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Invest in your future - gain the essential skills for a profitable accounting career today.

You will gain the skills and knowledge to prepare financial reports and statements as well as manage accounting systems. You will also learn to how to establish and maintain payroll systems.  We  provide a practical approach to learning which allows students the ability to apply what they have learned in a setting that simulates a real life workplace. 

This nationally recognised qualification is a requirement in order to apply for BAS (Business Activity Statement) Registration and is recognised by the Australian Taxation Practitioners Board.

Are you a carer looking to upskill? 

This short course is aimed for those currently working within the community care sector who may be required to administer medication.  You will gain the skills and required knowledge to confidently  prepare and provide medication assistance and documentation.   

Build on your accounting skills and knowledge.

This skill set is designed for workers in accounting job roles who use knowledge of advanced accounting principles to perform a range of management and analytical tasks in a variety of industries.

Embark upon your career in the health sector in this rapidly growing field.

Allied health specialties are set to grow by 22% over the next 3 years, experiencing the second-highest growth across the health sector.

You will learn how to recognise healthy body systems, interpret and apply medical terminology, assist with an allied health program, and communicate and work in health or community services. 

Successful completion of this course may qualify you to work as an assistant alongside allied health professionals, allowing you to specialise in dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, or podiatry services.

Half price fees apply!

Assess others in the workplace.

This course is provides training to meet the minimum requirements to become an assessor within the Vocational Education and Training sector or to conduct assessment and training in the workplace. 

Start your engines - your automotive career begins here.

A Certificate III in Automotive Electrical Technology will give you a start in the automotive electrical industry. You will gain vital skills and knowledge including electric and electronic diagnosis and repair, vehicle wiring, overhauling alternators and starter motors, electronic drive systems, electric vehicle charging systems and workplace safety and health.

Half price fees apply!

Steer yourself towards a future in the Automotive industry.

This hands on entry level course will equip you to service your own car or gain the skills to become an apprentice in all the automotive trade areas, such as light vehicle mechanic, heavy and plant mechanic, panel beating, spray painting and automotive electrician.

Learn skills to carry out servicing operations, inspecting and servicing engines, steering and suspension systems, carry out repairs to single electrical circuits as well as maintaining workplace tools and equipment. You will also learn how to apply safe work practices and apply basic automotive troubleshooting processes.

Start your career in the vibrant and exciting beauty industry. 

Do you love working closely with people and making them feel good about themselves? There are many opportunities that can lead to a rewarding career in the beauty industry. This course provides a a hands-on practical experience that simulates a real life work environment. You'll gain the skills and confidence to enter the beauty industry and provide a range of services, perform client consultations and advise clients on beauty products and services. 

Topics covered include: 

• Waxing
• Lash and brow services
• Manicures and pedicures
• Apply makeup
• Lash extension
• Tanning

Learn the skills you'll need to master any look.

A Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy will give you the skills to work as a beauty therapist and provide a range of beauty therapy treatments and services, including lash and brow treatments, nail services, make-up, massage and waxing. Learn to communicate with clients to recommend treatments and services and sell retail skin care and cosmetic products.

You will also learn a broad range of skilled applications, including requirements to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices, and some provision of leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of skills.

You will learn a range of beauty services including:

• Make-up
• Facial massage
• Massage
• Waxing
• Nail technology services
• Lash and brow treatments, and
• Demonstrate and sell retail skin care and cosmetic products.

You will cover new areas of beauty therapy and gain hands on experience in a simulated work environment where you will perform simple tasks on real clients.

Make the world a more beautiful place with a Diploma of Beauty Therapy.

You will learn to apply a full range of face and body treatments. You will learn skills in a broad range of beauty therapy treatments and services that include facials, specialised facials, body massage, waxing, lash and brow treatments, make-up, aromatherapy, spray tan, lash extensions and skills in retail and sales operations. You will also learn about reflexology, Indian head massage, hot stone massage and micro-dermabrasion.

Our Diploma of Beauty Therapy course will give you the skills to start up your own business and to work in the industry. You will also learn the tips of small business promotion to be successful in a very competitive market.

Get heads turning with your amazing cake creations.

Learn the best tips and tricks from an experienced and licensed cake maker. Students will learn the basics of covering, decorating and colouring a cake. 

This short course includes a comprehensive starter kit to compliment your new skills. 

Light up an indoor space with living and breathing plants!

