Congratulations to Mackenzie Dowling in Year 10 who has been accepted into the Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP15) for Semester 1, 2019. The DIPP is a semester long VET course which focuses on advanced manufacturing and design. The course was designed in collaboration with the Maritime Skills Centre and ASC Shipbuilding to educate students in CAD Design and 3D printing so that they can develop strengths that will allow future employment in the defence industries.

Entry into the DIPP is competitive, with only 14 students accepted across the state per semester. Students must write an application letter and then, if invited, be interviewed by prospective lecturers. Only after this process do students know if they have successfully gained a position in the course.

We are excited that Mackenzie will be the third consecutive Year 10 student to undertake this course, following in the footsteps of Meera Jeganathan and Amatullah Mansurwala in Semester 1 and 2 in 2018. We know Mackenzie will be a wonderful ambassador for Kildare College as she demonstrates to the greater community the success that our students are achieving in STEM.