About North Coast TAFE

TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute (North Coast TAFE) is one of the largest regional training providers in Australia and a leading education and training institute. North Coast TAFE is one of 10 institutes within TAFE NSW. Each year we help around 45,000 students complete nationally recognised courses and rewarding training programs.

Our purpose

"Providing high quality, personalised vocational education and training to build prosperity, sustainability and innovation.”

Why study with us?

North Coast TAFE consists of 17 campuses located across some of the most scenic and exciting parts of the country. The North Coast of NSW is an area of natural beauty that includes pristine beaches, sub-tropical rainforests and lush mountainsides, making it an ideal location to develop your healthy study-life balance! Our campuses are located from The Great Lakes region in the south to the Tweed Heads region on the Queensland border.

Whatever your career goal or path – we’re here to help you achieve it. We provide a wide-range of qualification levels and the variety of our programs means we can meet most of the requirements of all our students. Whether you’re an entry-level learner, school-leaver, career builder or a higher education graduate, we have a program suited to you. We also offer a range of commercial and customised programs and services for industry clients, so if you run a business or are a manager in an enterprise, you will be able to take advantage of our offerings.

With over 600 nationally recognised courses offered there is plenty to choose from when deciding what career path is right for you. To suit whichever way you prefer to study - we give you the flexibility to decide if you want to study on campus, by distance learning, online or a combination of these. We can provide you with on-the-job learning, as well as traineeships, apprenticeships and specifically packaged work-based training arrangements. If you wish to head for university, many of our courses provide a seamless pathway into university study.

Our arrangements in place with our partner universities provide a pathway into many advanced degree programs. In addition, with the recent registration of TAFE NSW Higher Education, North Coast TAFE is developing and offering higher education qualifications.

State-of-the art facilities

All of our 17 campuses feature facilities that enable us to deliver high quality vocational education and training each year.

Each campus offers specialist knowledge and training, they can also help you to access the full range of courses and services offered throughout the North Coast TAFE. As an important element of the North Coast economy is our management, and staff continually adapt the course mix and individual programs to correspond to current and emerging needs and opportunities in local business and industry.

For example our innovative Trenayr campus is meeting a national need with its programs for national fishing industry, aquaculture and environmental programs. The campus also offers equine-related programs.
 

Customer focus

At North Coast TAFE we pride ourselves on the comprehensive support we provide for our customers.  Whether it’s to ensure course information is widely available, study assistance, career advice or personal counselling, we will be there to support you whatever your needs!

We’ll provide you with an excellent learning environment, with modern classrooms and equipment, specialised training centres and libraries providing with all your study needs. All campuses offer help and tutorial support with English, English as a second language, reading, writing, maths, science, computing and communication for any North Coast TAFE course you are studying.

Each campus has student recreation areas and facilities to make sure you enjoy your free-time between classes! The area provides a student common room area where you can relax during your downtime and most campuses also have a canteen, tea and coffee-making facilities, microwave ovens and food and drink vending machines.

All of our campuses have wireless access to our network available for all students. This is to enhance the flexibility of our educational delivery and your access to resources and research. 

All students enrolling in North Coast TAFE will have a Student e-Services account and a TAFE card. The  account will provide students unlimited access to emails and any information regarding their studies.