School Programs

Meet the Cre8tive Dreamtime Makers Program

 

  • Program Description
    Meet the Cre8tive Dreamtime Makers Program, introduces first nations manufacturing and engineering STEM connections to both indigenous and non-indigenous primary school students and parents. 

    This one-day program highlights Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as manufacturing and engineering pioneers. Inventions include the boomerang, which was a precursor to aerospace engineering, the digeridoo as the world’s first manufactured wood wind instrument, land care innovations, dugout canoes and more. 

 

Climate Action Schools Program

 

  • Program Description
    Climate Action Schools Program involves an industry LEAN expert spending 20 days over a 10-week school term turning a school's waste into a commercial income stream. The program includes:

    • Analysis of the school's waste & utilities.

    • Workshops aligned to industry quality management systems i.e BOS

    • Design planning and implementation of a sustainable program

    • Introduction to a network of recycling partners

    • Ongoing maintenance and check in support. 



 

Makers Empire
STEM Primary program

  • Program Description
    Makers Empire is a design thinking software program using CAD and additive manufacturing (3D printing). It is specifically designed for primary school students and teachers to unlock creativity and provide a hands-on experience with this technology. The program includes:

    • Two day face-to-face professional development for teachers to enable them to design and teach a unit of work aligned to the curriculum.

    • Project delivered over 2 terms (20 weeks) with an Expo Community Showcase to finalise program.

    • Pre and post data provided with project report outcomes and connection to industry.

    • Includes 3D printer and 5 rolls of filament, hospitality included on development and showcase days and a 12 month subscription to the program. 

 

Women Who Weld

 

  • Program Description
    Women Who Weld is one-day MIG welding experiential program teaching young people the skill of welding. A product such as a jewellery tree or wind chime is produced during the day and each participant takes theirs home. The school delivers the training and the venue with funding provided by industry partners.

 

LEAN Teacher & Student Workshops & Kits

 

  • Program Description
    One day workshop with a LEAN manufacturing expert teaching 4 x 6 min simulations in a 90 min lesson. The workshop is industry designed and includes:

    • The advantage of physical flow

    • The meaning and importance of bottlenecks

    • Balancing of process times

    • Kanban inventory management. 

 

One day experiential programs

 

  • Program Description
    One day scalable workshops can be delivered which fill the knowledge gaps between teachers in schools and industry. For example, a CNC programming workshop was developed to provide greater understanding of the need for students to learn coding and mathematics to excel in manufacturing

 

STEM Teacher & Student Industry Tours

 

Program Description
Connecting school teachers and students to industry through site tours. These behind-the-scenes manufacturing STEM-focused tours are a way to contextualise the STEM curriculum in real-world settings.


 

QMI Industry Engagement Framework – Industry5.0

 

Program Description
QMI’s industry engagement framework triggers sustainable talent pipelines for SME manufacturers through the development of industry specific hubs. Bringing together all parts of the skills ecosystem inc government and supported by the Queensland Reference Group for Manufacturing and Engineering (QRG), QMI develops action plans based on supply chain data of multipliers and brings communities together to decide their future together. This program activates purpose built regional trade training centres.