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National Water for Health and the Environment
Conference 2018
“Training the Trades”
Training the Trades
Shayne La Combre
Chief Executive Officer, PICAC
Chair, World Plumbing Council
Training the Trades
Pre 1990’s
• Utilities owned and operated by large public monopolies:
- Gas and Fuel Corporation, 1951 -1995
- State Electricity Commission, 1919 - 1993
- Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, 1891 - 1992
Utilities directly
employed and trained
thousands of
tradespeople and
apprentices
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Pre 1990’s
• Training delivered by large public utilities was
• Current
• Holistic
• Thorough
• The definitive point of reference for all aspects of the relevant trade – standards, training, product development etc.
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• Public monopolies broken up,
privatized or corporatised
• Trades training disrupted
• Competition and contestability in the TAFE sector
• Push to nationalize VET sector training
1990’s - Privatisation, Competition, Nationalisation of training
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Two decades of trial and error
in VET
• TAFE vs. non TAFE providers
• Fragmentation of courses and trades
• Sub standard outcomes for students
and industry
• Drift of systems knowledge away from
trades
• Loss of student and industry
confidence in VET sector
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• Drought drives industry change and innovation
• Training sector delivering sub-prime outcomes
• Training outcomes not delivering what industry needs
By the mid 2000’s...
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Building the Plumbing Workforce of the Future
Safety/OHSPlumbing
• Sanitary plumbing
• Mechanical
plumbing
• Green plumbing
• High risk licence
• First aid
• Cert IV in WHS
• HSR training
Air Conditioning
• Basic
airconditioning
design
• Fundamentals of
air and water
balance
Fire Protection
• Cert II - Inspect
and test
• Fire Protection
➢ Domestic
➢ Residential
Whole of industry creation
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WORLD CLASS FACILITIES
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INDUSTRY HUB
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Partnership with the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), one of the world’s leading
plumbing product certification agencies means PICAC trainees
can embrace industry innovation and emerging
technologies first hand
Geelong, VIC
PICAC Narre Warren will be Australia’s first
Net Zero Energy training facility and will train
the first generation of Net Zero Energy
professionals
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Features
• Ground Source
Heat Pump (GSHP)
system to heat and
cool the building
• Eliminates the use
of gas other than for
training purposes
• GSHP thermal
loops combined
within the screw pile
footings
• 220 wells, some 100 meters deep
• 6 km of vertical bore
• 10kms of piping
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The 4 Pillars represent the four key, separate yet interrelated, elements of a successful plumbing industry
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