The Trade Training Centres in Schools Program was a major 2007 election commitment by Federal Labor, designed to give young Australians greater training opportunities and help address the skills shortage and we remain committed to this program.

It builds on the Federal Labor’s commitment to improve the quality of schooling offered to secondary students undertaking trade-related pathways, assisting them in making a successful transition from school to work or further education and training.  At the same time, businesses and industry will benefit from having a better trained workforce.

Under the 10 year Trade Training Centres in Schools Program, Australia’s 2,650 secondary schools are eligible to apply for funding of between $500,000 and $1.5 million to establish new, or upgrade, existing trade training facilities.

Since the Trade Training Centres in Schools Program commenced, the Australian Government has approved 230 projects benefiting 732 schools and Federal Labor will continue this program to ensure every secondary school has the opportunity to access a Trades Training Centre.