 A terrarium is a miniature garden housed inside a small container, usually a jar or bottle. Terrariums are low maintenance, mostly self-sustaining, and ideal for small spaces, making them a great addition to a home or business. In this short course, you’ll learn how to build your own terrarium. You'll learn how to select a suitable container and plants, and how to provide ongoing care and maintenance. Topics also include soil media, how to water your terrarium, and supply the best nutrients. 

It's time to get down to business.

This course has been designed to teach you about different procedures in business including becoming proficient in office technology (such as using a computer), dealing with customers and clients, and developing your writing skills.

A Certificate II in Business could lead you to employment as a receptionist, data entry operator or an office junior.

Be in high demand with skills that could take you anywhere.

This course will teach you skills and knowledge in basic MYOB, workplace organisation, customer service, workplace health and safety, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, creating electronic presentations and much more. On completion you will be ideal for roles in data entry, customer service, accounts or as an office clerk.

Gain a competitive edge with a Certificate IV in Business.

You will gain the skills and knowledge to manage customer needs and feedback, develop and promote products and services, and play a supporting role in the recruitment of staff. You will acquire valuable experience in making presentations to groups, working in effective teams, and with workplace health and safety.

Our Geraldton Campus offers this qualification as a dual course along with the Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.

Half price fees apply!

A Certificate III in Business Administration will have you taking care of business.

Develop practical skills and knowledge to undertake a broad range of administrative tasks in varied work contexts including payroll, accounts, keyboard skills, word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Hit the ground running in a business environment where you will learn fundamentals of administration skills that will make you a valuable member of the office team. You will learning how to organise meetings, produce business documents and spreadsheets and prepare presentations.

You will gain skills in:

• Organising tasks
• Managing workplace information
• Producing business documents
• Delivering customer service
• Communicating effectively, and
• Fostering innovation and change.

Every office will want an employee with these skills.

The Business Ready skill set will give you the skills and knowledge required to deliver all aspects of customer service including how to create a relationship with customers, identify their needs, deliver services or products and process customer feedback. You'll also learn how to use business technology and produce business documents, follow work health and safety (WHS) and emergency procedures and instructions, and use computer software and organise electronic information and data.

Want to study online?

This course has an online study option with the practical aspects of the course to be completed in a workplace or at our Geraldton campus. 

Set the foundations for a solid career in an in demand industry.

When you complete the Certificate III in Carpentry and Joinery you will be ready for a career as a domestic or commercial carpenter.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to carry out a range of building and construction tasks; use basic carpentry tools, power tools, carpentry materials; construct a pitched roof, ceiling frame, wooden flooring; interpret plans; and apply work health and safety requirements.

Half price fees apply!

If you have a passion for food and want to become a chef, this is the course for you.

Upon successfully completing this course you'll be qualified to work as a cook or chef in a range of kitchens.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to work effectively in a commercial kitchen team and be able to plan, prepare and cook food. You'll produce dishes suitable for different cultural and dietary requirements and learn about cleaning, first aid, food safety programs, hygiene and workplace health and safety.

Half price fees apply!

Make a difference to people's lives.

This course will introduce you to the community services industry. You'll gain the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills by completing this qualification.

You'll cover language, literacy and numeracy; further study and job options; study skills as well as communication and computing.

You will gains skills in:

• Communication
• Information provision and processing
• Administration support
• Networking
• Group support.

Start on your path to a career in Community Services, Aged Care, Children's Services or Disability Services.

Half price fees apply!  

Learn the skills to make a difference for communities.

When you complete the Certificate III in Community Services Work you'll be on your way to a career as a youth worker, support worker, or family carer.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and work effectively and appropriately with individuals and groups in a variety of settings, gathering and providing information, advocacy and community development, ethical behaviour and legal responsibilities.

You will also gain an understanding of mental health, alcohol, drug, and domestic violence services.

You will learn skills in:

• Effective communication
• Gathering, maintaining and providing information
• Advocacy and community development processes
• Ethical behaviour, and
• Legal responsibilities of community workers.

This qualification applies to community work delivered through a broad range of services which provide support to individuals and groups. This level of training is appropriate for support workers, caseworkers and client contact officers.

You will also gains skills in:

• Participating in local government and community organisations
• Assisting in planning and developing programs to meet needs
• Communicating effectively
• Networking
• Assisting in developing and facilitating community education and development and
• Gathering, maintaining and providing information and understanding legal and ethical requirements. 

