Announced today, an investment of $28.14 million delivered through the National Skills Agreement will establish the TAFE SA National Security Centre of Excellence.
Located in TAFE SA's Regency campus, the Centre of Excellence will focus on improving understanding among the Australian workforce of cybersecurity, information security and foreign interference risks.
The TAFE SA National Security Centre of Excellence will:
- develop new and innovative training products that support engineering, electrotechnology and manufacturing trades and technicians to understand cybersecurity, information security and foreign inference risks
- adapt international training approaches and applied research to develop vocational education and training to support critical technologies in the national interest, such as quantum technologies, additive manufacturing, advanced data analytics, micro and nano technologies and high-performance computing
- train workers in key trades and technical roles that will play a vital role in protecting Australia's critical infrastructure and industrial systems from physical and digital threats
- leverage existing partnerships with defence and space industries, education and research centres, government agencies, Jobs and Skills Councils and other TAFE Centres of Excellence to build sovereign capability across Australia.
Background
TAFE Centres of Excellence aim to increase collaboration between TAFEs, through partnerships with employers, unions, universities and other stakeholders. They deliver the skills people need for good, secure work and meaningful careers.
The Australian government is investing $325 million under the 5-year National Skills Agreement to establish a network of TAFE Centres of Excellence.
Each Centre of Excellence will focus on high skills needs to help deliver a skilled workforce for strategically important industries.
