About TAFE SA

Do you want to work as an account clerk? A bookkeeper? An accounts receivable officer? Our Certificate III in Account Administration will equip you with job-ready skills to pursue these careers and more. Through your studies, you’ll be taught how to perform financial calculations, enter transactions into the XERO computerised accounting system, produce spreadsheets, develop business documents, apply the principles of accounting, manage accounts receivable and payable, and work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry. If you’d like to further your education, you’ll be able to progress into the Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping.

This qualification provides skills that will empower you to support the effective functioning of a business across industries. Throughout the course, you’ll practice how to liaise with different stakeholders, prepare documents, spreadsheets and presentations, maintain office resources and financial records, and support operational plans. You’ll fine-tune your ability to problem solve, manage deadlines and timeframes, collaborate with other team members, and communicate effectively.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who assist dental practitioners during oral health care procedures. The role includes maintaining high standards of infection control, assisting with practice administration and supporting quality and professionalism in the dental sector.

Like inspiring young minds?

Develop the skills and knowledge you need to inspire and support children as an early childhood educator. You could work in a childcare, preschool, classroom, out-of-school-hours care or even a community education setting. The certificate III is the minimum requirement for employment in the early childhood industry.

As we look towards the future, a strong and resilient healthcare system is essential for both social and economic development. If you want a career defined by helping others, this nationally recognised qualification in health administration will allow you to learn the hands-on skills and fundamental knowledge you need to succeed in the sector.

Studying in a supportive environment, you’ll learn the skills to support people within a health or medical environment in a health administration role. You’ll learn medical terminology, basic business skills, customer service, patient record management, and technical skills to work independently in health or community services.

Launch your career in the exciting hospitality industry with TAFE SA. This nationally recognised course is your pathway to employment in restaurants, hotels, motels, clubs, pubs, catering, and cafés. You can focus on food and beverage service, espresso coffee machine operations, restaurant hosting, bartending, or waiting.

Learn about customer service, effective teamwork, and workplace safety. Study at regional campuses across South Australia or at our flagship college, the Regency International Centre, a specially-designed world-class hospitality training facility right here in Adelaide. Hospitality professionals are always in-demand, so start your career here.

If you have a passion for travel and tourism, your career starts here. This entry-level course is your pathway to a career in this exciting and fast-paced industry. You will gain the skills to work in a range of settings including tour operators, visitor information centres, tourism attractions, cultural and heritage sites, and small businesses in the sector.

Learn about sales and bookings, customer service, travel documentation, domestic and international destinations, and the events industry. Choose to go on to further study or step into a position in the dynamic world of tourism. Let TAFE SA take you there.

This course provides you with the skills to lead and supervise people in a business environment. Business supervisors lead people in a range of specialities including customer service, financial and general administration, innovation, interpersonal communication, IT, marketing, project management, management, research, and risk management.

This course prepares you to take the first line of management in a wide range of organisational and industry contexts. Skills are developed to be able to supervise teams of personnel, providing leadership and guidance to other while managing the effectiveness of the team.

Projects are the building blocks of all organisational activity. In this course you will gain skills and knowledge regarding project scope, human resources, time, quality, cost and risk amongst others. When you master these fundamental concepts you will be in a position to support the successful completion of any project you are participating in.

Aspiring to work in accounting, business, or finance? Whether you want to work for yourself or as part of a team, this qualification will equip you with the skills and accreditations you need to realise your full career potential.

This high-level course will develop your expertise in budget preparation, management accounting, financial accounting, financial performance, internal control systems, income tax and financial analysis skills. With our focus on employability, you’ll be mentored by educators who have strong industry links, ensuring that you’ll complete the qualification job-ready.

By successfully completing this course, you’ll be qualified to work as an Licenced Bookkeeper, Senior Financial Clerk, Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable Officer. Want to continue your study? You’ll have guaranteed entry - with credit – into a connected university program.

This course incorporates the Diploma of Accounting plus the 4 entry units required for the qualification.

This course provides you with the skills to provide a safe working environment while leading/supervising people in a business environment. Business managers provide support for the effective functioning of a business in any industry, including government.

Further your career in early childhood education by gaining the skills and knowledge to become a team leader, director or educational leader in a range of education settings. Learn about cultural competence, health and safety, food and drink, respectful relationships, learning frameworks, holistic development, compliance, nurturing creativity, curriculum and workplace safety.

Give your hospitality career a boost with a Diploma of Hospitality Management. Consolidate your skills and learn more about people management, leadership, finances and budgeting, customer service programs, and effective business relationships. Become a venue manager, lead a functions team, or run a catering business with this comprehensive course, and you can tailor your studies to match your own interests and career ambitions.

Study at Whyalla or at our flagship college, the Regency International Centre, a specially-designed world-class hospitality training facility right here in Adelaide. Qualified hospitality professionals are always in-demand, so take your next career step with TAFE SA.

This course gives in-depth coverage of project management knowledge areas. It is targeted at participants who possess a sound theoretical knowledge base and use a range of specialised technical or managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate their own work and/or the work of a team. Skills covered include scope, time, quality, cost, human resources, information and communication, risk and integration.

Do you have a curious mind and can think on your feet? This qualification will set you on a path to start a career in marketing and communication and provide you with current business and marketing knowledge. Through your studies you will be taught the principles of marketing, digital communication, teamwork and customer service. Apply today and stay ahead in the job market.

Build on existing professional skills and be positioned with the expertise and knowledge to take on leadership and case management roles.

Learn how to deliver person-centred services to individuals, groups, and communities, across multiple areas of the community services.

The course will use current techniques, to further develop technical skills via work-based through 200 hours of placement in a variety of community service agencies. Students must be eligible for, and obtain a valid, South Australian working with children’s check for entry to this course.

