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I've got no interest in the political side but there is definitely something going wrong with the Tafe system.

I've been going to my facility for the past 25 years, what used to be a small Horticulture/ Agriculture campus had duly expanded to include health services, beauty therapy hairdressing to name a few. Theres a number of new buildings but someone forgot the carpark! Theres no chance of getting a park after 7:30am, not that you can try as the employed security guard will evict you after half a lap of the carpark. I resorted to parking at a trainstation and either catching a bus or hiking in.

Then theres the technology, all well and good when it works or if they don't decide to change to another system. We had no end of trouble with lost enrolments and results on a change of system.
Don't get me started on the whole student portal farce...

The prior learning system also needs changing too. I don't want something for free but thought I'd be exempt from a couple of units, I'll use machinery operation as an example.
Apparently my previous trade certificate was no longer admissible. I supplied contactable industry references, still no good. Gave them current truck license and excavator, JCB, forklift, chainsaw tickets to name a few. Still no good so I paid to sit in a class for 20hrs to learn how to check oil and fuel small plant items, lol!

Once there I started talking to a lecturer, a well respected industry figure. He announced that he would be retiring from the system after our class had gone through. He'd been strangled by administration and health and safety. Forget the old days of driving students for a site visit on the Tafe bus he struggled to even get us into the back paddock for a practical demonstration.

I have a few trade or equivalent qualifications that I'm very proud of but the quality of training has definitely dropped and I don't think I'll be going back.
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