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Training the next generation of health and community service workers
A $7.5 million redevelopment of A Block at TasTAFE’s Alanvale Campus has been completed, delivering a new Health Hub and taypani Learner Hub.
Immersive Skills Lab opens at TasTAFE's Alanvale Campus
A virtual training hub that offers learners the chance to test their knowledge and skills before setting foot on a physical work site has opened in Launceston at TasTAFE’s Alanvale Campus.
When school finished, Isabel had no plans for the future. Now she has a TasTAFE qualification, a career and her dreams are within reach
TasTAFE graduate Isabel Parsey finished her Certificate III in Tourism earlier this year, studying at Collins Street Campus in Hobart. Now she’s working at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary near Richmond, and her career is taking flight.
TasTAFE graduate Mikayla Towns is Tasmania’s ‘Vocational Student of the Year’
From a small-town childhood shaped by personal tragedy, TasTAFE learner Mikayla Towns has become Tasmania’s ‘Vocational Student of the Year’.
TasTAFE learner Nazir Sultani wins 'Equity Apprentice of the Year' at the 2025 Tasmanian Training Awards
At the 2025 Tasmanian Training Awards ceremony in Hobart on 19 September, TasTAFE learner Nazir Sultani won the Equity Apprentice of the Year award – recognising an apprentice who has overcome significant barriers to succeed at work and in their training.
Announcement of new TasTAFE Automotive Training Centre
A strategic partnership between TasTAFE and the Tasmanian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (TACC) is delivering a new, $2.35m, purpose-built automotive training centre in Cambridge.
New manual helps tutors lift adult literacy and numeracy rates
A collaboration between TasTAFE and Libraries Tasmania has produced an evidence-based resource that connects the science of adult learning with the practice of foundation skills tutoring.
Taking TasTAFE training to the regions in support of Tasmania’s manufacturing industry
TasTAFE has delivered nationally accredited Polywelding skill sets and a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Course to Bluestone Mining staff on Tasmania’s West Coast, as part of our focus to increase and improve access to training for Tasmanians living and working in regional and remote areas of the state.
Harriett always dreamed of becoming a diesel mechanic: now she has an apprenticeship
TasTAFE learner Harriett Faulds grew up driving farm equipment around Carlton River east of Hobart. Her father drove trucks, her uncle drove trucks…and she knew from an early age that she wanted to be a diesel mechanic. Now, just a few months into her TasTAFE training, she’s started an apprenticeship.
From TasTAFE kitchens to supporting the homeless, Chloe is cooking up something good
TasTAFE learner Chloe Bowen is taking huge strides in her cooking career, moving from a school-based apprenticeship into the TasTAFE kitchens, to cooking for charity organisations supporting Tasmanians in need.
TasTAFE learners shine brightly at Tasmanian Training Awards
Twenty-two TasTAFE learners progressed through a rigorous selection process to be finalists in 9 of the 13 categories of the Skills Tasmania 2025 Tasmanian Training Awards, held in Hobart recently.
Oscar proves he is a cut above the rest at regional apprentice butchery competition
TasTAFE-trained 2nd-year butchery apprentice Oscar Campbell has won the 2025 Retail Butcher Apprentice of the Year Competition (Tasmania), following a day-long competition held in Hobart recently.
TasTAFE Graduation Ceremonies in Devonport, Hobart and Launceston
TasTAFE was proud to host Graduation Ceremonies in Devonport on 2 September, Hobart on 11 September, and Launceston on 18 September – acknowledging our graduating learners from late 2024 and the first half of 2025.
Holden Kingswood back in police custody after extensive TasTAFE restoration
TasTAFE Automotive teachers and staff have restored a 1978 HZ Holden Kingswood sedan, after the car had served more than 40 years as a training vehicle for hundreds of Tasmanian automotive vocational education and training learners.
Fee-Free TAFE Automotive graduate gets his business up and running
TasTAFE graduate Binod Shrestha completed his Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation in late 2024 – and has since become Tasmania’s first franchisee for Jim's Mobile Tyres.