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MINISTER FOR- EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 1214

Transport Industries Skills Centre

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 3 March 1994:

(1) Is it true that the Federal Government, in one of its recent Budgets, allocated a grant of $360,000 to the Transport Industry Training Council for the construction of a forklift driver training facility.

(2) Is it true that the money must be matched dollar for dollar by another source and that approaches were made for such funding from the ACT Government.

(3) Has the need for the construction of a new and purpose built forklift .

driver training facility been established and, if not, on what basis did the

Council apply for and receive this money.

(4) Where is the money now.

(5) When was it deposited.

(6) What interest rate is it earning.

MR WOOD - the answer to Mr Cornwells question is:

(1) In 1992/93 the Federal Government provided $345,000 to the ACT

Regional Transport & Distribution Industry Training Council to develop

a Transport Industries Skills Centre for the ACT and region. The

establishment of the Skills Centre brings ACT training facilities for

transport and storage-related industries into line with facilities in other

states.

Forklift training is taught at the Centre. The Centre also conducts a range of transport and storage-related non-driving modules such as dangerous goods, occupational health and safety, manual handling, loading and lashing, truck and trailer maintenance, warehousing and

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