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This photo is an overview of our workshop area showing the meter panels and wiring areas to allow apprentices to practice their wiring installation skills
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The main reason I enjoy my teaching area is due to the apprentices and my colleague, Stephen Bland, that I have worked with since commencing here in 2012. The biggest challenges is sourcing good teaching material and resources, plus having equipment of good quality and contemporary standard for practical and demonstration purposes. Of course there is not enough time to prepare and build up or source or modify the resources to suit.
Our area still relies on learning by listening, watching, discussion, participation and assessment both in theory, written exams, and practical, student demonstarting competency by completing practical tasks and obtaining results or answering questions during procedure
How do you keep up with whats up to date in the business? Do you get further education from your school, or is it something thats expected from you to do in your own time?
ReplyDeleteWe keep up to date by speaking to employers, wholesalers and other industry bodies. I try to attend the local Master Electrical Association meetings where current issues are discussed. This group also holds trade nights where other representatives attend and present information, and they hold a trade show once a year where various suppliers turn up with information and displays.We have a supportive manager who assists us with professional development and we meet with other teachers from other campuses in our institute to discuss teaching and resource development and improvement. We are also expected to keep up to date in our own time to some extent.
DeleteDoes you´re pupils have worked place learning?
ReplyDeleteHi Henrik, our apprentices have completed their schooling in Australia prior to commencing their apprenticeship. As apprentices they are fully employed and only come to TAFE for vocational training or education during a couple of blocks of 3-4 weeks each a year. They do not do any non-work related competencies at TAFE.
Delete..and of course, how much??
ReplyDeleteHi Henrik, as explained in my previous comment, the apprentices are employed full time, and so are always engaged in work place learning, however, the pre-vocational students do not have an obligation to do any workplace learning, but other institutes do arrange work experience for them. They are limited to the amount of participation as they are there to observe mostly as they are not allowed to perform any work on electrical equipment.
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