RDA Hunter is excited to continue its partnership with Port Waratah Coal Services with the delivery of Port Waratah Coal Services Portside Primary School Project to 10 primary schools in Newcastle. The project aims to engage primary schools in Portside suburbs of Newcastle to promote the history, sustainability and growth of the Port through problem-based learning and [...]
Celebrating Women’s roles in Aviation – Women in aviation band together celebrating greater diversity across a range of occupations on International Women’s Day 2020 The Australian Chapter of Women in Aviation International (WAI) has partnered with the local industry to highlight the roles of female professionals in flight decks, aircraft cabins, airports and air [...]
CANBERRA, Thursday 13 February 2020: Defence technology and innovation company, Lockheed Martin Australia has today announced an investment in excess of $120,000 for the newly established Lockheed Martin Australia Bursary, as part of the Gallipoli Scholarship Fund. The Gallipoli Scholarship Fund (GSF) is an Australian not-for-profit established in 1996 to provide scholarships for eligible descendants [...]
On Wednesday 12th February, Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) launched their new partnership, PRIME (Pathways to Resource Industry and Mining Employment). PRIME is a two-year partnership that will see NSWMC leverage RDA Hunter’s strong reputation for implementing industry-skilling and workforce development initiatives to increase awareness of the NSW mining industry [...]
On Thursday 23 January Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and Pennant International Group signed an MOU marking the international expansion of the UK Aviation Skills Charter in Australia. This new alliance will see the advancement of the Aviation Skills Charter, which was developed by Pennant and the Aviation Skills Foundation to ensure a skilled workforce [...]
Representatives from Regional Development Australia – Far South Coast (RDA FSC), Regional Development Australia – Hunter, the Shoalhaven Defence Industry Group (SDIG), Mission Australia, Defence NSW, Training Services NSW and the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet gathered at the Aerospace Training Services new training facility in South Nowra on January 30th to celebrate the [...]
Hunter Defence and AIDN NSW (the Australian Industry & Defence Network – NSW Incorporated), are running a Defence Readiness Seminar series designed to educate, prepare, grow and mature NSW businesses who are either active in, or considering, Defence as a business opportunity. The Seminar series launched in Newcastle on Monday 4 th November 2019. Further [...]
Tuesday 10th December saw 12 participants graduate from the fourth iteration of RDA Hunter’s STEMship program. STEMship is a multi-disciplinary pre-vocational program coordinated by RDA Hunter in partnership with TAFE NSW, and funded by Defence NSW through Training Services NSW. The aim of the STEMship program is to transition students out of school and into [...]
RDA Hunter and Port Waratah Coal Services recently partnered to deliver a Primary School STEM Education Program which encompassed the history of the port, sustainability programs and STEM activities, highlighting how these are put into practice at Port Waratah. Year 5 & 6 students from both Carrington Public School and Stockton Public School participated in [...]
Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and Pennant Australasia recently announced a new partnership that will provide Hunter high school students with hands-on training and contextualised learning for aviation and aerospace careers in the Hunter’s defence industry. A ceremony held at FighterWorld, Williamtown, saw Pennant formally hand-over three Generic Hand-skills Trainers (GenSkill) acquired by RDA Hunter [...]