Half price fees apply!  

Further your skills in developing services and programs for the community.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and work effectively in the community services sector, promoting social, emotional and physical wellbeing, responding to critical situations, responding to children at risk, assisting collective action, working with cultural diversity, ethical behaviour and legal responsibilities. This qualification will provide you with a range of practical skills and knowledge that will assist you in interventions with clients and the implementation of health promotion.

You will gain skills in:

• Communicating at an advanced level
• Understanding behaviour of clients
• Training and group work
• Designing programs for accessibility
• Enhancing community participation
• Gathering, maintaining and providing information
• Understanding legal and ethical requirements, and
• Advocating effectively.

At this level, you may obtain work which is autonomous with limited responsibility within established parameters and may be required to supervise and lead other workers in projects or teams. Work may take place in a range of community service, case work or case management contexts.

Enhance your employment options by doing a dual qualification

If you choose to enrol in extra units you can gain a dual qualification with the:

CHC40413 Certificate IV in Youth Work(opens in a new tab)

This qualification reflects the role of workers who develop and facilitate programs for young people through a range of community-based programs designed to address the social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental and protection needs of young people.

This work may be undertaken through employment in community, government and youth sector agencies and workers will be:

• responsible for implementing policies and guidelines of the employing organisation
• largely self-directed with fairly autonomous decision-making capacity under the indirect supervision of a manager.

Half price fees apply! 

Your career in listening and helping others is here.

This nationally recognised qualification provides the first step towards a career in Counselling and entry into the counselling profession. During the course you will gain industry experience and grow your expertise by completing two supervised field placements with one of 170 government and community agencies.

You may work in the areas of mental health, drugs and alcohol abuse, family and domestic violence, housing, adolescent development, or parenting and relationships - giving you a competitive edge to secure employment in this fast-growing industry.

Counsellors work with clients on personal and psychological issues using established counselling modalities. They use communication, micro-counselling and interviewing skills and draw on varied counselling therapies to assist clients. At this level, the counsellor will be working in defined and supported counselling roles in established agencies rather than in independent practice. 

This course may be of particular interest to graduates of Diploma or higher in community services, youth work, mental health, allied field or applicants with more than two years work/volunteer experience in community services. If you have not already completed the above you may be able to complete a combined Diploma of Community Services and Diploma of Counselling.

The course is delivered over 12 months and is grouped into 3 stages (approx. 40 weeks). Each stage comprises of a grouping of units which sequentially builds skills and knowledge for the qualification.

Stage 1 comprises of units relating to workplace safety, compliance, diversity and communication which provide the knowledge and foundation for the remaining units

Stage 2 comprises of units which relate specifically to the specialist areas of these qualifications in the areas of Counselling, Community Development and Youth Work.

Stage 3 comprises of units that relate to working with complex individuals and managing services for clients in crisis.

Enhance your employment options by doing a dual qualification

If you enrol at the Geraldton campus and you choose to enrol in additional units you can gain a dual qualification with one of the below. These options are discussed with students prior to enrolling.

CHC52015 | Diploma of Community Services(opens in a new tab)

This qualification reflects the roles of community services and case management workers involved in the managing, co-ordinating and/or delivering of person-centred services to individuals, groups and communities. At this level, workers have specialised skills in community services and work autonomously under broad directions from senior management. Workers are usually providing direct support to individuals or groups of individuals. Workers may also have responsibility for the supervision of other workers and volunteers and/or case management; program coordination or the development of new business opportunities.

CHC50413 | Diploma of Youth Work(opens in a new tab)

This qualification reflects the role of people with responsibility for the development and the outcomes of programs and services for young people managed through a range of agencies and designed to meet the social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental and protection needs of young people. This work may be undertaken through employment in community, government and welfare agencies.

Designed to further develop your knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

In this short course you can expand your knowledge and skills in: 

Microsoft Excel - using the IF function, date and time formatting and formulas, sorting data and getting the best result when printing.

Microsoft Outlook - how to write effective emails, organising your emails with folders, using search features, dealing with attachments, recalling emails, flagging emails and tasks, getting organised with your calendar, creating calendar invites and tasks.

Microsoft PowerPoint - create and work with presentations, navigate a slide show, create and work with Smart Art, working with text and clipart and animating slides.

