Annual Report 2011
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ANNUAL REPORT 2011 advancetafe.edu.au 1300 133 717 International Callers +61 3 5152 0700 Interstate Callers 03 5152 0700 PO Box 886, Bairnsdale Vic 3875 ABN: 41 975 960 230 WELCOME CONTENTSWHERE TO FIND US Welcome to the fi rst Annual Report from We have two main campuses, Advance TAFE. On 16 November 2011, East FOREWspecialistORD education centres and 1 Gippsland Institute of TAFE adopted a new WHAToutreach A YEAR centres located across the 2 trading name and brand. For clarity, the OURsouth-east PEOPLE of Victoria, encompassing 6 Institute is called Advance TAFE throughout OURthe STUDENTS Wellington Shire and East 9 the narrative report for 2011. OGippslandUR WINNERS Shire regions. 10 OUR VISION 12 We bring you the highlights of a year packed with endeavour and achievement. We include OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 13 some brief profi les of Advance TAFE current OUR COURSES 20 and former students, who are walking, talking STATEMENT OF PERFORMANCE 24 ambassadors for where a TAFE qualifi cation STATEMENT OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE Swifts Creek 25 can lead. AUDITOR’S REPORT 26 SCORECARD Mallacoota27 We also celebrate our dedicated team of OTHER OPERATIONAL REPORTING 28 teachers, support staff and Board, all of Orbost FINANCIAL RESULT 28 whom embraced the challenges of a year full Heyfield BUILDING ACT 1993 Bairnsdale Lakes 28 of change, to ensure we remain focused on Entrance delivering the best quality education for all 2010 FEES AND CHARGES 28 who choose us. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Sale 28 NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY 29 RISK MANAGEMENT 29 Yarram workplace HealTH aND SaFeTY (wH&S) Melbourne 30 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 30 FACILITIES DEVELOPMENTS 30 Peter Heilbuth Chief Executi ve Offi cer - Advance TAFE WHISTLEBLOWERS’ PROTECTION 31 EX GRATIA PAYMENTS 31 INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS 31 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 31 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST 31 Lakes Entrance locati ons Outreach Centres SUMMARYSale locati STATEMENTS ons Bairnsdale locati ons 32 Fulham Campus Bairnsdale Campus Forestec Yarram ACTWorkIVITY Safety TABLE Centre Bairnsdale Trade Centre Seamec Mariti me Educati on Heyfi eld 33 FIFarmtecNANCIAL STATEMENTS G-tec Swift s Creek 34 G-tec Oaktree Restaurant Orbost APPENDIX 1 75 Flexible Learning Centre Mallacoota GLOSSARY2 Desailly OF Street TERMS 79 DCaféISCLOSURE Rossi INDEX 81 advancetafe.edu.au | 1300 133 717 Board Chair, Barbara Fulton, welcomes the Hon. Peter Hall, MLC, Minister for Higher Educati on and Skills and Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession, to the Advance TAFE launch FOREWORD In 2011, Advance TAFE (formerly known as East Gippsland TAFE) entered its 25th successful year of providing vocational education and training to those who live or work in Victoria’s east. This was a year characterised by intense and sustained change, and fi lled with challenges and opportunity, all of which our team met with professionalism and focus. a snapshot of some of the changes, challenges and opportuniti es that we faced and embraced in 2011 includes: • adapti ng to the fi rst full year of the Victorian Government’s ‘Victorian Training Guarantee’ whereby the Insti tute competes for each student – and the funding which follows each student – within eligibility rules that govern students’ enti tlement to Government-funded training places • launching our new brand name, logos and designs, and changing our long-standing trading name from east Gippsland TaFe to embrace the aspirati onal ‘advance TaFe’ • providing comprehensive input into the Gippsland Terti ary educati on panel’s review of terti ary educati on and, in parti cular, access to higher educati on across Gippsland, with a view to implementi ng strategies that will increase regional higher educati on aspirati on and att ainment • completi ng the constructi on of our new learning Hub in Bairnsdale that enables students to access enrolment, library, canteen, support and Peter Heilbuth, CEO, and Minister Hall at the launch ceremony learning services in a one-stop venue • purchasing the land and developing the plans for our long-anti cipated $60m+ port of Sale campus which, when completed, will provide access to vocati onal training and university level courses and learning in Sale In 1987, the Insti tute’s fi rst year of operati on, 3,000 students were served by • Implementi ng a new budgeti ng and fi nancial management soft ware 40 courses. In 2011, 11,648 students generated enrolments totalling more system across the organisati on. than 1.8 million Student contact Hours across more than 300 courses. The role of a regional TaFe This was a year characterised by intense and sustained insti tute, however, takes it beyond delivering training packages, qualifi cati ons and skill The launch of our new name