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TAFE Gippsland
Type TAFE Institute
Established1986 with antecedents to 1886
Students11,000 (2006)
Location, ,
Australia
Campus Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Sale,
CEOGrant Radford
Website http://www.tafegippsland.edu.au/

TAFE Gippsland, formerly Advance TAFE & East Gippsland Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It has campuses located at Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance and Sale as well as specialist education centres located across the south-east of Victoria, encompassing the Wellington Shire and East Gippsland Shire regions.

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A wide selection of study options in vocational education are offered from short courses, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships and traineeships through to certificate, diploma and advanced diploma levels under the Australian Qualifications Framework. In 2006 11,000 students studied at Advance TAFE at over 350 courses. [1]

The Institute developed relationships with a number of Universities and other training providers (including RMIT University, Monash University, Deakin University, University of Ballarat, Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, and Canberra Institute of Technology).

History

East Gippsland TAFE had its origins in early technical and vocational education during the late nineteenth century in the Bairnsdale School of Mines and the Sale and Bairnsdale Technical Schools.

East Gippsland TAFE signed an affiliation agreement with RMIT University on 4 February 2003. [2] In November 2011 East Gippsland TAFE changed their name to Advance TAFE.

Effective from 1 May 2014, Advance TAFE and the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE were amalgamated and renamed 'Federation Training' pursuant to an order by the Governor in Council, State of Victoria, made under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic).

Campuses

TAFE Gippsland has three main campuses at Bairnsdale, Sale and Lakes Entrance, as well as a number of smaller specialist education centres.

Bairnsdale

Sale

Lakes Entrance

Institute Awards

2006 Victorian Training Provider of the Year (Large) Award

2008 Gold Star rating for Australian Training Excellence

2008 Wurreker Award

2009 Victorian Teacher/Trainer of the Year

2010 Gippsland Best Training Provider

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References

  1. East Gippsland TAFE - Our History East Gippsland TAFE Website, Accessed 12 August 2008
  2. EGIT and RMIT formalise affiliation in Australian Library News, 6 February 2003 as referenced by Australasian Business Intelligence, 7 February 2003

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