Aerospace, Maritime and Logistics

Pursue your passion for aquatic life.

A Certificate II in Aquaculture  will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to assist in the care and maintenance of fish stocks. You will learn skills in food handling, controlling pests, predators and diseases, handling and harvesting stock, maintaining and manipulating the water environment and applying chemicals and biological agents. It provides individuals with skills and knowledge to work as a field hand in an aquaculture operation such as a hatchery, sea cage or pond facility. It is applicable to school-based studies.

You will also gain knowledge and skills in:

• Controlling diseases
• Collecting broodstock
• Handling food
• Handling and harvesting stock
• Maintaining water environments and
• Applying chemicals and biological agents.

Do you want to further your knowledge of the Aquaculture Industry? Are you interested in sustainable food sources? 

This course is for those wanting to rise through the ranks and become leading hands and supervisors within the aquaculture industry responsible for decision making and coordinating some team activities such as feeding, construction, managing live feeds and overseeing water quality monitoring.

You will also gain knowledge and skills in:

• Coordinating fish farming activities
• Monitoring and implementing emergency and safety procedures
• Controlling pests, predators and disease
• Handling food
• Handling and harvesting stock
• Maintaining water environments and
• Applying chemicals and biological agents.

Assist in the management of environmental issues with this diploma.

With a growing importance on conservation and environmental impact of business, this is a good time to join this industry. It is a growing area that is linked to our resource industry and increasing issues with the degradation of ecosystems. This course covers the skills and knowledge you need to apply a range of methods and technologies to conduct environmental sampling, testing and monitoring. The skills are used in most industry sectors and to assist environmental scientists, engineers and planners with site assessment, minimising environmental impacts of processes and remediation/rehabilitation of sites.

With more and more businesses interested in conservation and keen to reduce their impact on the environment there has never been a better time to join this growing industry. 

This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to collect and analyse environmental samples and process environmental data for the purpose of minimising the impact of human activity on the environment. Students undertake a range of field-based activities including vegetation surveys, geological formation recognition, water and soil sampling and testing and the use of GPS in environmental monitoring applications.

Why not turn your passion for fishing into a career!

This qualification will give you the basic skills you need to start work in the fishing sector of the seafood industry. This course will teach you a broad range of routine processes and procedures which may include maintaining fishing gear, operating small vessels, using deck equipment, processing and basic marine science skills.

You will gain knowledge and skills in:

• Assisting with operation of fishing gear and equipment
• Basic processing and temperature control of harvest
• General cleaning and maintenance of equipment and vessel, and
• Handling, harvesting and sorting by-catch.

Don't go to work - go fishing instead!

A Certificate III in Fishing Operations will give you the skills to work as a deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. Learn a broad range of processes and procedures which may include vessel handling, using electronic fishing aids, navigation, charter operations, commercial fishing techniques, and basic fisheries management and marine science knowledge.

You will gain knowledge and skills in:

• Operating a small vessel and seamanship skills
• Applying coastal navigation and meteorology skills
• Applying principles and knowledge of marine biology and ecology to practical tasks
• Developing fisheries management skills
• Applying commercial fishing techniques, and
• Using technology in the field of Aquaculture.

Do you want to work in the small vessel sector in commercial workboats, fisheries, fishing, tourism or aquaculture?

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Coxswain Grade 1 Near Coastal skipper in the maritime industry.

This qualification enables graduates to command a commercial marine vessel:

• up to 12 metres in length
• with propulsion power that is unlimited for an outboard engine or up to 500 kW for an inboard engine.

Can carry passengers:

• inshore, and
• or as a tender or auxiliary vessel within 3 nautical miles (nm) of a parent vessel within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

You will gain the following skills:

• Navigating a vessel less than 12 metres in length
• Applying basic maintenance and engineering knowledge
• Operating a marine radio
• Applying safety procedures at sea
• Applying basic ships knowledge, and
• Demonstrating nautical knowledge.

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Coxswain Grade 2 Near Coastal skipper in the maritime industry. This qualification enables graduates to command a commercial marine vessel:

• up to 12 metres in length
• with propulsion power that is unlimited for an outboard engine or up to 100 kW for an inboard engine
• that is not carrying passengers, and to operate this vessel
• in sheltered waters, and
• or as a tender or auxiliary vessel within 3 nautical miles (nm) of a parent vessel within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or within 3 nm from point of departure, shore base or aquaculture lease.

You will also gain the following skills:

• Handling a vessel less than 12 metres in length
• Applying basic maintenance and environmental knowledge
• Applying safety procedures at sea, and
• Demonstrating seamanship skills.

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Chief or Second Marine Engineer in the maritime industry. This qualification is suitable for people who work in the maritime industry operating as Chief Engineer on vessels with propulsion power up to 1500 kW and Second Engineer on vessels with propulsion power up to 3000 kW in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

You will gain the following skills:

• Taking charge of an engine room
• Calculating engineering equations
• Applying shipboard safety principles
• Applying basic mechanical engineering
• Applying survival skills at sea
• Extinguishing fires
• Refuelling vessels adhering to marine pollution (MARPOL) guidelines
• Operating and maintaining deck machinery
• Operating and maintaining auxiliary power systems, and
• Operating and maintaining extra low and low voltage electrical systems and equipment.

Set sail for a rewarding career at sea!

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Marine Engineers in the maritime industry, as Chief Engineer on vessels with propulsion power up to 750 kW and Second Engineer on vessels with propulsion power up to 1500 kW in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Students will develop the following skills:

• Taking charge of an engine room with a main propulsion of less than 750kW
• Applying safety procedures
• Applying survival skills at sea
• Extinguishing fires
• Refuelling vessels adhering to marine pollution (MARPOL) guidelines
• Performing basic engineering calculations
• Operating and maintaining deck machinery
• Operating and maintaining auxiliary power systems, and
• Operating and maintaining extra low and low voltage electrical systems and equipment.

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Master V Near Coastal skipper in the maritime industry. This course will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to safely operate a commercial vessel of less than 24 metres in length within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). You will gain the following skills:

• Applying shipboard safety
• Operating marine radio and radar
• Applying coastal navigation knowledge and passage planning
• Demonstrating ships knowledge including stability and deck loading, and
• Operating a marine vessel less than 24m length.

Fancy a life at sea?

This qualification is suitable for people who work as a Master IV Near Coastal skipper in the maritime industry. This qualification is suitable for those sailing as Master on vessels up to 35 metres in length within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or a Mate on vessels up to 80 metres in length.

You will gain the following skills:

• Handling cargo
• Applying vessel stability knowledge
• Checking and maintaining equipment
• Manoeuvring vessels
• Communicating effectively in a marine environment
• Applying survival skills at sea
• Navigating a safe passage, and
• Applying ship structural knowledge.