By Bridget Brady
CASEY’S non-citizen of the year thinks Cranbourne students are missing out when it comes to accessing trades training facilities.
Gary Saunders, who volunteered at a Cranbourne secondary school, said the announcement of a trades training centre in Hallam left Cranbourne students out of the loop.
The $10.4 million skills hub will allow for new or upgraded facilities to provide high-level training in traditional and emerging trades for senior school students.
Some of the schools include Hallam Senior Secondary College, Fountain Gate Secondary College and Hampton Park Secondary College.
“It is too far away for Cranbourne kids to access,” Mr Saunders said.
“There are five secondary colleges in Cranbourne and there is a Chisholm campus in the education precinct in Cranbourne, so why don’t we apply the model and do the same thing.”
Access to trades training in Cranbourne could be a joint initiative between the City of Casey, the Cranbourne Chamber of Commerce and South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN), he said.
“Such an initiative would provide the whole Cranbourne community with an opportunity to support something that would have a positive impact on the future of its children.”
Mr Saunders said skills training education was imperative to encourage more students to undertake apprenticeships, positions trade employers had found hard to fill.
“Providing skills training for our children is critical for their future, the future of the local area, and the future of Australia.
“Cranbourne could be a real trade hub the way it is geographically located and the huge amount of growth potential.”
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