NBN Skills Development - Overview
Ensuring a suitably qualified and skilled workforce is used to construct the National Broadband Network (NBN) is critical to ensuring the quality of the network, timely achievement of milestones and to mitigate risk.
NBN Co is developing a Workforce Development Strategy to address this, and is working to:
- Identify the national supply of appropriately skilled resources compared with the demand for these resources, and therefore what potential gaps exist that will require the training of further resources;
- Define the relevant training programs and qualifications required, in order to ensure the availability of trainers and funding sources to support the development of skills and capabilities; and
- Gain assurance that the workforce engaged on the NBN has the required skills and qualifications.
Within the Mid North Coast, Regional Development Australia has identified North Coast TAFE as an institution that may assist residents and businesses with more information about training and skills requirements for the NBN. Please see below for more details.
NORTH COAST
CONTACT
Anne Hellou
CHEC Information Technology Online Support
Phone: 02 6659 3666
email: nci.ccithelp@tafensw.edu.au
Customer Service Centre
Phone: 131601 or 02 6588 8000
email: nci.courseinfo@tafensw.edu.au
NORTH COAST TAFE
ABOUT NORTH COAST TAFE
TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute (North Coast TAFE) is a leading education and training institution located on the beautiful north coast of New South Wales, Australia.
North Coast TAFE consists of 17 campuses located between the Great Lakes region in the south to the Tweed Heads region on the Queensland border, plus a virtual Open Campus which connects students to online and distance learning options. We are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). We also have ISO 9001:2008 certification. We have received two - and three - gold star ratings by the national body, the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence for our Aquaculture, Carpentry, Metals & Engineering and Electrotechnology course delivery.
North Coast TAFE works with industry to provide telecommunications training to address the specific needs of industry. This covers the installation of cabling, fault finding, installation and configuration of IP equipment through to network planning and project management.
North Coast TAFE is keen to build collaborative networks with industry and government to address the looming shortage of skilled telecommunications staff and facilitate employment opportunities for regional communities. Our extensive expertise and facilities enable the development of tailored programs to meet employer's exact needs.
Please visit our website to find out more about our telecommunication offerings that are related to the NBN Rollout on the Mid North Coast.
