Today marks the official opening of the Central West Adaptive Skills Hub, which is the first step in Lithgow's Emerging Economy Plan (LEEP) that is supported by an $830,000 grant from the Australian Federal Government, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' Local Jobs National Priority Fund.
The Central West Adaptive Skills Hub pilot program will provide specialist STEAM education opportunities to Lithgow's primary and secondary school students, plus industry-aligned training to local workers for the jobs of the future that require science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).
The Central West Adaptive Skills Hub in Mort Street, Lithgow is a new dynamic learning facility, laboratory and technical 'making space' for delivering specialist school student learning and micro-credentialing courses for workers across the Lithgow region.
Speakers at the opening included Cr Cassandra Coleman, Mayor of Lithgow; the Honourable Senator Deborah O'Neill - among other roles the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, as well as Deputy Chair of Standing Committee of Privileges; the Honourable Member for Calare, Andrew Gee, as well as local high school principals Foty Loupos - Lithgow High School, Matthew Quirk - Portland Central School, and Glenn Carpenter - La Salle.
