Talent Acquisition & Development

Over 20 years ago, I started in the fire industry with a family history in the CFA where my father was a volunteer Captain at the Sandy Point CFA.

When I started Jan 1, 1987 with Wormald, I was lucky enough to attend their training college in Redfern in Sydney. The training college occupied an entire floor of the Wormald Security building with basically five sections;

1. Administration Department
2. Seminar/Lecture Room
3. Electronics Lab
4. Electrical Trades Cubicles
5. Sprinkler Workshop

The training college was set up to assist school leavers quickly make the transition from high-school to productive trade and engineering graduates.

Twenty years on and the education and skills development required to produce competent and productive technicans has long since gone, and most Australians entering the industry are taught 'on-the-job' with little to no formal training available, particularly for fire alarm technicians..

Now before you make the observation that there is plenty of training available, my research indicates that while the competencies have been developed, there is little to no training readily available throughout Australia... If you don't believe me, google it..

Tomorrow, I will address the issue of where to from here, perhaps there is something we can do?

Russ