Microsoft Word - table techniques, better formatting using styles, using multiple documents, header and footer techniques, getting the best result when printing, numbered and bulleted lists and wrapping text around pictures.

Are you interested in working with babies and children in an education and care service?

The sector is demanding higher qualifications and training from educators in this field to ensure consistently high standards of education and care for children placed in these services. This can be achieved by completing the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.

You'll learn how to interact and foster the development of the children while working within legal requirements and ensuring the children's health and safety are not at risk. You will work closely with children from different backgrounds and cultures and provide care and support for them in various child care situations.

You will gain skills in:

• Caring for children
• Applying health and hygiene principles
• Understanding legal and ethical requirements
• Providing nutritional needs for babies and children
• Developing and implementing play experiences
• Understanding child development stages
• Working with families and working effectively in a team environment. 

Half price fees apply!

A fulfilling career helping children grow and develop.

This diploma will provide you with the skills and knowledge to manage the operation of a child care centre where you would be responsible for planning, implementing and managing programs in early childhood services (0-5 years), in accordance with licensing, accreditation and duty of care requirements. You would also supervise staff and volunteers.

During this course you will learn to provide care and meet the social, emotional, physical and educational needs of infants and young children in various care settings.

As part of this qualification you will undertake ongoing work placement where you will be able to apply the skills and knowledge you have learned. You will work closely with children from different backgrounds and cultures and provide care and support for them.

You will gain skills in:

• Ethical work practices and legal requirements of the industry
• Advanced skills in:
  • Care routines
  • Working with families
  • Observing and recording children's behaviour
  • Working with culturally diverse clients
  • Managing safety in the workplace.

Half price fees apply!

Support students with additional needs, and assist teachers with creating comfortable and encouraging class environments.

This qualification is nationally recognised, providing you with future job opportunities to gain employment in the education sector. It is aimed at workers who provide assistance and support to teachers and students in a range of educational settings. These may include public, Catholic and independent schools and community education centres.

You will learn how to effectively communicate with students and colleagues, provide support to students in developing their literacy and numeracy skills and learn how to work collaboratively as part of an educational team. As part of this qualification you will undertake supervised work placement where you will be able to apply the skills and knowledge you have learned.

You will gain the following skills:

• Improving literacy and numeracy in classrooms
• Understanding and applying legal and ethical requirements
• Integrating Information Communication Technology (ICT) across the curriculum
• Implementing planned education programs for students with additional needs
• Working effectively with culturally diverse students and staff, and
• Contributing to the safety and health of students.

Work with children and teachers to enhance learning in school environments.

You will have the opportunity to undertake a wide variety of tasks in the classroom and school setting to contextualise this knowledge and improve your practical skills.

This qualification is nationally recognised, providing you with future job opportunities to gain employment in the education sector. A key focus of this course is on supporting students with special needs, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In addition you will develop an awareness of diversity in the education sector and wider community and understand the need to promote cultural safety.

You will gain the knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Contributing to and implementing behaviour management plans
• Understanding and applying legal and ethical requirements
• Contributing to and implementing documented education plans for students with additional needs
• Identifying and responding to children and young people at risk
• Working effectively with students with a diverse range of additional needs, and
• Participating in workplace health and safety.

Charge up your career today.

When you complete the Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician you'll be looking at a career as a licensed electrician (additional requirements apply).

You will gain the knowledge and practical skills to work effectively in the construction industry, installing low voltage wiring, switchgear and appliances, arrange and connect circuits, troubleshoot and problem solve apparatus and circuits, using hand and power tools, interpreting drawings, taking electrical and electronic measurements, and workplace health and safety.

Take your skills to the next level and specialise in fluid power. 

This qualification is for existing engineering tradespeople or apprentices who want to study at a higher level and specialise in fluid power. 

You will learn about specific fluid power skills including installation and maintenance as well as occupational health and safety, quality procedures and systems and workplace communication. 

Take the next step with your engineering career and develop further skills to set you apart.

This qualification covers the skills and knowledge required for employment as a Higher Engineering Tradesperson or a Special Class Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) - Level II, Special Class Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) - Level II, Special Class Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical/Electronic) - Level II within the metal, engineering, manufacturing and associated industries or at equivalent levels in other industries where Engineering Tradespersons work.