This qualification reflects the role of counsellors, who 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 qualification includes the direct opportunity to participate in supervised counselling and crisis support work experience with Uniting Communities (UC) an organisation creating positive change for South Australian communities for over 120 years. UC will provide on the job training, support and supervision in a placement with a well-known crisis support service.

Join the exciting world of event management with this comprehensive Diploma. This nationally recognised qualification is your pathway to a career in events across a range of sectors including tourism and travel, hospitality, sport, cultural institutions and festivals, and business conferences.

Develop your practical skills in registrations, staging, operations, finances and budgets, leadership, business relationships, and risk management. Learn how to manage and enhance the customer service experience and be confident with all the latest conference technology. Get real skills and real experience with TAFE SA.

Are you ready for an exciting career in the ever-changing world of marketing and communication? As you immerse yourself in your studies you will explore social and digital insights, learn key concepts of marketing and gain knowledge of the latest marketing trends, both locally and from across the globe. Learn how to effectively promote a business and apply practical skills to any industry. Apply today to stay ahead in the job market.

Learn to provide physical and emotional support to older people to enhance their independence and wellbeing. The course will introduce you to all aspects of a support worker’s role including assisting with daily activities and personal care.

Develop the skills to support individuals with disability, living in the community and/or supported accommodation. Learn about independence and wellbeing, communication, working with diverse people, legal and ethical requirements, healthy body systems and safe work practices.

Training that will equip you to become a community services workers who supports individuals through providing person-centred services within community settings and supporting the implementation of specific community-based programs.

This course equips graduates to provide a range of community services promoting mental health wellness and recovery, focusing on rehabilitation and support for people affected by mental illness and psychiatric disability.

This course 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.

Join one of Australia’s largest employment sectors with our comprehensive, hands-on retail course. Designed to boost your skills and provide a competitive edge in the job market, it’s perfect for anyone aspiring to launch a retail career, start their own business, or step into a supervisory role.

This nationally recognised qualification paves the way for opportunities in various retail environments, including specialty stores, supermarkets, department stores and quick-service restaurants. With this qualification, you can take on roles such as frontline sales assistant, customer service representative, shop assistant, retail supervisor, team leader and senior sales assistant.

Start your career in the exciting and in-demand hospitality and tourism sectors with this industry recognised foundation course. Learn the fundamentals of a career in hospitality including working effectively with others, using information on the hospitality industry, interacting with customers, observing social and cultural sensitivity, and following workplace safety.

You’ll also learn about preparing and serving coffee and food and beverage service. TAFE SA hospitality courses are offered at our flagship college, the Regency International Centre, a specially-designed, world-class, training facility, and at regional campuses across South Australia.

This course is for those interested in working, or already work, as a legal support officer in a law firm, commercial entity, community organisation or the public sector. It covers the Australian legal system, court process, legal research, the law and professional rules that apply to support staff, legal computing, communication, contract law and torts.

This course is specifically designed for candidates who are employed in a relevant area in government, or any employment related to para planning, who are looking to gain skills in para planning to support Town Planning.

The course will be facilitated through blended online Blackboard Collaborate sessions supported by online resources. Subject matter experts will be providing current industry knowledge and skills through the delivery of the Planning specific units.

Become a commercial cook with this comprehensive cookery course. Learn about kitchen operations and safety, menu planning and preparation, and a wide range of cooking techniques including meats and seafood, cakes and pastries, and desserts. If you have a passion for cooking and enjoy working in a team environment, this nationally-recognised qualification could be your pathway to a successful career.

You’ll develop your cooking skills in our industry-standard commercial kitchens when you study at Regency Park or one of our regional campuses. By completing this qualification and obtaining appropriate industry experience you can apply for cookery trade recognition.

This course is suitable for workers who provide therapeutic and program-related support to allied health professionals. The allied health assistant conducts therapeutic and program related activities under the guidance of an allied health professional. Supervision may be direct, indirect or remote and must occur within organisation requirements.

Financial counsellors are experts in financial difficulty and provide advice and support to help clients get back on top of their financial issues. They work from a model of social justice and client empowerment.

Working in community organisations, their services are free, independent, and confidential. Financial counsellors have an extensive knowledge of a range of areas of law and policy, including consumer credit law, debt enforcement practices, the bankruptcy regime, industry hardship policies and government concession frameworks.

Note that this qualification is NOT related to the work performed by financial planners or financial advisers whose role is to provide clients with strategies to address their investment options and requires a financial services licence. This qualification is also not appropriate for financial capability workers.

This qualification does NOT refer to therapeutic counselling, however, a recognition of, and an ability to work within, a counselling framework and the way in which other issues may interact with financial issues is highly relevant to financial counselling practice.

Develop the skills and knowledge to design and deliver person-centred services to individuals and/or groups as well as providing support, advocacy or interventions to individual clients, groups or communities across a range of services.

Become a professional builder or construction manager in the low-rise sector with this Certificate IV from TAFE SA. This nationally recognised qualification is a core requirement, along with trade experience, for getting your South Australian Building Work Supervisor Registration. The builder is the person at the heart of a build and takes responsibility for all aspects of the job from planning to ensuring a successful outcome.

The course covers finances, planning and estimating, contracts and schedules, legal requirements, OHS compliance, structural principles, and key aspects of managing a small business. Building Work Supervisors make sure that all building work performed meets the required building standards. Supervisors must be registered and approved by Consumer and Business Services (CBS).

This entry-level qualification is your ticket to a bright future in the exciting world of travel. Become a travel consultant, sales agent, or reservations officer in a retail travel agency or with a tour operator. Gain the essential skills and knowledge you need to work effectively in the travel industry including a range of administrative skills, operational knowledge of booking systems, airline reservations and ticketing, and customer service and sales skills.

