TAFE Queensland is the largest and most dynamic provider of world-class vocational education and training in Queensland. TAFE Queensland Regional Institutes are a government-owned network of institutes in more than 40 different locations, spread over some of the most beautiful parts of the state. Students enjoy all the benefits of international competitive education and training in a safe, attractive and diverse environment with the best climate in Australia.

The TAFE Queensland Regional network includes the Barrier Reef, Southern Queensland, Wide Bay, Central Queensland, and Tropical North Institutes of TAFE. All deliver training programmes that are designed in close consultation with business and industry, ensuring graduates receive industry-relevant skills and training.

The offices are located in Cairns (Tropical North), Toowoomba (Southern Queensland), Hervey Bay (Wide Bay), Townsville (Barrier Reef) and Rockhampton (Central Queensland). Details about each, including locations and course information, can be found on the websites (please see box, below right).

Study areas available include:

Automotive

Engineering

Hairdressing, beauty, massage

Nursing and aged care

Business

Management

Accounting

Legal studies

Information technology

Horticulture

Conservation and land management

Marine resources, aquaculture and seafood

Hospitality, cookery, bakery and tourism

Visual arts and fashion

The Queensland region boasts one of Australia’s strongest economies, so offers excellent part time and career work opportunities. It has a lower cost of living than any of the Australian state capital cities but has all the modern facilities of a larger metropolitan area, including international airports and marinas.

Depending on the location that you choose, you can enjoy all the benefits of living so close to the beautiful pristine World Heritage rainforests, the Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island and the prosperous and fertile Darling Downs.

Cairns International airport is one of the largest regional airports in Australia with daily flights and connections to Townsville and regional cities. Daily direct flights from Brisbane and Sydney airports are available to Townsville, Cairns, Rockhampton and Hervey Bay with coach transfers from Brisbane to Toowoomba.