Certificate III

Learn about the world of water operations!

Come study with us in our brand-new water operations laboratory and get the skills you need to work in the water industry.

Delve into practical skills needed to monitor, operate, and control water processes within advanced water plants. Get the benefit of expert guidance from our highly trained lecturers in our cutting-edge water operations laboratory.

Gain these skills

• Undertake water sampling
• Perform laboratory testing on samples
• Monitor and operate water treatment processes
• Assess, implement and report on environmental procedures

An introduction to the exciting and challenging world of music performance

Gain the skills and knowledge you need to get started in the music industry. You will focus on songwriting and arranging, ensemble/performance and recording, participate in recording sessions in our studios.

Turn your raw talent into a career

This course introduces you to the exciting and challenging world of music performance and will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to get started in the music industry.

You will focus on gaining skills in songwriting and arranging, ensemble/performance and recording. You will participate in recording sessions in our studios and follow the production processes through to the completion of a demo recording.

At the end of your course, you will have performed and recorded, as well as gained skills in communication, critical listening, stagecraft, musical style and industry practice.

This course is only run in semester 2 each year.

This qualification will give you the skills to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reasons. Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.

Gain the skills you need to carve out a career in barbering.

If you want to help people look and feel their best, this Certificate III in Barbering Apprenticeship will provide you with the technical skills and knowledge required to work as a barber.

You'll learn the essentials needed to work in the men's grooming industry including: 

• designing and creating haircuts,
• designing and maintaining beards and moustaches,
• shaving heads and faces
• health, safety, hygiene
• financial and retail skills to work in a salon

Complete the Certificate III in Hairdressing and be a cut above the rest.

This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to cut hair using clippers or scissors, to shampoo, condition and rinse hair and dry and style hair using brushes, combs, rollers and other equipment. You will also learn skills to operate a cash register and computer, perform reception duties such as answering telephone calls, making appointments as well as writing up client record cards.

If you are looking for a career where you can design, create and build outdoor spaces, this qualification is for you.

You’ll gain the practical skills and knowledge to design or renovate and maintain existing garden landscapes. You will learn how to select materials and plants for landscape projects and set out landscaping for a range of sites using stone, brick, block and timber structures. Training is provided in the areas of hard landscaping, irrigation, plant knowledge, soil nutrition, turf maintenance, landscape machinery use and horticultural safety.  You’ll also gain an understanding of environmental and sustainability considerations for landscaping.

Activate your career in events

Events enrich our culture and are held to educate, celebrate, inform and entertain.

The Certificate III in events will give you the skills to assist in managing events, from the planning through to show day and the follow up after the event. 

You'll be introduced to industry standard technologies for lighting, sound and audio-visual and begin to develop your creative skills so you can deliver professional events to your clients.

Our lecturers have strong industry links and you will be given opportunities to put your skills into practice with live work events organised by your lecturer. 

Gain these skills

• Participate in safe work practices
• Process and monitor event registrations
• Provide service to customers
• Show social and cultural sensitivity