SAGE is one of Australia’s leading providers of training to the defence industry.

The model seeks to provide school-leavers with the opportunity to undertake a three-year digital engineering apprenticeship, graduates of which will further receive a Diploma of Applied Technologies.

Head of engineering design and technical services at SA Power Networks, Peter Bernard, notes that the program is tailored to people who prefer hand-on experience.

“The program will provide participants with on the job learning and an alternative pathway into engineering teams,” Bernard noted.

“The digital engineering apprenticeship participants are being placed into Tier 1 engineering firms and will be exposed to the newest thinking and technology.

“With technology changing so rapidly, there is a clear and present need for a new group of professionals who bring specialist training on how the different technical CAD packages and data can all come together in a customer-centric way.”

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It is hoped that the apprenticeship will allow Australia to overcome the current skills gap, by providing on the job training and kickstarting the careers of the next generation of digital specialists.

“Today’s universities are producing impressive graduates, but the rapidly advancing technology is opening up a skills gap in the engineering teams,” Bernard said.

“Digital engineering apprentices will be the experts in the technology that brings the engineers designs to life.”

[Related: ASC celebrates IWD by checking in with first female apprentice, now team lead]

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

 

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