The qualification has been specifically developed to be delivered to people who are existing engineering tradespersons or delivered to apprentices in an Engineering Trade who choose to study at a higher level during their apprenticeship.  The qualification packaging has been developed on the assumption that competency will be developed through an integrated combination of on and off the job learning strategies such as those delivering through a formal apprenticeship.

Much of this qualification is available for Recognition of Prior Learning.

You will gain knowledge and skills in:

• design
• assembly
• installation
• modification
• manufacturing
• testing and maintenance.

Get ready for a career working with big gear.

When you complete the Certificate II in Engineering (Mechanical - Plant Mechanic Pre-Apprenticeship) you'll have what employers are looking for in a heavy vehicle or plant mechanic apprentice.

You will have the skills and knowledge to work effectively in the heavy automotive industry, working on loaders, bulldozers, dump trucks and haul trucks, inspecting and servicing transmissions, steering, brakes, fuel injection systems, hydraulics, and batteries, troubleshooting basic faults, and workplace safety and health.

Secure a career making and fixing all things mechanical.

When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Heavy/Welding YH) you'll be looking at a trades career as a boilermaker, welder, or fabricator in industries such as mining or construction.

You will gain the skills and knowledge to create and work with metal fabrications, using workshop machines, hand and power tools, metal, gas, flux core, tungsten, arc welding, thermal cutting, measuring, technical drawing, and workplace health and safety.

Half price fees apply! 

Get into a career making and fixing all things mechanical.

When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering (Mechanical Fitter and Machinist ZB) you'll be looking at a trades career as a machinist metal, mechanical fitter, metal plater or plant mechanic in industries such as mining, automotive, or hydraulics.

You will gain the skills and knowledge to make machines, parts, and tools, work with pumps and hydraulics, using workshop machines, hand and power tools, mills and lathes, arc welding, measuring, technical drawing, and workplace health and safety.

Half price fees apply!

Get into a career making and fixing all things mechanical.

When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering (Mechanical Fitter ZA) you'll be looking at a trades career as a machinist metal, mechanical fitter, metal plater or plant mechanic in industries such as mining, automotive, or hydraulics.

You will gain the skills and knowledge to work with pumps and hydraulics, pneumatic systems, mechanical drives and transmissions, using workshop machines, hand and power tools, arc welding, thermal cutting, measuring, technical drawing, and workplace health and safety.

Half price fees apply!

Are you looking for a spark to ignite your career?

When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade (Plant Mechanic ZG/Z) you'll be ready for a career in the heavy plant industry.

You will have the broad range of skills and knowledge to work effectively in the industry, including diagnosing and repairing drivelines, drive assemblies, engines, suspension, brakes, hydraulics, pneumatic systems, steering, wiring and circuits, controlling systems, and workplace safety and health.

Half price fees apply!

Take control of your future today - there's no better time than now.

When you finish the Certificate I in General Education for Adults you will have better reading, writing, maths, and computer skills.

You will learn

• how to make a plan
• simple reading and writing
• how to make simple documents
• basic computer skills
• simple maths, working with money

You will be enrolled in the right level based on your ability.

Don't put it off any longer - build a solid base for your future today.

When you finish the Certificate II in General Education for Adults you will have a fresh start at education.

You will learn

• planning goals and carrying out projects
• advanced reading and writing
• how to make different documents
• computer skills
• maths and problem solving

You will be enrolled in the right level based on your ability.

The Certificate II in General Education for Adults is approximately equivalent to Year 10 for the purposes of applying for a TAFE course and will meet the entry requirements for most Certificate II, III or IV level TAFE courses.

Get on track with everything there is to know about Microsoft Office 

This short course will provide you with an introduction to:

Microsoft Windows:

• using the start menu
• file organisation including creating folders, copying files and moving files

Microsoft Excel:

• creating a new workbook
• number formatting
• formulas and functions
• and introduction to charts

Microsoft Word:

• working with a document including basic editing and formatting
• tables
• tabs and page layout

Microsoft Outlook:

• sending an email
• creating a signature
• calendar invites
• task lists
• correct way to address an email
• how to use To, CC and BCC
• how to write an email
• and how to send an attachment

This is the spark you need to ignite a career in heavy machines.

From dump trucks, bulldozers, drilling rigs, to heavy plant machinery, heavy automotives need servicing just like any other automotive. Like with light vehicles, there are many parts that ensure the smooth operation of heavy vehicles. And with heavy machinery, it’s important to ensure that all parts are fully functional, from the cooling systems, the mechanical equipment, the engine, the steering and suspension systems, and even the electrical circuits. 

