Toyota shares latest innovation

Toyota has unveiled its latest innovation, the GEH2 hydrogen generator, and as the manufacturer’s Queensland training partner, TAFE Queensland was one of the key stakeholders invited to the launch in Brisbane to ensure training is progressing alongside industry innovations.

Eying the future with a move into alternative fuels, particularly hydrogen, Toyota is one of many industry leaders informing TAFE Queensland’s course development in emerging industries.

As hydrogen becomes a more common power source for industries looking to reduce their emissions, TAFE Queensland is offering 10 online micro-credentials to give workers entry-level knowledge in the use, transport, and storage of hydrogen for different industry sectors and two on campus, nationally accredited skill sets to deliver students with hands-on skills to use in this emerging industry sector.

TAFE Queensland Emerging Industries Business Development Manager Shawn O’Sullivan said Toyota had been a longstanding and valued partner for the nation’s top training provider, especially as it prepares training in alternative fuel vehicles.

“TAFE Queensland has been Toyota’s training partner in Queensland for many years, and we greatly appreciate the knowledge they provide back to us to inform our future training for their apprentices and for all of our apprentices,” Mr O’Sullivan said.

“TAFE Queensland works with industry continuously to ensure its training is reflective of the emerging trends in Queensland’s workplaces. Partnerships like this one with Toyota are core to the reason TAFE Queensland is the largest and most trusted training provider in Queensland.”

TAFE Queensland and Toyota have partnered for many years.

“To be among the first stakeholders at the unveiling of this product is proof of how important training is to not only Toyota but to emerging industries as a whole.”

“TAFE Queensland is leading the education industry in hydrogen training, being the first training provider in the country to deliver accredited skills in the sector, and with dedicated facilities recently opened in North Queensland to expand the reach of available hydrogen training,” he said.

The development of the Basic Hydrogen Safety Skill Set was funded by the Queensland Government’s VET Emerging Industries initiative, which sees $15 million invested in new skills and training strategies across identified emerging industry needs in the manufacturing, energy, agribusiness, and screen and digital sectors.