that are key to WA’s clean energy future.
Mr Cook says WA’s clean energy transition is offering up a range of job opportunities.
“These workers will be crucial to ensuring electric and hybrid vehicles remain reliable, efficient and safe over time,” he said.
“The investment in this new Electric Automotive Vehicle Training Centre positions North Metropolitan TAFE at the forefront of EV technology training and is key to our broader efforts to build the skilled workforce needed for WA’s clean energy transition.”
Designed by Hunt Architects and built by McCorkell Constructions WA, the centre features an expansive automotive workshop with space for up to nine vehicles and three technical labs equipped with modern training systems and automotive accessories.
More than 100 students are expected to benefit from the centre each semester, with courses to be offered in battery and hybrid electric vehicles.
Ms McGurk commented on the centre.
“New and emerging technologies in the automotive industry, aligned with the global transition to net zero, are changing the skills required by its future workforce – and the training we are delivering through TAFE,” she said.
“The clean energy sector offers exciting, well-paying and long-lasting jobs, and the great news is that many of these jobs will build on the existing skills of professionals already working in the industries such as the automotive sector.”