Students at an Epping school can now make use of a new trades training workshop designed especially to cover VCAL subjects.
St Monica’s College opened the St Joseph’s Workshop Trade Skills Centre at its Davisson Street campus last Wednesday.
Principal Brian Hanley said there was growing demand for VCAL trade skills courses, and more than 300 students would use the workshop next year. The Epping facility was made possible with a $1 million grant from the federal government.
Liberal senator Michael Ronaldson said at the opening last week that such training centres enabled students to pursue vocational pathways.
“This St Joseph’s centre is all about giving students the real skills they need to help them get the jobs that the nation will need in future,” Senator Ronaldson said.
