NSW Minister for TAFE visits Tamworth campus

The Northern Daily Leader

NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE, and Tertiary Education Steve Whan toured Tamworth TAFE's newly-upgraded welding facilities on July 8, 2025. Video by Gareth Gardner

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00:00I'm really thrilled to be back at the Tamworth TAFE today.

00:07We've got a couple of really important investments that have been made in the TAFE.

00:11Here in the engineering section we've had an upgrade which has seen the area get a state-of-the-art laser cutter,

00:17computerised machinery which people can use.

00:21It's really important for our apprentices to be using the sort of equipment that they're going to be seeing in their workplace.

00:26Obviously with technology moving forward, being able to use all that sort of stuff,

00:33and a lot of the workplaces are going that way, so yeah, definitely good to get the experience here.

00:43It's a great opportunity to learn all these new things.

00:46Yeah, it's really great to experience these things, yeah.

00:50It's probably the one bit of kit that's been brought in that every time I walk in the shop

00:54I've got a teacher here utilising it.

00:57Yeah.

00:58Yeah.

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