We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Presentation to CEET National Conference October 29 th 2004 Angela Hutson Chief Executive Officer

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Regional VET Delivery: Exploring the Common Myth - Understandings

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Locations

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE East Gippsland Region … Facts 65,000 people 4% of Victoria’s Koori population Covers 14% of Victoria Two local government areas Improving employment levels Low educational achievement levels Aging population Lower % of 20 – 44 year olds Gippsland Lakes – 365 sq km Subject to drought, floods & fires

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE East Gippsland Region…. Facts Infrastructure Bottled gas Lack of public transport Limited broadband access to remote communities Limited access to a range of medical specialists

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Industries Primarily SME’s in: Forestry Fishing, Maritime/Aquaculture Agriculture & Horticulture Food Processing Health & Community Services Hospitality, Tourism & Retail Plus usual array of Government Departments

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE East Gippsland Institute of TAFE One of the smallest TAFE Institutes: 17 Campuses –4 major regional campuses –1 campus in NSW 250 EFT staff 13,000 students 1.9 million SCH $21 million turnover (excluding capital)

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Resourcing OTTE Indicators –Victoria’s top performing Institute in 2001 & 2002 –5 th highest in 2003 In 2003 Institute was least reliant on recurrent funds 40% of income from commercial sources Commercial return required to have breakeven Institute budget Critical mass vs minimum levels of infrastructure

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Regional Rump aka Poor Country Cousin Community Capacity Building High TAFE participation levels Net importer of training Keeping young people in the region High take up of apprenticeships/traineeships Employment outcomes Less capacity to detach from client or student Plus high level of public scrutiny & accountability

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Training Market 110+ private RTO’s 2 GTCs 8 other Victorian TAFE Institutes Broad based program profile – still not able to be all things to all people –Brokerage role Less capacity to leverage National & international markets Major global clients

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Teaching & Learning Highest performing Institute in 2003 – student & graduate satisfaction Individual Learner Management Enterprise based GEO model for industry training RMIT – Degrees in Nursing & Commerce Outreach network: Yarram to Mallacoota Centres of Excellence – Forestech & SEAMEC

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Recruitment & Retention Hard to recruit but a bonanza Recruit for who you can become & what you can contribute Reshaping & reinventing – nimble, committed & opportunistic Strong strategic focus on HRM & D

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding – Beyond the Community College Gippsland East LLEN RMIT 3 clusters - 17 Schools Group Training Companies ACE providers Koori Co Ops

We’ll put YOU in the EG TAFE Myth Understanding - Future Guaranteed?? Diversifying & strengthening our commercial client base Finding balance between government & commercial income sources Maintaining high standards in quality of teaching & learning Managing our Intellectual Property Financing recurrent ICT & infrastructure costs