Learn about the domestic, international, leisure, and corporate travel markets. You’ll get hands-on learning on field trips and excursions while you study. This is the industry-recognised course you need to get started in the travel industry, so let’s go with TAFE SA.

Start now and gain the valuable skills needed to manage medium-rise construction projects in the residential and commercial sectors. This qualification is for people entering the construction industry in the commercial sector and for those already working in the sector as builders, site managers, and building supervisors. It’s ideal if you’re seeking career advancement within your existing employment.

You will learn about building practice, codes and structures, estimates and tendering, contract management, risk and financial management, and project planning, as well as costing systems for medium rise construction, energy efficiency and sustainability, quality control, and managing client relationships. This Diploma may also be suitable for licensed builders seeking the managerial, technical skills, and knowledge needed to upgrade to medium rise construction.

Gain the skills you need to become a qualified nail technician or sales advisor in the dynamic beauty industry. Learn all about manicure and pedicure services, including the application of nail art and the use of acrylic and gel nail enhancements. This nationally accredited qualification equips you with the practical skills you need to find the job you want. Express your creativity and help your clients feel their best. With hands-on learning at our in-house beauty clinics, you will gain the skills you need to offer top quality services to your clients.

Develop a broad range of knowledge and practical skills needed to work in the fitness industry. You’ll be able to hit the ground running as a personal trainer, working with individuals or groups, or collaboratively with medical and allied health professionals.

ake a step up the career ladder with this mid-level qualification in Accounting and Bookkeeping. Combining practical bookkeeping skills with accounting theory, this course will give you a range of career options and pathways towards further success. Through your studies, you’ll learn how to prepare business operation budgets, calculate product and service costing using Microsoft Excel applications, develop business documents, prepare business tax calculations, process everyday business transactions, prepare and lodge Business Activity Statements (BAS) to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), process payroll using XERO software, and apply the principles of accounting. By completing this qualification, you’ll be able to work as a registered BAS Agent or Bookkeeper (additional experience requirements apply). You can also choose to work as an accounts clerk or payroll office. This course provides a pathway to completing the Diploma of Accounting to become a Registered Tax Agent.

Begin your career as a beautician, retail beauty consultant, or beauty salon assistant with this nationally recognised qualification. You will develop skills in make-up, waxing, tanning, nail services, and eyelash and brow treatments as you enhance your natural talents. Choose from our wide range of electives to tailor your course to your own career. Learn the latest techniques in our on-site beauty clinics that replicate the real workplace environment.

Follow your passion for beauty therapy with this nationally accredited Diploma. Become a qualified beauty therapist with the practical skills and technical knowledge to provide a range of popular services including facials, advance facials, microdermabrasion, body massage, aromatherapy, stone massage, spa treatments including waxing and hair removal, lash and brow treatments, manicures and pedicures, and make-up services.

Learn about client communication and consultation techniques so you can provide appropriate beauty advice, recommend the best beauty treatments, and advise clients about skin care and cosmetic products in a retail environment. Choose from our extensive range of electives to tailor your Diploma to your own interests and ambitions.

This course reflects the role of leaders who 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.

Unlock your potential and future career in the retail sector. This course is designed to provide the skills and know-how to lead a frontline team and manage the day-to-day operations in a retail setting including speciality store and department stores, supermarkets, and quick service restaurants. Learning how to manage employee relations and creating a customer centric culture are just some of the key interpersonal and practical skills gained through this qualification.

Event management is dynamic, exciting, demanding, and constantly changing. This nationally recognised course is your all areas access pass to the exciting events industry. From arts to sports to business, events are key to marketing and professional success.

Find out all about the professional meetings and events industry and learn about social and cultural sensitivity, systems for processing event registrations, and working as part of an events management team. It’s your career, you choose where it can take you with TAFE SA.

This course reflects the role of those who work in the public sector without supervision as they need to be multi-skilled and/or work in small or regionally based organisations.

Step up your hospitality career with this comprehensive qualification. Gain the skills and knowledge you need to take on a leading role in a restaurant, hotel, club, or cocktail lounge. This course covers a wide range of essential hospitality topics such as strategies to enhance the customer service experience, how to lead a team and manage conflict in the workplace, preparing budgets and finances, and how to offer on-the-job coaching to other employees.

You’ll also learn about bar operations, serving wines and cocktails, the art of making great coffee, and providing table service of food and beverages. It’s your career, you decide where it will take you with a Certificate IV in Hospitality.

This course will equip you with the skills to design, plan, administer and manage IT networks from home and small offices to enterprise-wide network infrastructure. This course provides a high-level IT technical base with the ability to specialise in Microsoft and Linux server operating systems, voice, wireless (Aruba), network infrastructure (Cisco CCNA, Cisco Security), virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper V) and sustainability.

Become an IT Network and cloud engineering specialist with this nationally recognised course. Learn how to install and manage complex ICT networks, design and build network servers, install enterprise virtual computing environments, and network security.

Become an IT Systems Administrator and Cloud Engineering specialist with this nationally recognised course. Learn the skills required to create cloud services and IT.

Keen to become a fully qualified air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanic? This is the course you need. This comprehensive Certificate lll course gives apprentices a thorough grounding in all aspects of refrigeration and air-conditioning.

Learn the competencies required to select components, install, set up, test, fault find, repair and maintain refrigeration systems and equipment that apply to food storage and preservation, air conditioning and air distribution equipment in buildings and premises. It also covers the regulatory requirements for purchasing and handling refrigerants and all OHS requirements.

Work towards your electrician’s licence with this four-year apprenticeship course. You will learn how to select, install, set up, test, fault find, repair, and maintain electrical systems and equipment covering domestic, commercial, and industrial settings with on and off the job training. On completion you will be eligible to apply for your Unrestricted, Unsupervised Electrical Workers Registration in South Australia.

