Bendigo TAFE is a regional provider of
vocational education
Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self employed with req ...
, training and assessment services, located in northern and central
Victoria, Australia
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; ...
. (TAFE = Technical and Further Education) The institute has been in operation in various guises since 1854. The institute was known as the Loddon Campaspe Institute of TAFE from 1987 to 1990, Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (BRIT) from 1990 to 2009, before becoming Bendigo TAFE in 2009.
Bendigo TAFE services a significant geographical area of approximately 25,000 square kilometres in central and northern Victoria, with a local population of 220,000.
In May 2014, Bendigo TAFE announced that it would merge with the Melbourne-based
Kangan Institute
Kangan Institute is a TAFE (technical and further education) provider in Melbourne, Australia.
History
Kangan Institute was established as the Broadmeadows College of TAFE on 28 February 1986, when it was formally opened by Prime Minister Bob ...
to form Bendigo Kangan Institute, however both institutes retain their existing branding.
''Bendigo Weekly''
Bendigo TAFE has five campuses, three in Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...
, one in Echuca
Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative cen ...
and another in Castlemaine.[
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Areas of study
* Aged care
* Allied health
Allied health professions (AHPs) are a category of health professionals that provide a range of diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services in connection with health care. While there is no international standard for defining ...
* Design
* Automotive
* Business and HR services
* Carpentry and joinery
* Children's services studies
* Community services
* Conservation and land management
* Design and drafting
* Disability services
* Educational pathways
* Electrical / electronics
* Engineering
* English language
* Food hygiene and food processing
* General education for adults
* Hairdressing
* Beauty
* Hospitality
* Information and communications technology
* Management
* Mechanical
* Metal fabrication
* Nursing
* Painting and decorating
* Plumbing
* Primary industries
* Animal studies
* International education
* Laboratory studies
* Horticulture and agriculture
* Professional writing and editing
* VCAL
References
External links
Official website
Education in Bendigo
1987 establishments in Australia
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