You will have the broad range of skills and knowledge to work effectively in the industry, including diagnosing and repairing drivelines, drive assemblies, engines, suspension, brakes, hydraulics, pneumatic systems, steering, wiring and circuits, welding, thermal cutting, and workplace safety and health.

Half price fees apply!

Embark on a fulfilling career helping others.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to work effectively in the aged care industry or disability sector, caring, enabling people to maintain independence. You will gain an understanding about supporting people with dementia, safety procedures, ethical behaviour, infection control, working with cultural diversity, and workplace health and safety.

You will develop the skills and knowledge required to provide personal, physical and emotional support to people who require assistance with daily living, including the elderly and people with disabilities.

This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason. Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.

Half price fees apply!

Provide support and empower people with disabilities. 

This course will enable you to start your career in disability support. You will gain the skills and knowledge required  to provide care and support to people with disabilities enabling them to maintain their independence. You will have the opportunity to find work in a variety of settings including residential, individual support, home care, advocacy, case management and day support. 

Half price fees apply!

Develop your computing skills and gain the ability to work confidently across a wide range of industries.

With this course you will begin with basic computer operation, and then establish and develop your skills across a range of common programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You will also learn to effectively use electronic communication skills, as well as get an introduction to digital photography and video.

Skills gained include:

• Communication methods including social media
• Software applications focusing on the Microsoft Office suite
• Basic use of multimedia including video editing
• Operating systems
• Installing additional hardware such as printers, and
• Diagnosing and solving common problems. 

If you're interested in working with computers but not quite sure what area to focus on, this is the course for you.

This course will give you a chance to sample a broad range of IT areas, from commonly used hardware and software to creating websites and editing video. Successful completion of this course will see you fully equipped to start your career in IT or get you ready for further study in your chosen field.

Skills gained include:

• Using software applications that can include (but are not limited to) Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements, Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Access)
• Installing and customising operating systems
• Providing technical advice and support
• Programming (HTML)
• Diagnostic support
• Creating user documentation
• Creating and updating websites.

Further your education and training today.

This course aims to provide a general education. That is, initial skill development in reading, writing and numeracy and skill development in a variety of areas to meet personal needs and to facilitate participation in the community, or other workplace and further education and training.

On successful completion of this course a participant will be able to:

• develop a learning plan and portfolio with support
• read and interpret a limited range of short, simple and personally relevant texts
• create short simple, personally relevant texts
• recognise simple mathematical information in familiar and everyday situations.

Level up your cake decorating skills. 

In this short course you will expand on your beginner cake decorating skills from an experienced cake maker. You will learn how to cover, decorate and colour  to create a stunning cake. 

Do you want to make a positive difference in the lives of others?  

This introductory skill set will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to get started in a rewarding career within the community services sector. You will gain the basic skills to provide support to people in a range of health care setting 

• Determine and respond to person support needs
• Follow infection prevention and control procedures
• Complete manual tasks safely 
• Communicate and work in the health or community services sector

Get your hospitality career started.

After completing this course you'll be able to work in kitchen operations in restaurants, hotels, catering facilities, clubs, pubs, cafes, coffee shops, aged care facilities, hospitals, prisons and schools.

You may be in charge of preparing breakfast, fast food, non-alcoholic drinks, sandwiches, appetisers, salads and hot/cold desserts.

This qualification does not reflect the skills required by commercial cooks (please see the Certificate III in Commercial Cookery(opens in a new tab) ).

Half price fees apply! 

Your start to study at TAFE.

This entry level qualification is a great place to start as it will help to open the door for further study. Our campuses will offer this qualification with a specific industry focused course. 

For example students can participate in trade skills, fashion, technology and subjects such as computing or administration. All of these courses will have a focus on working in a team and on a particular project. 

Find out what makes a great leader and take those skills to upper management anywhere. 

What does a manager of the future look like? There is a shift in the stereotypes we often hear with the title ‘Manager’, and research shows that the world is moving towards a more human-centered approach to leadership. So what do managers of the future look like in practice? What is their management style? This course covers the principles you need to learn to succeed in management.

You will learn how to lead effectively by analysing your own leadership style, learn how to enthuse encourage and lead and many other emotional intelligence skills. You will gain many everyday skills such as setting work priorities and implementing operational plans, innovating and leading team work.