Embark on an exciting career in the high-tech Electrotechnology industry with this foundational Certificate ll course. Electrotechnology is a growing industry that is essential for the energy dependent lifestyle of today and the future. Areas such as domestic and commercial electrical installations; electrical power generation and distribution; telecommunications and security systems; air-conditioning and refrigeration; instrumentation and process control; renewable and sustainable energy; and electric vehicles and rail transport are all part of this important industry.

You will learn the fundamental electrical skills and knowledge you need to be work ready and have a pathway towards an apprenticeship as an electrician. Many leading South Australian electrical companies consider this course to be an essential pre-apprenticeship qualification.

Reboot your career as an electronics assembler, technician’s trade assistant, or computer service agent with this nationally recognised course. You will gain the transferrable skills and knowledge you need to work in the fast-evolving electronics industry.

Learn how to identify and resolve computer hardware problems and gain practical skills in the assembly, installation, repair, and re-assembly of electronic and computer equipment. Make this your entry point for further study in electronics or an apprenticeship. Trade skills done right at TAFE SA.

Do you love travel and want to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? The exciting world of travel and tourism is for you. Gain the skills you need to work in a travel agency, a tour operator, a tourism authority, a cruise company or airline, or a visitor information centre.

From wineries and art galleries to local and international travel, you’ll graduate ready to work. Learn about customer service, tour operations, managing a team in the workplace, budgets and finance, and sales and marketing. The Diploma of Travel and Tourism Management is your ticket to success.

Become a pastry chef and learn how to bake cakes, gateaux, pastries, yeast goods, and desserts in a commercial kitchen with this nationally accredited course. You’ll also learn about food safety and kitchen hygiene, use of kitchen equipment, and how to work well with others. Build your baking career in a patisserie, café, hotel, or catering company with TAFE SA.

This course aims to provide you with in-depth knowledge and skills to work in a wide variety of roles across Outdoor Recreation industries. Plan and lead outdoor activities for school outdoor recreation programs, lead adventure tourism trips in some of SA’s heritage sites and learn to lead bushwalks and field trips to remote locations.

In addition to skillsets in Bushwalking and Flatwater Kayaking, students will specialise in either Sea kayak & Canoeing or Rock Climbing & Abseiling, with links to industry bodies such as Paddle Australia and SAREA.

Follow your passion for hair and beauty with the Certificate III in Hairdressing. This nationally recognised course is the essential qualification your need to be a hairdresser anywhere in Australia. Develop all the key skills you need to work in a professional salon including communication skills for consulting with clients and providing the full range of cutting, styling, colouring, perming, and straightening services.

Choose from our wide range of electives to tailor your studies to your own interests and career ambitions. This practical, hands-on course is taught by industry professionals who know and love hairdressing. Gain the confidence to show your own creativity and express your artistic qualities in your work. Graduate ready to launch your hairdressing career and create looks that will turn heads.

Embark on your career in hairdressing as you learn about salon services and protocols with this hands-on course. Develop your people skills in greeting clients in the salon. Learn the basics of shampooing and basin services, head and shoulder massage techniques, and build your knowledge of salon protocols.

Gain a range of practical skills in braiding techniques, drying and styling hair. Learn about stock handling in the salon, visual merchandising, and client sales and advice. Graduate from the course ready to join a creative and professional team as a salon assistant or as a pathway to a hairdressing apprentice.

This Floristry course can prepare you for work in the floristry industry or enhance existing floristry skills and knowledge. Participants will develop sound knowledge of the principles and elements of design, floristry construction skills, effective sales techniques and flower and plant care and recognition.

Expand your knowledge and develop the technical skills you need to progress your career in the aquaculture and seafood industry. This nationally accredited qualification is for people working as aquaculture attendants or technicians for the care of aquatic stock in the aquaculture sector of the seafood industry.

Gain hands-on skills in the handling of stock, looking after fish, maintaining water quality, monitoring environmental conditions, and key aspects of shipboard safety. Get out of the classroom and into the aquaculture industry with our practical, on-the-job training. If you’re already working in aquaculture, get on board now with this industry-standard traineeship.

This broad qualification will give you practical foundation skills you need to carry out a range of basic tasks in the resource and infrastructure sectors such as mining and mineral exploration, drilling, petroleum exploration and construction.

This course provides skills and knowledge for those working or seeking work in government investigations or regulatory compliance. Investigation processes including gathering and recording evidence and interview techniques will be taught with other skills essential to employment in the public sector including values and ethics.

Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the majority language of the Deaf community in Australia.

This course teaches introductory Auslan skills for discussing simple matters/everyday familiar topics in a variety of situations. Students learn basic signing skills and Deaf community cultural values from teachers who are actively part of the Deaf community.

Students who complete this course are prepared for further formal Auslan language study.

Advance your science career with this nationally recognised Diploma. Become a technical officer or laboratory analyst with skills in microbiology, histology, molecular biology, tissue culture, microscopy, chemistry, calibrating and maintaining instruments and equipment, recording and analysing data, and using laboratory software.

This is a hands-on course that will strengthen your knowledge and broaden your skills. Be equipped to work in the important health and medical sectors or be part of essential scientific research. It’s your career, you choose where it can take you with TAFE SA.

Gain the skills and knowledge you need to perform a range of laboratory techniques in a variety of industry sectors. Be ready to work in a range of interesting areas such as pathology, biotechnology, the biological and environmental sector, or related science industries. You’ll learn about performing laboratory procedures including tissue culture, microbiological tests, histological tests, calibration and maintenance of test instruments and equipment, solution preparation and standardisation, quality requirements, and data analysis.

