1. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Automotive Partnership In Sydney's Heartland

2. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE DEMOGRAPHIC

3. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE FACTS & FIGURES Geographical area = Total Student Western Sydney Institute = Blacktown College = Automotive Section = 100,000 Km 2 Enrolments 100,000 10,000 1,000

4. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Blacktown Automotive Staff – 12 Full-time, 10 part-time Students - 700 Courses 1.Automotive Light Vehicles 2.Traineeships 3.Commercial ventures 4.Aviation 5.Automotive Aftermarket

5. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Heartland Holden SALES HEARTLAND HOLDEN NEW CAR SALES6,389 USED CAR SALES3,596 RETAIL LABOUR SALES8.505,141 WARRANTY LABOUR SALES2.549,106 INTERNAL LABOUR SALES1.901,147 TOTAL SALES17.914,749 TOTAL GROSS11.521,658 NUMBER OF TECHNICIANS71 NUMBER OF APPRENTICES49

6. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Penrith   Blacktown Parramatta   Castle Hill

7. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Heartland Holden Needs 1.Proper training 2.Right amount of time 3.Quality technicians 4.Tailored courses

8. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE THE GEARS New Training Package Heartland Holden Automotive/Blacktown College

9. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE MESHING THE GEARS New Training Package Heartland Holden Automotive/Blacktown College

10. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE COMMON GROUND Training Plan with entry and exit points at Cert II & III Stage One Program 36 Training days per year in total Break Down 15 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head Office 10 Days off site at Blacktown College 11 Days at individual outlets for workplace training and assessment days

11. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Stage Two Program 36 Training days per year in total Break Down 18 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head Office 6 Days off site at Blacktown College 12 Days at individual outlets for workplace training and assessment days Stage Three Program 36 Training days per year in total Break Down 9 Days on site at Heartland Holdens Head Office 9 Days off site at Blacktown College 18 Days at individual outlets for workplace training and assessment days

12. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE ADDITIONAL COURSES 1.Cert II Air Conditioning (ARTIC Licence) 2.Vehicle Inspection Qualification 3.Cert IV and Diploma

13. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Automotive Industry Skills Report 2006 For Industry 1.Reductions of time periods required to complete apprenticeships. 2.In the RS&R sector, continuing to develop attraction and retention strategies to make the industry more attractive to younger people. 3.Continuing to develop active partnerships with providers to ensure that industry needs are better met, and also to ensure that providers remain up to date with rapid technological change.

14. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Automotive Industry Skills Report 2006 For the Training System 1.Recognising that industry – provider partnerships are critical to enable providers to keep abreast of technological developments, this includes continuing professional development for RTOs. 2.Greater implementation of flexible delivery modes. 3.Structuring training in such a way as to provide for local needs within a nationally consistent framework. 4.Providing clear information about career paths to enable informed employment and education choices.

15. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE WHO BENEFITS Heartland Holden Apprentices TAFENSW Automotive Industry

16. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE WHAT’S NEXT? Wider Industry Apprentices TAFENSW Automotive Industry

17. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE TAFENSW Western Sydney Institute’s Automotive Training Solution 1.RPL. 2.Training plan tailored to industry needs. 3.On site and off site training. 4.Flexible delivery. 5.Workplace assessment. 6.Product knowledge training. 7.One training point. 8.Greater flexibility for individual differences. 9.Continuous feedback on progression. 10.Automotive Aftermarket. 11.Skills assessment for licensing in NSW. 12.Gap training for unqualified mature aged workers.

18. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE Where to from here? 1.Heartland Holden have employed an Apprentice Training Coordinator 2.Roll out program to wider Automotive community 3.Identified students to proceed to Certificate IV and Diploma

19. 2007 TAFE NSW TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS