Chief Minister Andrew Barr is hoping the head start the ACT has on training technicians to work on electric vehicles will provide the impetus needed for the Federal government to fund a $24 million Future Energy Skills Hub at the Canberra Institute of Technology's Fyshwick campus.
Although Canberra will face stiff competition for federal funding for the new education and training venture against similar operations planned in Queensland and NSW, the ACT government has pledged $500,000 to scope a major expansion at Fyshwick to triple the size of the existing lab and training rooms.
