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Tiwi College Futures

TIWI COLLEGE

Vocational Education for Industry Specific Pathways

2012 – 2014

Training Plan

PORT MELVILLE PTY

LTD.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Tiwi College is a wholly Tiwi owned and operated Secondary Education Centre with a current

capacity of 60 students but due to the high demand caters for over 70 secondary and 11 primary

students. It is envisaged that capacity could grow to 150 over the next 5-10 years in order to

meet demand.

Tiwi College was established in 2007 after many years of frustration for our Tiwi leaders due to

disastrous educational outcomes achieved within the Tiwi Islands Educational systems.

Our leaders believed that their children and grandchildren would receive a better Education than

themselves. Unfortunately this has not been the case. Students reported as completing their

Education on the Islands over the past 20 years have been functionally illiterate and innumerate and

therefore have not been providing the growing Tiwi economy with a job ready Tiwi workforce. They

have also lacked the prerequisites to take up opportunities in Tertiary and Higher Education.

In fact over 80% of our Tiwi students completing their Education on the Islands over the past

20 years have been functionally illiterate and therefore have not been providing the growing

Tiwi economy with a willing and able Tiwi workforce.

To overcome this, we established our own College aiming to become an Education and Training

Centre of Excellence to provide pathways to Employment and Further Education opportunities.

Our leaders have stated for decades that the only way to solve indigenous and our own Tiwi

disadvantage is through real jobs in private industry. However, opportunities through Tiwi

Enterprises on the islands can only be accessed if we can provide our future Tiwi employees

with training and skill sets specific to these industries.

Our leaders have also been frustrated with the ‘Training for Training Sake’ mentality over many

years prior to the establishment of our own Tiwi Islands Training & Employment Board (TITEB; RTO

& GTO). The Tiwi College Training Faculty, working with TITEB and Tiwi Industries, aim to

redress this and provide industry specific training to meet the needs of Tiwi Enterprises.

Another set of issues our leaders have identified is in transitioning traditional work performance

and compliance ethics to those purposes and satisfactions required of our young people for their

participation in a modern and different Tiwi economy. The College, through its culture and the

boarding environment, is tackling this. Daily routines and structure is demanded to prepare

students for the expectations of Tiwi Industry, further enhanced by our amazing partnership with

Matthew Hayden and Macquarie Bank through our Sustainable Agriculture Project, which

provides a critical link and pathways into the Tiwi workforce.

Tiwi industry demands a Tiwi workforce for Forestry, the Port, Land and Coastal Zone

Management including Conservation Reserve Management, Hospitality and Adventure Tourism

areas. At Tiwi College, this is our focus for 90% of our students.

Forestry will require a Tiwi workforce of over 100 plus many more in related services including

fuel contracts; market garden suppliers (Port and local and export); water resource and supply

management; workshops (repair and maintenance); security guards and surveillance, road

building and maintenance, hospitality......Port Melville, in excess of 300. Tourism, Hospitality,

Conservation & Land Management, Marine Rangers, Arts Centres, Tiwi owned stores as well as

community services including Health and Education require a workforce of hundreds more.

We believe that within five years, every Tiwi who wants a real job will be able to obtain one on

the Tiwi Islands.


99% of Tiwi choose to remain on the islands all of their lives and so we must improve their

literacy and numeracy levels to standards that equip them to undertake VETIS and specific

training for Tiwi industry in order to take advantage of these emerging employment

opportunities.

This does not mean that we don’t need to equip our students for opportunities on the mainland;

quite the opposite. We will be training our students so that they are achieving mainstream

qualifications and skills. Many of our partners including Plantation Management Partners,

Morris Corp and Matilda Zircon will be providing Training and Employment pathways and

opportunities for our students throughout Australia.

By 2014, we plan to have begun a School Based Apprenticeships program. Based on current

data this would be in the areas of Business and Sport & Recreation; as well as Traineeships with

Morris Corporation in the areas of Hospitality and Kitchen Operations; leading into

Apprenticeships and Skills Specific Training with Tiwi Forestry and Port Melville

developments.