Understand the essential theory and get hands-on experience with the essential laboratory techniques. In addition to the technical skills, you also learn to apply quality, safety, and sustainability skills to the workplace. Become a lab assistant or lab technician with TAFE SA.

Begin your science career with this Certificate III course. You’ll gain hands-on skills and experience to ensure you are job ready. Learn about basic laboratory analysis techniques, maintaining lab equipment, calibrating test equipment, processing and recording data, performing laboratory and field work, and communication and teamwork.

Develop your ability to work as a team leader or in a supervisory role. Understand the technical reasons and science behind what you do in the lab. Gain the skills you need to work effectively in a scientific or medical laboratory. Start your career as a laboratory technician in the diverse science sector or continue on to further study with TAFE SA.

Colour your world with an exciting career in interior design. Run your own business as a design consultant or become part of a team working in design and decoration. This nationally accredited Diploma will help you to understand the furnishings, finishes, and aesthetics that are integral to creating outstanding interiors. Learn about colour schemes, lighting, the principles of design, project documentation, creating 2D and 3D forms, and producing digital models. Our wide range of subjects can be tailored to suit all your design interests. Refine your design skills, build your business abilities, and graduate ready to join this in-demand industry.

Get a clear start in glass processing and glazing with this four-year apprenticeship course at TAFE SA. You’ll be able to work in glass processing and glazing in both residential and commercial operations and be involved in manufacturing, processing, moving, or installing various types of glass products. Combine technical skills with creativity in designed glazing such as lead-lighting and stained glass.

Learn the skills you need to work in engineering design with this Diploma. Become a CAD draftsperson, maintenance and service technician, civil, mechanical or mechatronics technician, or engineering technologist. Pursue your career in a diverse range of fields including design consultancies, the high-tech defence industry, in manufacturing, local and state government, oil and gas, transport, and construction services organisations.

Your study at TAFE SA has a focus on translating complex theoretical concepts into real world engineering applications. Learn how to solve engineering problems and find the best solutions for the job. And once you complete your Diploma, we can help you with a clear pathway to an associate degree and on to university.

Start your career in engineering and fabrication with the nationally accredited Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade. This hands-on course is designed for apprentice boilermakers and welders in mining, manufacturing, and shipping. Here in SA, most boilermakers work in the manufacturing, construction, and mining industries, and there is especially high demand for skilled tradespeople in the ship and submarine building industry.

Boilermakers generally work indoors in large workshops, or on construction sites during heavy engineering construction, such as shipbuilding or mineral processing plant equipment. Learn about fabrication techniques including forging and founding, welding and thermal cutting processes, and have the opportunity to go on to further specialist training with TAFE SA.

This nationally accredited course for trade apprentices is your entry point into mechanical engineering . Become a fitter and turner, toolmaker, metal worker, or boilermaker. Gain the hands-on skills you need to work to quality standards in a manufacturing or engineering environment. You’ll learn about undertaking fitting, assembly, manufacture, installation, modification, testing, fault finding, maintenance and service of mechanical equipment and the use of machine tools.

Find your sea legs with this nationally recognised qualification in maritime operations. Learn all about handling vessels of up to 12 metres with seamanship skills, planning and navigating passages, and safety compliance. You’ll gain hands-on experience with basic servicing and maintenance, inboard and outboard motors, main propulsion and auxiliary systems, basic survival skills and first aid, minimising fires, and workplace safety.

This qualification is required to obtain an AMSA certificate of competency as a Coxswain Grade 1 NC as defined in the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) Part D (see www.amsa.gov.au/qualifications-training/domestic-qualifications/coxswain-grade-1-near-coastal for more details).

Dental Technicians work in a laboratory, constructing, repairing and adjusting dental appliances, under the prescription of dentists, dental prosthetists or dental specialists. You will learn how to make dentures and other dental appliances including crowns, bridges, mouthguards, sleep appliances, pre- and post-oral and maxillofacial surgical devices, and orthodontic appliances.

Gain the essential knowledge and skills required to provide caring, compassionate and effective nursing care as an Enrolled Nurse working under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. This course focuses on integrating theory with practice, giving you the skills to problem solve and work in a collaborative team environment across a range of health care settings.

Further develop language, literacy and numeracy competencies through accredited training, building your suitability for work and providing pathways into further vocational education and training.

Develop language, literacy and numeracy competencies suitable for work and community. Discover pathways into other vocational education and training and gain access to accredited language, literacy and numeracy training.

This course is designed for those who require significant foundation skills support for pathways to study or entry level digital technology and employability skills.

Gain your nationally-recognised Certificate III in Food Processing (Brewing) in this specialist qualification for the brewing industry. This course is custom designed to meet the training needs of brewery owners and employees. It is also ideal for anyone wanting to get a start in this exciting and rapidly expanding industry.

Develop your skills at our industry-standard Regency Campus Brewery, studying in three intensive blocks of two weeks each.

You will gain practical skills and technical knowledge in these essential areas:

• Boots-on experience producing commercial beers from ingredients to finished bottles
• A comprehensive lecture series including selecting ingredients, equipment and processes, workplace safety and quality standards, and all aspects of beer production
• Guest presentations from suppliers, scientists and allied technical experts
• Practical laboratory experience and advice
• Tours and site visits to see first-hand a range of maltings, breweries, and the trade

This qualification reflects the role of individuals working as operators in a food processing environment who have responsibility for overseeing all or part of a processing plant and related equipment. Specialisations are available in a range of areas.

Design your own career with this nationally recognised diploma. During this course you will develop the creative and practical techniques you need to produce effective design solutions for print and digital media. Learn about the Adobe software, working with type, motion graphics, creative thinking, UX/UI Design, branding, photo-media, web design, drawing for design, illustration, design history and 2D/3D visual campaign design.

