Building Australia’s Air Warfare Capability
Media Alert
Defence Industry Pathways Program presentation
ceremony
WHAT:
The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance, the organisation responsible for
Australia’s largest defence project, has joined forces with the Department of
Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST), TAFE
SA, and the Defence Teaming Centre to provide an innovative new method
of developing a skilled workforce for the $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyer
Project. Results of the program will be on display including model speedboats
and one-person dinghies built by the students.
WHEN:
1830-2000, Thursday 4 December 2008
WHERE:
TAFE SA, Port Adelaide Campus, 1 Mundy St Port Adelaide
WHO:
Representatives from the AWD Alliance and TAFE SA
Background:
The Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP) engages students in hands-on activities that
have a strong link to the defence industry, particularly the Air Warfare Destroyer Project. By
increasing secondary school student’s involvement in training programs related to
shipbuilding skills, the AWD Alliance hopes to lead them on to rewarding careers within the
AWD Project and other South Australian defence projects.
Media contacts:
Liam Thorpe, AWD Alliance:
08 8165 7057 or 0408 690 258
Pat Mueller, TAFE SA:
08 8348 4454 or 0434 078 988
NEWS 