This ‘Industry Specific Training Plan’ has been developed in collaboration with Tiwi Islands

Industry and provides an overview of the Tiwi College’s Training and Careers Pathways for

2012-14. The plan is a working document that will be constantly revised and assessed with a

comprehensive review in June, 2013 and 2014; with Tiwi Industry to ensure our students are

work ready and the program is meeting targets.


TIWI COLLEGE VISION

VISION

“With Leadership & Guidance from Tiwi; our College community uses a holistic approach to

develop key knowledge and skills required for vocational choices and happy, rewarding and

healthy lives.”

CORE VALUES

The cornerstone of the culture of our college comprises the following values:

Trust

Empathy

Tolerance

Respect

MISSION STATEMENT

Via a holistic approach we aspire to:

Academic School

Improve literacy and numeracy levels to ensure students have choices in future

vocations.

Provide vocational education and training that streams directly into Tiwi and

international industry.

Improve student attendance rate to a level of sustained excellence.

Provide a flexible and diverse curriculum that promotes the strengths of the Tiwi whilst

encouraging rich exploration of new concepts.

Assist students reach their long term goals and provide hope for the future through an

intimate well-being program.

Provide health care services to improve physical and emotional health.

Improve the skills, habits and knowledge required for sustainable, environmentally

friendly living.

Reinforce the synergies between Tiwi Spirituality and the Catholic Faith.

Family Group Homes

Provide a safe and mutually respectful environment

Develop daily and weekly routines that provide clarity of purpose and security

Improve the knowledge and skills required in home management in order to facilitate

independent living

Improve knowledge and skills required to plan and prepare meals in a range of situations

Provide strategies for personal health care choices

Improve understanding of the methodology and consequences of basic household

budgeting

Our aim during school & boarding hours is to equip students with the necessary skills to be

work ready.

Our approach is an holistic one – we are to develop young Tiwi to have the qualities to adapt to

the success required of a performance driven workforce necessary to a market economy. Home

management, routine chores and interpersonal skills are valued equally as attendance rates and

improvement in literacy levels.

At Tiwi College our primary key performance indicator is a graduating student who is a good

person; a loyal & committed worker and a loving parent of a future family.


INDUSTRY SPECIFIC PATHWAYS

No.

TIWI INDUSTRIES

CAREER PATHWAYS

1

TIWI PLANTATIONS

Forestry

Business Services

Conservation and Land

Management

Catering

Hospitality

General Construction

Automotive Mechanic

2

TIWI ISLANDS ADVENTURES

Tourism

Business Services

Coxswain

Guide Fishing

Catering Operations

Hospitality

Automotive Mechanic

Eco-Tourism

3

TIWI ENTERPRISES

Tiwi Industry Employment

Provision

General Labour

Nursery

Business services

Contract management

4

MATILDA ZIRCON MINE / MORRIS

CORPORATION

(17 y.o. age limit applies)

Catering Operations

Hospitality


Manufacturing / Maintenance

Automotive Mechanic

Resources and Infrastructure

Assay Analysis

5

PORT MELVILLE

Stevedoring

Business Services


Catering Operations

Hospitality

Automotive Mechanic

Manufacturing / Maintenance

General Labour

Warehousing

Coxswain to Master 5

6 TIWI LAND & MARINE RANGERS Conservation and Land

Management

Coxswain

Compliance and Inspectorate

Evidence gathering and

presentation.

7

ART CENTRES (4)

Business Services

Visual Art

Retail Management

8

TIWI STORES (4)

Business Services

Retail Operations

Warehousing

9

BATHURST ISLAND HOUSING

ASSOCIATION

Business Services


General Labour


OTHER TIWI EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS

No.

BODY

CAREER PATHWAYS

1

NT HOUSING

Business Services


General Labour

2

NT HEALTH

Community clinics

Business / IT

Community Health

3

TITEB

(RTO & GTO)

Business / IT

Mentoring

Cleaning

Pastoral care.

