North Metropolitan TAFE students and apprentices are set to benefit from state-of-art training facilities at the Balga campus, opening in Term 1, 2025.
The newly unveiled ‘Construction Skills Innovation Hub’ represents a major redevelopment aimed at addressing the future needs of Western Australia’s thriving building and construction industry.
This $51 million investment, by the State Government, is poised to provide construction and electrical apprentices with training on world-class, advanced equipment and emerging technologies.
The significant upgrade features two new digitally connected buildings, replacing several outdated transportable classrooms. The cutting-edge infrastructure will help train our “trades professionals of future”, meeting the industry’s current and future skill requirements.
Key Features of the Construction Skills Innovation Hub:
- 1,140m² Future Trades Workshop that focuses on leading-edge electrical and digital skills for smart home automation
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratories that are linked to advanced, high-value workshop equipment
- Resource Centre and Learning Hub that showcases new, emerging building products and provides virtual reality (VR) technology enabled learning
- Classrooms and learning spaces that are digitally enabled, flexible, and adaptable.
The Construction Skills Innovation Hub, designed to empower students and apprentices with future skills required for the fast-evolving building and construction industry, is setting new standards and leading the way with fit-for-purpose training.
The redevelopment is designed by Perth-based architecture firm, Hassell, and constructed by local company EMCO Building.
Building future skills for Western Australia (6 MB) (PDF document)