Works have commenced on the $20.4 million upgrade of North Metropolitan TAFE Joondalup, bringing light automotive training facilities to the northern suburbs. The project involves construction of a two-storey light automotive centre, which will be used to deliver high-tech training in new and emerging auto technologies, including electric vehicles. The building will also house specialist training facilities for technological innovations in the horticulture industry.
This will fit alongside the new horticulture workshop completed in 2021. The new training centre will provide purpose-built spaces for the rapidly changing automotive industry to meet future industry training needs. Students will learn using cutting-edge technology, including car hoists, compressed air reticulation and exhaust fume extraction.
The facilities also include laboratories for diagnostics as well as technical and collision-avoidance technology. New computer training rooms, a robotics laboratory, office space and a conference room will be located on the centre's upper level, along with an environmental biodiversity laboratory to support the use of drones and precision irrigation in horticulture.
Construction is being carried out by McCorkell Constructions WA, employing more than 55 workers including apprentices and trainees throughout the project. Students are expected to be training in the new centre during Semester 2, 2024. Designed by Hunt Architects, the project is one of 14 major capital works projects taking place at TAFE colleges across the State, as part of the State Government's $215.8 million investment in upgrading essential TAFE infrastructure.
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