The crew from TRFM radio stati on broadcast live from the change, fi lled with challenges and opportunity, all of campus throughout the launch morning development to a positi on of was a highlight of 2011. which our team met with professionalism and focus considerable importance in the broader community. Through this changing vocati onal educati on and training (VeT) landscape, our we conti nued to play this key role throughout 2011, using our business and organisati on has survived and thrived, driven by our unwavering commitment enterprise connecti ons and working with regional networks and clusters to The Board, Executi ve and staff welcomed the Hon. Peter Hall, Minister for Higher Educati on and Skills to educati on as an essenti al mechanism for building individual and regional link employment prospects and growth with the skills and learning needs and Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession, as he launched Advance TAFE in a ceremony at the social and economic capacity. our vision is that: required to support regional employment, development and success. Bairnsdale campus on 16 November. More than 150 people att ended the launch, including students and We will be the terti ary educati on hub of Victoria’s eastern region delivering as a business in its own right, the Insti tute conti nues to be a major employer representati ves from the community, who shared an informal lunch under the Oak tree aft erwards. world class training, higher educati on and workforce development soluti ons. and a key customer for local goods and services. Our graduates will be recognised as contributors to global, social and Insti tute staff conti nue to make important contributi ons to the communiti es Mrs Barbara Fulton, Chair, and Mr Peter Heilbuth, CEO, spoke at the launch, acknowledging the important economic wellbeing. in which they live, both in their professional capacity and in their personal legacy that East Gippsland TAFE had built in the region, and the aspirati ons of the wider community, which we believe that every individual and enterprise in the community has a lives as citi zens of the region. values the Insti tute’s credenti als to assist them in their learning and vocati onal journey. right to educati on at a ti me and place, and in a manner, appropriate to their This annual report once again provides insight into the great progress made expectati ons, needs and capacity. This commitment is evidenced through the by our staff , leadership and executi ve Teams and the Insti tute Board in pursuit The launch was announced simultaneously on ABC Gippsland and Gippsland radio TRFM, with live raw facts and fi gures of our students’ engagement with us over the past 25 of our fundamental reason for existence – the growth of opportunity in our interviews and broadcasts. It also received television news coverage on WIN TV and Prime News and years. region, through educati on. reports in the three main local newspapers. ANNUAL REPORT 2011 1 WHAT A YEAR 2011 was another successful year for the Institute. with the full implementati on of the Victorian Training Guarantee, it is fair to Students relax in the new $4.3m Learning Hub at the Bairnsdale say that 2011 represented both a watershed year and uncharted waters. In campus, which was completed and ready for 2012 parti cular, we now operate in a system where our funding to provide public educati on is directly ti ed to student enrolment, and the conti nued success of these enrolled students. Most of the major projects initi ated or completed during the year should be seen in the light of this profound change to the Victorian VeT system and our business development consultants, a senior VTa consultant and a number of response to this change. In 2011, we prioriti sed the fundamental restructuring internal managers and staff . The workshop’s outcomes encompassed three The Learning Hub incorporates the student library, canteen, student of our organisati on and our operati ons, preparing for the newly contestable key themes: services, study areas and an outdoor relaxati on area and market-driven system. • what we need to do further to capitalise on the contestable system’s First steps: Wellington Shire Council Acti ng Chief Executi ve Offi cer, our 2009-2018 Strategic Directi on Statement (SDS) provides the guidance opportuniti es for Advance TAFE as a regional provider; Paul Holton, hands over the keys to Peter Heilbuth for the land for these operati onal objecti ves through its vision, its values and its fi ve goals. • how we need to balance our role as a public provider with our response earmarked for the new Port of Sale campus The value and prescience of this guiding document in a ti me of signifi cant to market opportuniti es through niche strengths; change, was clearly demonstrated through our interacti on with the Gippsland • which sustainable delivery mechanisms can be adopted to expand New student faciliti es, most notably the creati on of Bairnsdale’s learning Terti ary educati on plan panel and process.