Albany

Are you geared up for a big career working with big gears?

When you complete the Certificate II in Automotive Servicing Technology (Heavy Vehicle Servicing Pre-Apprenticeship) you'll have what employers are looking for in an apprentice heavy vehicle or plant mechanic.

Gain these skills

• working on loaders, bulldozers, dump trucks and haul trucks
• inspecting and servicing transmissions, steering, brakes, fuel injection systems, hydraulics, and batteries
• troubleshooting basic faults
• workplace safety and health

Do you want a career among tomorrow's business leaders?

When you complete the Certificate IV in Business you will have a practical foundation to take you into a number of business and corporate careers: office management, start-up business planning and marketing, and customer service.

Gain these skills:

• manage customer needs and feedback
• develop and promote products and services
• play a supporting role in the recruitment of staff
• make presentations to groups
• work in effective teams
• workplace health and safety

Gain a broad range of ICT skills

This qualification provides you with the skills and knowledge to support information technology activities in the workplace across a range of information and communication technologies (ICT) areas, including programming, networking and technical support.

This Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology gives you the foundation skills to begin a career in ICT. You may follow a career pathway into the ICT industry in areas including cyber security, programming, networking or web design.

Gain these skills in this general focus stream

• hardware installation and maintenance
• supporting PC operating systems
• networking operating system installation and management
• Microsoft Office applications and documentation
• ICT helpdesk skills 

All certificate III qualifications include these core skills:

• programming, ethics and privacy
• personal data protection
• critical thinking
• teamwork and ICT client support

Do you want to take control of your future?

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

Gain these skills

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

The Certificate I in General Education for Adults is approximately equivalent to Year 9 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.

Do you want to take control of your future?

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

Gain these skills

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

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.

Grow your horticulture skills

This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to work effectively in the horticulture industry. If you have industry experience this course will enhance your skills. 

Subjects are selected from specialisations including arboriculture, floriculture, landscaping, nursery, parks and gardens, production skills and turf management. Subjects may include plant identification, irrigation, pest and disease control, machinery use, nursery work, hard landscaping, hydroponics, and turf maintenance. 

Gain these skills

• Implement propagation plans
• Safely prepare, store and apply chemicals
• Create plant displays
• Apply workplace safety and health guidelines

Develop skills to work with clients experiencing a mental health illness

This qualification focuses on the support and needs of people experiencing mental health issues. You'll learn about the value and principles of mental health sector and how to apply them in a recovery oriented way.

You will undertake a supervised or simulated work placement where you will be able to apply the skills and knowledge you have learned.

Gain these skills

• Empathy
• Professional boundaries
• Recognising and responding appropriately to people with mental health issues
• Networking and collaboration with services
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Working as part of a team

Are you revved up for a career powering modern cars?

By the time you've finished this qualification, you'll know your radiator from your regulator and be in a good position to get yourself an apprenticeship in mechanics.

Gain these skills:

• service engine systems 
• use and maintaining, testing and measuring devices 
• use and maintaining tools and equipment 
• workplace safety

Work alongside Registered and Enrolled Nurses as an Assistant in Nursing (AIN) after completing this course

The Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Acute Care) will give you the essential clinical knowledge and skills needed for employment in the health industry. As a graduate you will have the opportunity to work in a variety of public or private health care environments including acute care hospitals, aged care facilities and community settings.

During the course you will be involved in classroom activities and online learning including medical terminology, basic anatomy and physiology, and experience our simulated practice where care is delivered to manikins. You will also be required to undertake 80 hours of clinical work placement. The Department of Health requirements for acute care settings are met with the units covered in this course.

Gain these skills:

• interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
• organise personal work priorities and development
• work with diverse people
• recognise healthy body systems
• comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
• work place health and safety

Mandatory vaccination requirements

The Commonwealth Department of Health and the Western Australian Department of Health have advised that it will be mandatory for residential aged care workers to have a COVID-19 vaccination from 17 September 2021, this includes students undertaking work placements. 

Blend a traditional trade with new technologies! 

Metal fabricators and welders work in a diverse trade, applying a broad range of fabrication and welding skills to industries including mechanical and civil engineering, mining resources sector, heavy haulage and road transport, agriculture machinery, construction, defence, refineries and materials bulk handling. Pre-apprentices are exposed to the latest technological developments in the fabrication and welding trade, including computer controlled metal plate cutting equipment.