A Shorten Labor Government will ensure health science, aged care, and disability care students at Loganlea TAFE have access to world class training facilities as part of a $2.32 million upgrade.
The Queensland Labor Government has committed $1 million towards the upgrade project, with Federal Labor to contribute the remaining $1.32 million if elected.
The upgrade will see eight simulated mannequins, beds and high tech equipment installed at the Loganlea campus, so students’ training closely resembles real life situations.
This will also enable students to experience how care can be tailored to meet individual client needs.
Students studying their Diploma in Nursing and Certificate III in education support, health support services, community services and allied health assistance will be among those to benefit.
Simulation has become an essential part of nursing and National Disability Insurance Scheme training, with students required to have had prescribed scenario experience prior to beginning full time work.
Labor has committed to paying the upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE places to get more Australians training in high priority courses. Of these, we will allocate 20,000 places for a new generation of aged care workers and paid carers for the NDIS.
The ageing population, ageing workforce and roll out of the NDIS have placed an unprecedented demand on service delivery - and we need a high skilled workforce to keep up.
Investing in nursing, aged care and disability care is good for training, good for local jobs, and will help to address the significant challenges currently facing the aged care and disability sectors.
Last week, Labor announced we are doubling the size of our Rebuilding TAFE Fund – up to $200 million to renovate campuses in regional and outer-suburban Australia.
This will mean better facilities for skill development across the nation.
Only Labor will support Queensland healthcare workers to get the skills they need by investing in state of the art TAFE facilities.
The Queensland Labor Government has already committed $280 million towards the Logan Hospital expansion that will require more nursing and health related staff. There is currently a shortage.
The upgrade will compliment Logan City Council’s Meadowbrook health, wellbeing and community precinct which is creating a health, medical and wellbeing services hub by leveraging existing institutions and infrastructure.
