Trades Shortages Threaten Housing & Clean Energy Goals

0:00What's up? I'm Corey, and these are your headlines from Sydney News today. Australia's vocational training sector faces big challenges as trades shortages threaten housing goals and clean energy targets. Tastate Aeves' chief executive warn staff of major changes to courses due to financial woes while nearly 80 private colleges lost registration in. Two years leaving 20,000 students with worthless diplomas. Every leader say, long hours for trades and fewer school leavers choosing apprenticeships mean the workforce can't keep up. A $50 million fund for clean energy training students has not paid out a cent after a year and a half. In Western New South Wales, nearly a quarter of rural fire service volunteers are over 70, but young recruits are encouraging others to join. Meanwhile, more than 130 TAFE courses are free in Western Australia, though some doubt they lead to jobs in shortage areas.

1:00Women are pushing into trades despite sexist attitudes on sites and young barbers thrive in regional towns thanks to social media. Two women, one beating a rare disease and another after nearly 20 years of applications, one awards for trade excellence. Felicity Bacon fell for nursing during a school program, but harsh job realities worry others. Corruption scandals hid hard with findings of serious misconduct against former Camber Institute of Technology Officials over a $5 million contract. The institute named a new chief executive a year after the last one resigned. The electrical sector calls for urgent vocational funding to hit housing and emissions goals. Apprenticeship numbers lag population growth with over half not finishing. The coalition wants to rebalance schools toward trades, new visa rules offer student hope despite high rejections, and people learn concreting to, afford headstones. Head Tape doubles home build times compared to decades ago, hampering the housing crisis fix.

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