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Gavin Lind

Gavin Lind

Dr. Gavin Lind is CEO of the Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance (AUSMASA), an Australian Government Jobs and Skills Council.

Sep 3, 2026

37:21
So here's another layer for
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you.
37:23
Perhaps another option in a title, a vocational one.
37:27
But in part, the reason we put this together is because industry is saying we need something that allows our current workforce to be our future workforce.
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And it's about progression from the traditional trades.
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So the vocational degree is one that we want delivered in the competency environment, not the curriculum environment.
37:48
So it's not about funneling students towards a traditional higher education degree at a university, but more so it's about to continue their learning style that they've come through before and offer that in the same way.
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I'm curious too about, so as the industries continue to change and evolve, Have you thought about, I guess, how you will continue the gaining of competencies? Is this something where, because this will be a recognized credential, you would be able to maybe stack it into something else? Or what are your thoughts on that?

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