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Model developmentBased on initial consultation, the department has developed a number of models for theQueensland TAFE system as a whole, including options for metropolitan, near metropolitan,SkillsTech Australia and regional reorganisation.Driving intended 2006 Queensland Skills Plan outcomes has been a key consideration indevelopment of the models, including the ideals of Action 1, the move to commercialgovernance arrangements under Action 2 and the creation of SkillsTech Australia underAction 3.Various market and organisational segmentation methods were considered in developingthe proposed options such as:−Geographic (transport corridor, Training Queensland district model, EducationQueensland district/regional model and national and international comparatives);−Customer demographics and customer type (corporate customers, school-based,mature age and life long learning);−Delivery model (face to face, blended, virtual real time and not real time);−Product delivered (nominated trades, higher level qualifications, further education); and−Industry-based analysis.7
Governance models consideredActions 2.2, 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 of the 2006 Queensland Skills Plan respectively set thechallenge to move to commercial governance arrangements; create SkillsTech Australia;reorganise Brisbane metropolitan TAFE delivery; and realign the structures of regionalTAFE institutes. As a result of these actions and requests from various TAFE Councils, thefollowing options have been explored in the context of, and under the framework providedby, Chapter 6A of the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000.Meta model: Metropolitan and near metropolitan optionsThe multiple options considered in relation to the metropolitan institutes of Brisbane NorthInstitute of TAFE and Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE and subsequently extended toinclude the near metropolitan institutes, Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE and The BremerInstitute of TAFE, are summarised below and include:−the transition of all institutes to statutory authority status individually;−the amalgamation of various institutes either prior to or following the transition tostatutory authority status; and−the realignment of campuses between institutes.Meta model: SkillsTech AustraliaSkillsTech Australia has been created as a result of Action 3 of the Queensland Skills Planas the statewide trade and technical skills institute to lead product development and deliverythroughout Queensland for automotive, building and construction, manufacturing andengineering and electric/electronic studies.Currently, SkillsTech Australia manages the metropolitan training delivery formerlyundertaken by Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE andSouthbank Institute of Technology. Subsequently, trades and technical training will transferin June 2009 from Gold Coast Institute of TAFE to SkillsTech Australia. Identified tradetraining from The Bremer Institute of TAFE and Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE is alsoanticipated to follow.As part of the statewide system, SkillsTech Australia will transition to a statutory TAFEinstitute. In addition, through an identified SkillsTech regional entity it would then negotiatethe trade and technical training delivery with a proposed Regional Queensland statutoryTAFE institute as detailed below.8
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