Jake Chilcott was recently named the Apprentice of the Year at the 2023 Tasmanian Training Awards. Jake, who completed his Certificate III in Electrotechnology at TasTAFE and works for Rio Tinto at Bell Bay Aluminium, said he owes a lot to TasTAFE and their support. “I was lucky enough to work with a number of …
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Are you looking to train, retrain or upskill? TasTAFE have a range of qualifications and short courses available as part of Fee-Free TAFE in 2024. These courses are some of TasTAFE’s most popular so be quick getting your application in! Find your Fee-Free course on the TasTAFE website and get started. Want to learn more …
TasTAFE Commercial Cookery apprentice, Cameron Bos, recently earned a silver medal at the Australian Culinary Federation National Finals in Sydney. Cameron, who trains at Drysdale Devonport and works at The Foreshore in Burnie, qualified for the national competition after winning a bronze medal at the regionals. He said months of practice in his own time …
You’re about to start your first job. Or you’re planning on moving out of home and into a share house. Either way, it’s an exciting time of your life. But guess what? You’ve now got bills to pay.
Job: School Health Nurse
Industry/Sector: Allied Health
There’s a lot of pressure on young people to know exactly what they want to be. But I think there are plenty of opportunities to go and experience things, and see what you like. And if you don’t like it, you can always pivot and try something else.
It’s Term 4. You can see the finish line to another year of school. You might be thinking about life beyond school, and planning for university. Before then, there’s a little thing called your ‘end of year exams’ that are just around the corner.
Are you planning to study Bachelor of Education? A new scholarship program is now available for eligible Bachelor of Education students studying full-time at the University of Tasmania from 2024. In partnership with the University of Tasmania, the Department for Education, Children and Young People has committed to funding the scholarship valued at up to …
TasTAFE’s Conservation and Ecosystem Management (CEM) students have been getting their hands dirty recently at a Hobart reserve. Working at Gregson Avenue, New Town, the students are working alongside City of Hobart to learn first-hand about bushland conservation. The students are regenerating and maintaining the bushland reserve while balancing its unique management requirements. Students have been …
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Are you a young Tasmanian aged 15-23? Have your say on the Youth Jobs Strategy. The strategy aims to make it easier for young Tasmanians to access opportunities and supports to navigate a pathway into meaningful work or training. It will also look at ways to assist business and industry connect with, attract and support …
Job: School Speech Pathologist
Industry/Sector: Allied Health
I love the human brain. Even when I was in Year 6, I used to always watch ‘Big Brother’ because I was fascinated by human behaviour
