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Power Up centre puts the electrical skills shortage into numbers
Fortescue opened a purpose-built Perth training centre for electrical apprenticeships and battery-electric post-trade training, saying it may need around 1,800 electricians at the peak of its decarbonisation program.
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The company reports 120 electrical apprentices, more than 700 fitters undertaking battery-electric awareness training and more than 150 tradespeople already upskilled in battery-electric vehicle maintenance. The transition is creating a training task before it becomes a recruitment task.