This qualification is ideally suited to:

• Upcoming managers or team leaders who want to develop high level management skills to succeed in their position

• Entrepreneurs to enhance people skills at start of developing their visions.

• Junior staff who wish to gain strong baseline leadership skills

• Experienced staff who wish to fine-tune their management skills

This qualification provides participants with the skills needed to always put their best self forward and work as effective leaders in their field.

Find out what makes a great leader and take those skills to upper management anywhere. 

What does a manager of the future look like? There is a shift in the stereotypes we often hear with the title ‘Manager’, and research shows that the world is moving towards a more human-centered approach to leadership. So what do managers of the future look like in practice? What is their management style? This course covers the principles you need to learn to succeed in management.

You will learn how to lead effectively by analysing your own leadership style, learn how to enthuse encourage and lead, and many other emotional intelligence skills. You will gain many everyday skills such as setting work priorities and implementing operational plans, innovating, and leading teamwork.

This qualification is ideally suited to:

• Upcoming managers or team leaders who want to develop high-level management skills to succeed in their position

• Entrepreneurs to enhance people skills at the start of developing their visions.

• Junior staff who wish to gain strong baseline leadership skills

• Experienced staff who wish to fine-tune their management skills

This qualification provides participants with the skills needed to always put their best selves forward and work as effective leaders in their field.

Become a leader in your field.

The Diploma of Leadership and Management aims to provide students with both academic knowledge and practical management skills.

This qualification is best suited to those looking to enhance their pre-existing leadership and management skills and knowledge to enable them to be a more effective manager. It would also suit those who are moving into a more mid-level position within their organisation.

Individuals at this level display initiative and judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others. They use communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet organisational or enterprise requirements. They plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

Become a leader in your field.

The Diploma of Leadership and Management aims to provide students with both academic knowledge and practical management skills.

This qualification is best suited to those looking to enhance their pre-existing leadership and management skills and knowledge to enable them to be a more effective manager. It would also suit those who are moving into a more mid-level position within their organisation.

Individuals at this level display initiative and judgment in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others. They use communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet organisational or enterprise requirements. They plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

Gain the skills and knowledge to safely operate a forklift truck.

As per national guidelines students will learn how to conduct routine checks, proper shifting of a load and how to correctly shutdown and secure a forklift. Forklift is considered high risk work and you will attain the skills required to maneuver goods in a variety of industries including manufacturing, transport, mining and production industries

It's time to gear up for your automotive career.

By completing a Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology you will be ready for a career in the automotive servicing industry. You will have the broad range of skills and knowledge required to work effectively in the automotive industry, including diagnosis and repair, braking systems, transmissions, servicing, suspension, and workplace safety and health.

The Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology is an apprenticeship you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation to study.

Half price fees apply! 

This course will equip you with the practical skills and knowledge to perform day-to-day bookkeeping operations using MYOB AccountRight.

You will learn to create a company data file complete historical and opening balances, produce and manage purchase orders and invoices, manage accounts payable and receivable and produce BAS documentation.

Specifically you will learn how to:

• Modify an existing chart of accounts to suit your business needs
• Make changes to customer and supplier details in the card file
• Create an inventory in MYOB AccountRight of items for sale
• Purchase items for a business in MYOB AccountRight
• Enter payments for purchases
• Produce complex invoices
• Apply customer payments to open invoices
• Use MYOB AccountRight's cheque facility for making purchases
• Reconcile MYOB AccountRight data against company bank statements
• Work with the reporting system
• Understand how MYOB AccountRight is setup and works with the GST
• Set up and complete a Business Activity Statement

Complete physical tasks safely. 

As a support worker or a carer you may be required to complete manual handling tasks for your patients. This short course will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills to safely complete manual handling tasks such as lifting, moving, carrying and other physical activities required to assist your patient. 

Prepare and manage meals in the care sector. 

As a carer or support worker you may be required to manage meals, nutrition and feeding practices for your patients. You will learn the skills and knowledge to confidently prepare and provide meals within the care sector. 

Make a career of caring when it matters most.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide self-directed recovery-oriented support for people affected by mental illness and psychiatric disability. Work involves implementing community-based programs and activities focusing on mental health, mental illness and psychiatric disability. Work is undertaken in a range of community contexts such as community based non-government organisations; home based outreach; centre-based programs; respite care; residential services, rehabilitation programs; clinical settings; or supporting people in employment. Work is carried out autonomously under the broad guidance of other practitioners and professionals.