Graduate with an impressive portfolio of design work which can help to gain entry level employment or undertake further study in the advanced diploma.

If you wish to work behind the scenes in the exciting and creative world of theatre, film or TV this course can help you realise your career goals. Behind every show a team of people are building sets, making props, designing lighting, creating costumes, running audio, switching vision, calling cues and managing the stage.

A Diploma of Building Design from TAFE SA will equip you for an exciting position in a building design studio or architectural practice or with a residential or commercial developer/building group or even as a self-employed consultant. Learn about the OHS requirements, develop concepts for small-scale projects, produce designs and drawings, including accessible design and researching and recommending commercial materials, methods, and sustainability solutions.

Become a Surveyor with the Diploma of Surveying. Enhance your practical surveying skills as you also learn to design basic engineering structures and carry out a range of surveying calculations. Learn how to conduct specialised spatial data collection, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) surveys, and geodetic surveying computations.

You’ll also be producing maps/plans and learning Cadastral surveying techniques. Expand your knowledge and experience in surveying with this nationally recognised qualification. Learn all about using the latest surveying equipment and software. Kick start you career in a multi-disciple flexible field servicing the mining, engineering, construction, hydrography, aerial mapping, geographic information systems and land surveying industries. Be yourself at TAFE SA.

Become a qualified plumber when you undertake this nationally recognised qualification as part of your trade apprenticeship. Combine your TAFE SA study with the guidance of a licensed tradesperson at work and you’ll soon be ready for your plumber’s licence.

Learn how to install and maintain water services, domestic treatment plants, sanitary fixtures, irrigation, LPG and gas systems, under-floor draining systems and multi-stack systems. The course also includes heated and cold water, fire suppression systems, roofing and guttering, storm water drainage systems, and the fundamentals of communication skills and safety requirements.

Gain a valuable trade qualification and become skilled in the latest techniques in wall and ceiling lining. Learn about installing and finishing plasterboard and fibre cement sheeting, installing suspended ceilings and building partitions, and a vast range of hands-on techniques so you can get a job as a plasterer or wall and ceiling installer.

Find your future in plastering and rendering with this trade course for apprentices. You’ll gain the essential skills you need to work on both commercial and residential construction sites. Learn from industry professionals as you get hands-on practical experience.

This nationally recognised course includes erecting and dismantling scaffolding, doing accurate measurements and calculations, handling solid plastering materials, preparing surfaces for plastering, and the safe use of plastering tools and equipment. Learn how to finish floors, walls, and ceilings. Be creative with decorative mouldings and heritage work or be fully contemporary working on new builds.

Learn all the trade secrets of painters and decorators in this comprehensive course for apprentices. You will gain skills in all the practical and theoretical aspects of the trade and learn hands-on skills from our specialist teachers who are experienced industry professionals. This is a nationally recognised trade qualification that covers work in residential and commercial projects. You will also learn all the technical and management skills you need to run your own business as a painting and decorating contractor.

This qualification reflects the role of concreters working in concreting operations on residential and commercial projects. It includes a range of competencies essential to the construction industry, as well as specialised skills specific to the concreting field.

The construction industry strongly recommends that training and assessment leading to the recognition of skills in concreting be undertaken in an actual workplace or very closely simulated workplace environment, and this qualification requires all units of competency to be delivered in this context.

This course is only available to ‘existing workers’ currently working in the construction trade as concreters, or those enrolled through a formal training contract (apprenticeship pathway).

Become a professional signwriter with the Certificate III in Signs and Graphics and you’ll soon be a qualified tradesperson in this colourful and in-demand industry. You’ll learn all about creating effective signage, graphic design and digital layouts, producing and applying vinyl signs, gilding, surface coatings, engraving, airbrushing, sign erection, and how to work safely on scaffolding and elevated work platforms

You’ll also gain skills in both traditional and contemporary techniques, often involving the use of advanced printing software and technology, and a range of methods for illumination and fabrication of signs and graphics. See your future in big bold letters with this exciting course from TAFE SA.

This course gives you a taste of different trades in the building industry. You will develop a broad range of skills across joinery, shopfitting, carpentry and bricklaying, and learn foundational skills that will help you gain your trade apprenticeship.

Through theoretical and practical course work, you will learn to read and interpret specifications and plans, carry out measurements and calculations, correctly use hand and power tools, identify materials you will work with in construction and how to follow instruction from trade supervisors.

In this nationally recognised Certificate IV in Library and Information Services qualification, you will gain the knowledge and skills required to work in libraries and be familiar with the technologies and processes utilised within that industry.

Through a mix of theory and practical coursework you will learn to search library databases, use cataloguing tools and develop the skills to interact with a wide range of library customers.

Your studies could lead to employment in the public, university, special (law, health) or school library sectors ; or more broadly, into roles that support art galleries, museums and other information management areas. Your lecturers are library professionals with strong connections to South Australian libraries and remain up-to-date with industry best practice.

This course is designed for people currently working or who wish to work in a WHS role. It reflects the role of workers who apply a broad knowledge base and well-developed skills in a wide variety of contexts and may include coordinators, advisors and facilitators. It covers compliance, consultation and participation processes, hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, WHS managing systems and responding to incidents.

Do you know your trucks? Are you keen to work in heavy commercial mechanics and become a heavy commercial technician? This is the apprenticeship you need to get you started in servicing, maintenance, and repair of heavy commercial vehicles.

Through a hands-on approach you’ll gain the skills and knowledge required to work on heavy commercial vehicles within the automotive service and repair sector. Learn about essential repairs and maintenance, workplace safety and sustainability, and the use of tools and equipment.

