The TAFE NSW Paid to Learn program pays industry experts to become TAFE teachers over 14 weeks in a bid to solve critical skills shortages. Picture: Supplied/TAFE NSW

National Skills Week: How paying tradies to be TAFE teachers works

By: Erin Morley in Top Stories, VET & TAFE August 21, 2024 0

A program that pays mid-career professionals a salary while they train to become TAFE teachers has seen a 97 per cent retention rate in its first year of operating – and it's not just because of the wage, organisers say.

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