WA DEFENCE REVIEW 2021-22 Annual Publication

Page 250

COMMENTARY

By Terry Durant, Managing Director, South Metropolitan TAFE

TRAINING & SIMULATION

SOUTH METROPOLITAN TAFE: PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKILLED DEFENCE INDUSTRY WORKERS One of the most exciting parts of running a large training organisation is seeing how our state economy evolves while providing training to emerging industries. It’s also one of our ongoing challenges: training for now as well as the future - for emerging industries as well as established ones. South Metropolitan TAFE is Western Australia’s leading provider of defence industry training and works closely with defence industry to deliver a pipeline of skilled workers to meet emerging demand.

SM TAFE provides new training to upskill qualified trade workers to transition into the defence industry across CNC operations, welding and fluid power. © SM TAFE.

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LOOKING AFTER OUR DIGGERS, OLD AND YOUNG

21min
pages 293-308

EXCLUSIVE NTERVIEW

13min
pages 284-292

A STRONGER INDUSTRY FOR GREATER NATIONAL RESILINECE

3min
pages 274-276

BUILDING INDIGENOUS BUSINESS TO ENHANCE SOVEREIGN CAPABILITY

14min
pages 267-273

SIMULATION SYSTEMS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR REAL WORLD READINESS

18min
pages 257-266

GROWING A SMART AND TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY DEFENCE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE

4min
pages 247-249

SOUTH METROPOLITAN TAFE: PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKILLED DEFENCE INDUSTRY WORKERS

9min
pages 250-256

AUSTRALIA’S PERILOUS OVER-DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED FUEL

13min
pages 238-246

DEFENCE CAN PLAY LEADING ROLE IN ENERGY TRANSITION

6min
pages 236-237

ACSC: FOCUSED ON CYBER SECURITY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

11min
pages 228-235

INTERVIEW

6min
pages 224-227

SUBSEA INNOVATION CLUSTER AUSTRALIA: SYNERGIES BETWEEN DEFENCE AND THE ENERGY SECTOR

14min
pages 212-223

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE INDUSTRY: RELATIONSHIPS TRUMP CONTRACTS & COLLABORATION BEATS ISOLATION

4min
pages 204-207

TASMANIA: AUSTRALIA’S MARITIME STATE & GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH

9min
pages 185-188

EXCLUSIVE NTERVIEW

23min
pages 189-203

TURNING AN EAST COAST-CENTRIC ARMY’S ATTENTION NORTH WEST

17min
pages 162-171

STATE OF AUSTRALIA’S UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEMS SECTOR

13min
pages 146-155

POISED FOR CHALLENGES AHEAD: THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY IN WESTERN AUSTEALIA

9min
pages 156-161

AUSTRALIA’S INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES: DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

5min
pages 78-81

AEROSPACE CONSIDERATIONS IN DEFENDING AUSTRALIA’S NORTH-WESTERN MARITIME APPROACHES

11min
pages 138-145

AUSTRALIA’S INDIAN OCEAN GATEWAY: WESTERN AUSTRALIA

5min
pages 75-77

WESTPORT: FUTURE PROOFING AN INTEGRAL LINK

28min
pages 89-109

THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO MARS: AUSTRALIA, WATCH THIS SPACE

10min
pages 118-125

STATE OF THE DEFENCE SECTOR IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2021-22

22min
pages 64-74

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, PEOPLE: DEFENCE WEST BUILDS ON STATE’S STRENGTHS

10min
pages 58-63

AUKUS AND THE NEW INDO PACIFIC ALIGNMENT

4min
pages 18-21

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

17min
pages 22-31

AUSTRALIA’S DANGEROUS AND UNCERTAIN DECADE AHEAD

11min
pages 10-17

ADVOCATING FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCE SECTOR: REFLECTING ON THE FIRST FOUR YEARS

9min
pages 53-57

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

16min
pages 36-45

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

16min
pages 46-52

A BALANCING ACT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, DISASTER RELIEF AND THE ADF

7min
pages 32-35

INTRODUCTION

4min
pages 4-5
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