Get your motor running with an apprenticeship in motorcycle mechanics at TAFE SA. The course covers a wide range of bikes including touring and sports bikes, racing motorcycles, dirt bikes, scooters, and quad bikes. Gain the skills you need to inspect, service and repair motorcycle engines, and diagnose and repair electronic engine management systems including fuel injection along with problems with fuel, braking, cooling, and steering systems.

You’ll know what to do and how to use the right tools and equipment for the job. Your interest in bikes combined with the ability to keep up-to-date with changes in technology will see you succeed in your career as a motorcycle mechanic.

Become a qualified light vehicle technician with this nationally recognised trade course. You will learn how to service, repair, and diagnose faults in motor vehicles weighing up to 4.5 tonnes.

Gain valuable practical skills in engines, transmissions, suspensions, steering, brakes, and automotive electrical systems including diagnosing and repairs to electronic engine control management systems and components. The state-of-the-art facilities at TAFE SA mean you’ll be hands-on with all the right tools and equipment

Do you have a passion for boats and a desire to work in the marine industry? Turn that passion into a successful career with an apprenticeship in marine mechanical technology. You’ll gain valuable skills in workplace safety, marine electrical systems, batteries and charging systems, starting systems, marine engines, controls and instruments, engine science, and the use and maintenance of tools and equipment. Build your career in a boat workshop, in field services and repairs at a marina, or in a combined boating workshop and retail sales outlet.

Apply now for the Certificate III in Automotive Electrical Technology and gain the skills and knowledge you need to work in this exciting auto trade. This trade-level qualification will get you working on electrical systems and components in the automotive service and repair industry.

You’ll learn all about electrical and electronic systems for lighting, ignition, wiring, and charging. And with the expansion of on-board computers in vehicles there’s even more demand for highly skilled automotive electricians. Get the skills you need with TAFE SA.

Enrol now and get the skills you need to work in vehicle servicing and repairs. You’ll learn about workplace safety, basic automotive fault finding, troubleshooting techniques, batteries, wheel balancing, braking systems, cooling systems, steering systems, suspension systems, and the maintenance of automotive tools and equipment. Take your place in the auto trades with this nationally recognised Certificate II from TAFE SA.

Develop the practical skills you need for a career as a retail butcher with this meat processing course at TAFE SA. You’ll get hands-on experience as you learn about selecting, cutting, trimming, preparing, and displaying meat for sale. You’ll also learn about hygiene and sanitation, the essentials of customer service, and effective merchandising in retail outlets. This is the qualification you need to boost your career as a retail butcher.

Sow the seeds of your future career in agribusiness with this comprehensive qualification. Learn all about the key farm business skills. Develop the knowledge you need to take responsibility for the administration and day-to-day business operations of an agricultural or horticultural production enterprise. Become an agricultural administrator, farm or production manager, or gain the skills you need to run your own agricultural business or smallholding.

Understand how to analyse production data, keep the required records and production data, and implement appropriate health and safety practices. Choose from a wide range of electives to tailor your studies to your own career goals. It’s your career, you decide where it will take you with TAFE SA.

Learn how to work with the natural environment to create pleasing, useful, well planned spaces. If you’re keen to become an apprentice landscaper, work in parks and gardens, or become part of the landscape construction sector of the horticulture industry, this course is for you.

Build your practical knowledge and skills relating to a range of landscape and construction practices including project costing, drainage systems, paving, plants and soils, and the construction of a range of landscape features. This hands-on course is respected as the industry standard qualification. Get the skills, knowledge, and confidence you need to get the job you want as you study with TAFE SA.

Develop your specialist arboriculture knowledge and skills with this nationally recognised qualification. Learn what it takes to be a climbing arborist, EWP (elevated work plant) arborist, or ground-based arborist. Learn how to identify and inspect trees for access and work, dismantle trees, implement tree maintenance and protection programs, use arborist climbing techniques, trim and cut felled trees, fell trees manually, and perform pruning operations. Make it your own by choosing the course electives that match your workplace requirements.

Fancy working in the agricultural and farming sector? This is the entry-level course for you. Learn about sustainable work practices, essential health and safety requirements, and the core skills needed to work in the farm sector. Then tailor your studies to your own interests with our wide range of electives that cover rural operations, horticulture, and animal husbandry. Gain the practical skills you need to complete a range of manual tasks and the basics of farm machinery and tools. Finish your course job-ready with hands-on experience and a qualification that’s recognised anywhere in Australia.

Do you love animals? If you are happiest around dogs and cats, budgies and bunnies, and all other domestic animals, this could be the perfect career for you. Every veterinary clinic needs its team of vet nurses to support the veterinarian. You’ll be offering professional assistance, caring for the animals, and helping with their humans too, with appointments and advice.

Do you have an interest in working in the information technology industry? In this cyber security course you will develop the skills and knowledge for a successful career as a cyber security paraprofessional.

This course is for those who have completed the diploma of graphic design or have previous experience working in the design industry. You will enhance your technical, creative, and conceptual skills by working on complex design projects. Learn about packaging design, marketing, social media, advertising, wayfinding, advanced typography, design business and specialised creative fields. Work on real-world projects in conjunction with the design industry and collaborate with your peers to plan, promote, and run a public exhibition of your work.

Graduate ready to take on a position as a graphic designer, motion/multimedia designer, illustrator or as an advertising industry creative.

Become a skilled hospitality manager with this benchmark qualification. If you are a ‘people person’ with an eye for detail and a love of the hospitality industry, this is the course for you. Gain the skills and knowledge you need to take on a leading role in a restaurant, hotel, club, or cocktail lounge. Develop your flair for service with your understanding of management, leadership, budgets and finance; all aspects of running a successful hospitality business.

You’ll also gain skills in bar operations, serving wines and cocktails, the art of making great coffee, and providing table service of food and beverages. Graduate with the confidence to step up at work, or launch your own venue. It’s your career, you decide where it will take you with an Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management from TAFE SA.

