In episode 18 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski we hear from Peter Mackey, Executive Director, New Education and Training Model (NETM) at the NSW government’s Western Parkland City Authority.
This micro-episode is about micro-credentials, with Mackey giving an update on the NETM pilot program, which intends to develop 100 micro-credential courses between 2021 and 2025. These are in manufacturing and other sectors including agribusiness and logistics.
The episode was recorded during the first day of the Modern Manufacturing Expo, which @AuManufacturing is a media partner of.
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Episode guide
0:40 – Helping develop the “soft infrastructure of a future city” for Bradfield
1:14 – What are micro-credentials and who are they for?
2:27 – The program and its “flipped”, industry-led model.
4:02 – Face-to-face or mixed, with examples in technical drawing and composite manufacturing.
4:58 – A forty-hour figure and why it exists.
6:10 – A collaborative robot course about to begin, and the adoption of cobots among manufacturers.
7:52 – Possible funding models after government funding for the pilot ends.
9:50 - An upcoming semiconductor design micro-credential and the planned (opening 2026) electronics and semiconductor part of Bradfield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility.
