Five Corangamite schools to share $4.4m training centre

Oct. 10, 2014, 4 a.m.

A NEW $4.4 million trade centre will operate across five sites in the Corangamite area giving students an opportunity to study closer to home.

A NEW $4.4 million trade centre will operate across five sites in the Corangamite area giving students an opportunity to study closer to home.

The project, to be launched next week, involves secondary schools at Cobden, Camperdown, Terang, Derrinallum and Timboon.

It initially attracted federal funding as the Corangamite Trade Training Centre in April last year, but has now been rebranded as the Corangamite Trades Skills Centre as part of a new government initiative.

The project will involve construction work across all schools, where existing facilities will be either extended or upgraded and new equipment installed.

It will create new workshops for automotive, building and construction and electro-technology classes at Cobden Technical School and facilities for hairdressing at Camperdown Colleges senior campus.

Terang Colleges senior campus will offer community services courses and a new sheep-shearing facility will be built at Derrinallum P-12 College for students enrolled in agriculture.

Timboon P-12 School will gain a new commercial kitchen for use by hospitality students and its existing engineering facility will also be refurbished.

The aim of the multi-site centre is to address skills shortages in agriculture and help meet local demand for qualified aged care and child care workers. Students will also be able to qualify as a carpenter, joiner, cook, electrician (general), fitter (general), hairdresser and motor mechanic (general).

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