Interested in engineering but want to know more about the industry? This is the foundation course for you. Gain the knowledge and skills you need to boost your prospects of employment in an engineering, fitting and turning or fabrication and welding setting.

Develop your broad-based underpinning skills and learn about a range of engineering and manufacturing tasks before you take on a mechanical fitter and turner or welding/fabrication apprenticeship or traineeship. You will learn how to use engineering tools and various welding equipment in a safe and industry-appropriate way. Get your start on trade skills at TAFE SA.

Kick start your career as a barber with this comprehensive hands-on course. You'll learn all about grooming techniques, head and face shaving, and maintaining beards and moustaches. Develop your technical knowledge and practical skills in all aspects of haircutting including solid, graduation, layering, and combination haircutting to achieve contemporary and classic styles. The strong focus on key barbering skills means you will be job-ready to join this exciting and creative industry.

Gain the skills to work on major projects with this comprehensive training course. You will learn about measurements and calculations, interpreting plans and specifications, manual excavation, plant operations, basic levelling, hand and power tools, workplace safety and risk management, and effective communication. With skilled labour shortages, this is a great investment in your future. Get the hands-on experience you need to build your career with TAFE SA.

Interested in drafting and design? This nationally recognised course will get you started for a career in a drafting office or as an engineering technician. Gain the skills you need to produce detailed drawings and 3D models, and design and develop prototypes using computer-aided design (CAD) programs and processes.

You’ll learn all about the computing technology and software used in the workplace; how to use CAD programs, computers and peripherals; and gain an understanding of basic mechanical components, drive components, pneumatic systems, and hydraulic systems. It’s your career, you choose where it will take you with TAFE SA.

Are you in an apprenticeship as an electrical instrumentation technician? This is the course for you. This nationally recognised Certificate lll course covers tools and processes to calibrate, adjust, and repair the instruments used in a wide range of industries. You’ll also learn the fundamentals of electrotechnology equipment and circuitry. Skills covered include safety, circuits, problem solving, specifications, and installation so you can be employed as a qualified instrument tradesperson and work in oil and gas, utilities, mining, and manufacturing.

Develop the skills to collect blood and other pathology specimens. Learn to draw blood and collect other pathology specimens including ECG’s and all skills and knowledge required to work as a pathology specimen collector. As a pathology collector, you could work in a range of fascinating roles in a hospital or collection centre. You may also travel to the homes of patients who need this vital service.

Begin your screen and media career with this foundational qualification. You’ll develop a range of skills across design, 3D modelling, 2D animation and digital imaging. Study online via video conferencing one day a week with a lecturer there to guide you. Graduate prepared for an entry-level position in this exciting future-facing industry or build on your skills with further study.

This course provides the skills for work in youth and family intervention, including practice specialisations in residential and out of home care, family support and early intervention. Workers operate under a broad supervision framework and within clearly defined organisational guidelines, service plans and position specifications.

Become an instrumentation engineer, electrical technician, or electrical and instrumentation maintenance supervisor with this Certificate IV from TAFE SA. Learn about installation, implementations, and problem-solving, and how to fix and secure electrotechnology equipment. You’ll also learn about energy sector environmental and sustainability policies and procedures, the use of drawings and manuals, and compliance and functionality. This course is for licensed electricians seeking a nationally recognised qualification in instrumentation.

Be ready for the jobs of the future with this nationally recognised qualification in electronics and communications engineering. You’ll gain advanced hands-on skills in electrotechnology so you can work as a technical officer in the rapidly-growing electronics industry and related areas like defence, mining, biomedical, and communications.

You could be commissioning and maintaining medical equipment or supervising production line activities in a manufacturing environment. Learn about commissioning and modifying electronics and communications systems, WHS risk and legislation, sustainable energy, leadership, project management, maintenance programs, and fault-finding and trouble-shooting scenarios. It’s your career, you choose where it can take you.

Find the perfect balance of creative and practical interests with this specialist qualification in landscape design. Become a landscape designer or garden designer and learn how to assess landscape sites for a range of projects including residential developments and commercial spaces. Build your skills in design and the production of computer-aided drawings. You’ll gain the essential skills and experience you need to design professionally landscaped spaces. It’s your career, you decide where it will take you with TAFE SA.

In this nationally recognised Diploma qualification, you will gain the knowledge and skills required to work in libraries. You will be able to take on a leadership role in leading your team, developing and promoting events and providing support to staff who manage collections.

Graduates of this course will be able to apply to the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) for professional organization (Library Technician) membership.

Your lecturers are library professionals with strong connections to South Australian libraries and remain up-to-date with industry best practice.

This course is accredited by ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association).

Start your career in the exciting world of film and television with this comprehensive Diploma. Build the specialised screen production skills you need as you develop a sound theoretical knowledge base. Get vital hands-on experience working on a range of screen production and editing projects. Acquire skills in production of news, television, and an introduction to dramatic film production processes for a variety of commercial outcomes. Collaborate and build your skills with other enthusiastic film makers working in small production crews on industry-standard shoots and learn from staff with extensive real-world experience and strong industry networks.

Working within purpose-built facilities and a hands-on supportive environment, students can learn across a range of studio disciplines including printmaking, photography, ceramics, and jewellery. Drawing, sculpture, and painting classes complete this well-rounded, dynamic visual art experience across the course. You will learn and create in Adelaide College of the Arts’ state-of-the-art facilities which include purpose-built studios and exhibition spaces.

Learn to provide physical and emotional support to older people to enhance their independence and wellbeing. The course will introduce you to all aspects of a support worker’s role including assisting with daily activities and personal care. Develop the skills to support individuals with disability, living in the community and/or supported accommodation.