East Gippsland Institute of TAFE

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East Gippsland Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It has campuses located at Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Sale, and outreach centres located in the small towns of Buchan, Heyfield, Mallacoota, Orbost, Swifts Creek and Yarram.

A wide selection of study options in vocational education are offered from short courses, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships and traineeships through to certificate, diploma, advanced diploma level, under the Australian Qualifications Framework. In 2006 11,000 students studied at East Gippsland TAFE at over 350 courses. [" [http://www.egtafe.vic.edu.au/docs/about_us/our_history.htm East Gippsland TAFE - Our History] " East Gippsland TAFE Website, Accessed August 12, 2008]

The Institute has also developed relationships with a number of Universities and other training providers (including RMIT University, Monash University, Gippsland Group Training, Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, and Canberra Institute of Technology). RMIT University programs in the Bachelor of Nursing and the Bachelor of Commerce can be done at Institute campuses.

To assist businesses in the region with their training needs East Gippsland TAFE provides a commercial training consultancy service, South East Australian Training Services(SEATS) with offices in Bairnsdale and Sale. East Gippsland TAFE and Gippstafe also run as a partnership the TAFE Work Safety Centre.

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.

The East Gippsland Institute of TAFE signed an affiliation agreement with RMIT Universityon 4 February 2003. ["EGIT and RMIT formalise affiliation" in Australian Library News, Feb 06, 2003 as referenced by Australasian Business Intelligence, February 7, 2003 [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-97313230.html] ]

Campuses

The institute’s main campus is located at Bairnsdale which also contains the Flexible Learning Centre, and the Bairnsdale Trade Centre.

There are two campuses at Lakes Entrance: Forestech and the South East Australia Maritime Education Centre (SEAMEC). Forestech provides a specialised focus on careers based on living resources such as forestry, fishing and ecotourism. SEAMEC was established in 1989 and has become a nationally renowned training provider known for its specialist expertise, industry links in fishing, maritime, recreational boating and aquaculture. The Marine research and education centre is located on Bullock Island at Lakes Entrance with research done in conjunction with RMIT University.

At Sale there is a campus at Princes Highway, Fulham, as well as a Farm at Drome Road, Flexible Learning Centre and an office of the South East Australia Training Services(SEATS) training consultancy.

Institute Awards

2006 Victorian Training Provider of the Year (Large) Award

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