4

SCHOOLS (5)

Teaching

Business/IT

Horticulture

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES PATHWAYS

1

LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

CHILD CARE (3)

COMMUNITY MECHANIC

WORKSHOPS (4)

ROAD MAINTENANCE

SPORT & RECREATION

Catering Operations

Business / IT

Community Services

Automotive Mechanic

Civil Works

Resources and Infrastructure

General labour

Sport & Recreation

Community Services

2

WURRUMIYANGA AGED CARE

Catering Operations

Business / IT

Community Services

3

CENTRELINK

Business / IT


TRAINING PLAN OVERVIEW

2012

semester 1

• Assess & review current VETIS courses (complete)

• Apply for 2013 courses as identified (complete)

• Implement relevant VET training into curriculum (complete)

2012

semester 2

• Major Focus: Tiwi Industry Work Experience

• High Priority short course Skills Training

• Continue with relevant VET training within curriculum

2013

• Tiwi Industry specific VETIS training

• Work Experience continuation

• Structured Workplace Learning & assessmemt

• Industry consultation, review & planning for next cycle

• School Based Apprenticeships trialed

2014

• Tiwi Industry specific VETIS training

• Work Experience consolidation

• Structured Workplace Learning & assessmemt

• School Based Apprenticeships

• Traineeships trialed

• Industry consultation, review & planning for next cycle


TIWI COLLEGE TRAINING PLAN

VET & VETIS TRAINING

2012 Certificate Courses

• Conservation and Land Management Cert I

• Sport & Recreation Cert II

• Business Cert II

• Catering Operations Cert II

2013 Certificate Courses TBC

• General Construction Cert I

• Manufacturing Cert I

• Hospitality Cert I

• Horticulture Cert I

• Tourism ( Indigenous ) Cert I

• Forest Growing and Management Cert I

• Harvesting and Haulage Cert I

• CLM Cert I/II

• Sport & Recreation Cert II

• Catering Operations Cert II


2014 Certificate Courses - based on review

• General Construction Cert I/II

• Manufacturing Cert I/II

• Hospitality Cert I/II

• Horticulture Cert I/II

• Tourism ( Indigenous ) Cert I/II

• Forest Growing and Management Cert I/II

• Harvesting and Haulage Cert I/II

• Resources & Infrastructure Cert I

• Automotive Cert I




Tiwi Industry Work Experience & Training

Over the next 3 years it is envisaged that Tiwi College will rotate students throughout the Tiwi

Enterprises in order to experience the demands of work and the requirements asked of them.

It will also provide prospective employers the opportunity to identify young Tiwi who have the

attributes they feel best suited to their specific needs as well as provide the students with the

opportunity to explore various vocations and the opportunity to identify employers they may

like to work with.

This is a win-win situation.

It will be the role of the VET / Career Pathways Coordinator to develop strong relationships

with employers and students and provide feedback to the leadership group and staff at school

regarding areas of strengths and weaknesses of our students. This data will be considered and

our practices reviewed for the best possible vocational outcomes for all students of Tiwi

College.

Starting term 3 2012; all 30 senior students will undertake work experience in blocks of 3-5

days duration. 2-3 students will rotate through industries they have identified as a career

aspiration. (These surveys have already been completed )

This cycle will continue each year in terms 2, 3 & 4; with a review held annually.

Industry Identified

Work Experience

Industry Feedback

College focus



Tiwi Industry Specific Short Course Training

• Applying First Aid

• Provide First Aid in Remote Situations

• White Card

• OH&S

• Driver Education Program

• Welding

2012

• Driver Education Program

• Welding

• Four Wheel Driving Training

• Fork Lift Licence

• Boat Licence

2013

• Warehousing

• Fork Lift Licence

• Medium Rigid Driver Training

• Resources and Infrastructure

• Coxswain Certificate

2014


TIWI COLLEGE STUDENTS AT WORK

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