The proposal would co-fund a $40 million national training centre to reskill thousands of plumbers and gas fitters for the changing energy system. The centre, to be built in Melbourne’s west, would be delivered through a partnership between the Commonwealth Government, the Victorian Government, and the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC).

The Commonwealth contribution for this proposal would be $20 million, $15 million of which would be offset from within existing funding for the Clean Energy Training Investment Fund.