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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2016-07-26" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>APY Lands, TAFE Campuses</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>APY Lands, TAFE Campuses</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3124" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Unley</electorate>
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          <question date="2016-07-26">
            <name>APY Lands, TAFE Campuses</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI (Unley)</by> (9 February 2016).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Higher Education and Skills</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2016-07-26">
            <name>APY Lands, TAFE Campuses</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Most delivery in the APY lands relates to units from the Certificate I in Education and Skills Development. The TAFE SA APY lands program does not focus on full certificate completion in this qualification, rather it develops individual training plans to meet the needs of each student and delivers training that is relevant to employers. </inserted>
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          <inserted>In recent years TAFE SA has seen:</inserted>
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            <inserted>an increase in vocational qualifications on offer, the number of students participating and the number of qualification completions </inserted>
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            <inserted>increased delivery of skill sets relevant to specific employment. These are requests from employers often related to accredited units or skill sets rather than a full qualification</inserted>
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            <inserted>increased activity in the delivery of short courses following feedback from Anangu, employers and service providers. These short courses provide life and employment skills for Anangu and in recent times have included  'Team skills and managing conflict', White Card, First Aid, Load Shifting, Tag and Test, Child Safe Environment, Driver Education, 'How to fill in a time sheet'.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Delivery in remote areas is always more costly than delivery in the metropolitan area due to geographical constraints which also includes difficulty in accessing reliable, consistent technology.</inserted>
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