The Deakin Trade Training Centre is a part of Mildura Regional Trade Training Centres that have been established to help increase the proportion of students achieving Year 12 or its equivalent. The Program aims to address the national skills shortages in traditional trades and emerging industries.
Consortium.
Mildura Senior College is the Lead School for eleven schools in the region who formed a consortium to make an application to the Commonwealth Government for Trade Training Centres in Schools funding. The schools that form the consortium are;
- Mildura Senior College
- St. Joseph’s College
- Chaffey Secondary College
- Merbein P-10 College
- Irymple Secondary College
- Red Cliffs Secondary College
- Trinity Lutheran College
- Coomealla High School
- Werrimull P-12 School
- Henderson College
- Mildura Specialist School
The Deakin and Riverside Trade Training Centres (located at Mildura Senior College and St. Joseph’s College, Mildura Mercy Campus) are the two major facilities delivering vocational education training delivered to secondary students (VETDSS) locally. MRTTC has led to an expansion of VET training in schools, improved Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates and is addressing local skill shortages in traditional trades and emerging industries.
The Deakin Trade Training Centre (DTTC) located at Mildura Senior College was constructed to house workshop facilities in six important trades: automotive, engineering, building and construction, electrotechnology, furniture and cabinet making and hospitality. The Riverside Trade Training Centre (RTTC) located at the Mercy Campus was refurbished to house a hair salon and commercial kitchen to deliver hairdressing and hospitality subjects. The DTTC continue to offer the six trades and RTTC offer VETDSS subjects in Kitchen Operations, Hospitality, Beauty Services, Makeup and Salon Assistance.
