A new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Training Centre at North Regional TAFE’s Karratha campus was opened by WA Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery and Disability Services Minister Stephen Dawson.
The $270,000 facility includes a simulated in-home care training environment to support NDIS-related training.
In consultation with local industry, construction was completed by Karratha-based company Trasan Contracting and was completed in time for the start of Semester 1, 2020.
Since the start of the year, 97 students have been trained in the centre which was built to meet the region’s increased demand for skilled aged care and disability workers.
The facility is being used to deliver three streams of the Certificate III in Individual Support – Ageing, Disability and Home and Community Care qualification.
It is also being used to train students enrolled in the Certificate II – Diploma of Community Services and the Certificate IV in Ageing Support.
These qualifications are part of the WA Government’s Lower fees, local skills initiative, which was recently expanded to include an additional 39 courses reduced by up to 72 per cent to align with the State’s immediate economic needs following COVID-19.
The centre has also been used to deliver 26 short courses since opening, including manual handling, first aid and associated community services skill sets.
Source: WA Government