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TasTAFE Community Services learners make a difference
TasTAFE Certificate IV in Community Services leaners from Devonport Campus recently completed a community project titled 'Kindness in Every Thread'.
2025 TasTAFE Ueno Award winner ‘an inspiration to others’
A TasTAFE alumna has been recognised for outstanding dedication and commitment to her studies at the annual Ueno Award presentation ceremony held in Launceston on 13 November.
New TasTAFE teacher Chris Wright is an old hand when it comes to Mechanical Services
Chris Wright has spent 5 decades managing, designing, commissioning, balancing and maintaining air-conditioning systems – a rich career that began at the Hobart Technical College and has come full circle, leading him back to TasTAFE to teach.
Mark Henshaw claims the ‘Sausage King of Tasmania’ title…with some help from the 3 TasTAFE learners in his butchers’ shop
At TasTAFE’s Collins Street Campus in Hobart recently, the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) held its annual Tasmanian ‘Sausage King’ Competition. There was a runaway winner on the day: Mark on Macquarie Meats from South Hobart won gold in 4 of the 6 categories, and silver and bronze in the other 2.
TasTAFE graduate Braydon Gower wins the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year’ award at the Tasmanian Training Awards
TasTAFE Certificate III in Commercial Cookery graduate Braydon Gower took home the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year award at the recent Tasmanian Training Awards celebration in Hobart.
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.