THE HON. JEREMY ROCKLIFF MP Minister for Education and Training
The Hodgman Liberal Government is taking action to maintain the boom in our vital visitor economy. We have a Plan to Build Your Future which includes growing the number of jobs in tourism and hospitality to 50,000 by 2022. To help produce a new generation of tourism and hospitality workers who are trained to the latest and best industry standards, we are working alongside the tourism and hospitality industry to address the current skills shortage, and ensure tourism and hospitality training is flexible, responsive and consistent with what businesses need. To do this we need to upskill more workers, and a key part of our plan to do this is to revitalise the industry training centre, Drysdale House. Working with the tourism and hospitality sector - including the industry’s two peak bodies the Tourism Industry Council Tasmania (TICT) and the Tasmanian Hospitality Association (THA) – we have developed a comprehensive plan to meet the workforce development and training challenges from the rapid growth of our visitor economy. Our response to the Workforce Taskforce's ‘Servicing Our Growth’ report provides advice on the priorities and steps needed, giving Drysdale more autonomy to operate as an industry training body by establishing a sub-committee of the TasTAFE Board with industry representatives to oversee Drysdale as a Centre of Excellence, as recommended by the Taskforce report. Under the new arrangements, the entire budget and management of Drysdale will be transferred to the sub-committee, allowing it to be more responsive and effective for industry, while remaining within the TasTAFE umbrella. Drysdale as a Centre of Excellence for tourism and hospitality training
Alongside our $3.2 million investment to turn Drysdale in Hobart into a Centre of Excellence for tourism and hospitality training, including $2.65 million in capital funding and $550,000 in recurrent funding, Drysdale’s new governance model, including industry leadership, will pilot new delivery models and introduce new training options for students based on strategies that are co-designed by industry and endorsed by the State Government. This is on top of the Government’s $9 million annual investment into tourism and hospitality training for Tasmanians. Funding will be used to refurbish some areas of the Drysdale Hobart building to make it a more modern and flexible space which will be available for use by industry and other partners, including the community. Some features will include a training kitchen for industry and other training providers to use as needed, and state of the art video conferencing technology to allow Drysdale to take its training to people statewide, including regional and remote areas. Connectivity between the campuses will be a critical element of the design, so that learners can connect to programs that might not be able to be delivered physically at their campus. This integration will allow TasTAFE Drysdale to forge stronger relationships with key stakeholders and ensure its tourism and hospitality training is contemporary and closely aligned to industry priorities. TasTAFE plays a critical role in meeting Tasmania’s training needs and up-skilling our workforce for the future. Our investment will better align our workforce training with industry demands to create rewarding and sustainable careers in the tourism and hospitality sectors for Tasmanians that best meet the needs of business, and the Tasmanian Government will continue to strongly support our tourism and hospitality industry as one of our great competitive strengths. The report recommendations can be found here: http://www. premier.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/342777/Servicing_ our_Growth.pdf
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