Learn the more advanced features of Microsoft Excel.

Students will build upon their previously learnt skills in Excel and be introduced to more complex features including analytical tools, pivot tables, Solver, outlining, summarising and key automation features such as Macros. 

Topics covered include: 

• use a range of formula techniques,
• protect data in worksheets and workbooks,
• use an advanced filter to analyse data in a list,
• use a variety of data validation techniques,
• apply conditional formatting to ranges in a worksheet,
• use goal seeking to determine the values required to read a desired result,
• create, use and modify data tables,
• create and work with scenarios and Scenario Manager,
• understand and create simple PivotTables,
• construct and operate PivotTables using some of the more advanced techniques,
• use data linking to create more efficient workbooks, and
• use the Data Consolidation feature to combine data from several workbooks into one.

Advance your current skills in Microsoft Excel.

This short course is aimed at those that have the existing knowledge and skills to create, edit, print and chart simple worksheets including understanding ranges and the copying process. The topics covered in this short course include: 

• use the fill operations available to fill a data series,
• use a range of formula techniques,
• use a range of logical functions,
• apply a range of number formatting techniques to data,
• apply conditional formatting in a worksheet,
• apply borders to cells and ranges,
• work with various elements of a worksheet,
• use a range of find and replace techniques,
• sort data in a list in a worksheet, and
• filter data in a table.

Learn how to use Microsoft Excel.

Our basic Microsoft Excel course offers initial training in one of the most commonly used computing applications used. In this course you will gain the skills and the knowledge required to use excel in the home and the workplace. 

You will learn how to: 

• Create spreadsheets

• Format data

• Incorporate charts and objects and much more

Develop your skills in Microsoft PowerPoint.

You will learn to add graphics and themes, run a slide show, printing techniques and how to publish presentations for a variety of business settings. This course is designed for users who wish to use PowerPoint to present information.

Topics covered include:

• work with the basic features of PowerPoint
• create a new presentation
• insert and modify clip art in your presentation
• draw and work with shapes
• create and work with SmartArt
• navigate a slide show in PowerPoint
• use a range of printing techniques 

Learn how to use Microsoft Project 

In this short course you will learn to create and work with research tools, enter costs into a project, set constraints and deadlines, monitor projects, manage budgets, analyse workloads and print information in Microsoft Project.

Specifically you will learn to:

• work with key screen features
• create a new project file
• understand key project management concepts
• enter and work with duration for tasks
• enter and work with task relationships
• create and work with resource pools
• understand resource assignment concepts
• assign and level over allocated resources to task
• assign materials to tasks
• enter a wide range of costs into a project
• monitor and track a project 
• print information

Improve your skills in Microsoft Word 

This course is suited for those that have some basic knowledge in using Microsoft Word and are looking to improve their skills. You will learn how to create multiple documents, implement styles and templates, merging as well as working with pictures and drawings.

Topics covered include: 

• Working with basic features of word
• Using more advanced table features
• Creating and applying styles to paragraphs and text
• Creating and using templates in your documents 
• Understanding and working with section breaks in a document
• Creating headers and footers
• Performing a mail merge from scratch
• Inserting and working with pictures
• Working extensively with shapes including those inserted in a drawing canvas

Do you want to get into the mining or construction industry?

This short course will help you get all the necessary tickets and training that you need to put your best foot forward for entry level jobs across the mining sector. This preparation course includes a range of skills, tickets and training, that will have you ready for work in no time. 

Create a beautiful miniature garden using Australian native plants.

You’ll learn how to decorate an outdoor patio with one of these beauties. This short course will also cover how to select suitable plants, fertiliser, and soil, and how to provide ongoing care to your miniature garden including how to correctly water your plants. 

Your future in Nursing starts here.

A Diploma of Nursing from Central Regional TAFE will see you work as an enrolled nurse in a range of health care settings including hospitals, health clinics, community organisations or residential care. It is a diverse, challenging and rewarding career, as nurses make a real difference to the comfort and care of patients every day.

By working in our simulated hospital wards and outreach clinic, you will gain knowledge and skills that will enable you to assess and provide nursing care to clients, including how to observe and measure vital signs, and assist patients with everyday activities. You will develop essential effective communication skills and learn to work with and care for people from different backgrounds.