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Gourmet Food Service on Campus with our Commercial Cookery and Hospitality students

Gourmet Food Service on Campus with our Commercial Cookery and Hospitality students

Our Commercial Cookery apprentices put their skills to a fast-paced test with an on-campus restaurant service early last week. Food was prepared in the commercial kitchens on campus by the 3rd-year apprentices who are completing Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, with all restaurant services provided by our students enrolled in Certificate III in Hospitality.

Supporting our community with Certificate I in Transition Education students

Supporting our community with Certificate I in Transition Education students

On campus today, students in the Certificate I in Transition Education class planted Australian native trees as part of a volunteering project for Planet Ark’s National Tree Day

Creative skills and teamwork for face mask production on campus

Creative skills and teamwork for face mask production on campus

Staff from our Education and Vocational Skills department turned their skills and creativity into making protective face masks last week, with a production session on the go in the Fashion Design studio.

Congrats to Tony Hewett – nominated for Vocational Student of the Year in the 2020 Victorian Training Awards

Congrats to Tony Hewett – nominated for Vocational Student of the Year in the 2020 Victorian Training Awards

Tony has been nominated for Vocational Student of the Year in this year’s Victorian Training Awards, and completed Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance with Wodonga TAFE in 2019. 

Congrats to Simon Watts – nominated for Vocational Student of the Year in the 2020 Victorian Training Awards

Congrats to Simon Watts – nominated for Vocational Student of the Year in the 2020 Victorian Training Awards

Simon studied the Diploma of Community Services with Wodonga TAFE, and was awarded as a ‘2019 Student of the Year’ at our Celebration of Achievement Awards late last year.

Spotlight on Tilly Waite – life-long learner and Wodonga TAFE’s ‘Teacher of the Year’ 2019

Spotlight on Tilly Waite – life-long learner and Wodonga TAFE’s ‘Teacher of the Year’ 2019

Congratulations to Tilly Waite, who has been nominated for the 2020 Victorian Training Awards for ‘Teacher/Trainer of the Year’.

Congratulations to former Landscaping Apprentice Ryan Leman on his 2020 Apprentice of the Year - Victorian Training Awards nomination!

Congratulations to former Landscaping Apprentice Ryan Leman on his 2020 Apprentice of the Year - Victorian Training Awards nomination!

Congratulations to former Wodonga TAFE Certificate III in Landscape Construction (AHC30916) Apprentice Ryan Leman, who has been nominated for the 2020 Victorian Training Awards for Apprentice of the Year! Ryan is currently working for Stuart Gordon Landscaping & Paving Specialists as a Foreman, having completed his apprenticeship in July 2019.

Wodonga Skills and Jobs workshops

Wodonga Skills and Jobs workshops

The Wodonga Skills and Jobs Centre – operated from Wodonga TAFE – offers a range of services to help you get back into the job market.
The professional Skills and Jobs team offers individuals and businesses support with their employment opportunities, career-building and mapping, job-seeking services, and much more!

Congrats to Corey Taylor – hands-on in newspaper production!

Congrats to Corey Taylor – hands-on in newspaper production!

Corey is a student in the Certificate III in Print Communications at Wodonga TAFE and has already been hands-on in a successful media production role.

Julie Kettyle – Pastry Chef Winner

Julie Kettyle – Pastry Chef Winner

Huge congrats to one of our past students, Julie Kettyle – pastry chef extraordinaire! Julie recently received notification of her success in being awarded an Australian Overseas Foundation scholarship and is excitedly planning her travel itinerary for when international borders re-open.

New Initiative to keep Apprentices and Trainees Learning

New Initiative to keep Apprentices and Trainees Learning

Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education, the Hon Gayle Tierney MP, announced the Retrenched Apprentices and Trainees Program, a collaboration with the Apprenticeship Employment Network.

 

Upper Murray Community Recovery Hub in Corryong for Mother's Day

Upper Murray Community Recovery Hub in Corryong for Mother's Day

Wodonga TAFE has donated 200 plants to the Upper Murray Community Recovery Hub, Mother's day activities, with 2000 more seedlings to come.

Join Wodonga TAFE at the Year13 Careers Expo

Join Wodonga TAFE at the Year13 Careers Expo

Wodonga TAFE is very excited to announce that we will be a part of the Year13 Digital Careers Expo during National Careers Week, held 18-22 May. Due to the COVID-19 situation, a number of careers events have been cancelled, and because of this, Year13 have stepped up and created a 100% FREE digital event that you can attend from home! The Expo will feature a series of webinars from...

Free Support to Reconnect you with Education and Employment

Free Support to Reconnect you with Education and Employment

Are you currently unemployed and looking to get back into paid work? You may be eligible for help with training costs through the Reconnect program. Wodonga TAFE has been delivering the Reconnect program in and around Corryong for in excess of 2 years. During this time we have helped locals into short and long term training at no cost including: Certificate III in Individual Support, First...

Skills and Jobs Top Tips

Skills and Jobs Top Tips

 With both COVID-19 and the recent bushfires, we understand that these may have had a negative economic impact on households that may also include yourself or a member of your family losing their jobs. We want to help you get back into the workforce in whatever way we can. 

Welfare Support Services

Welfare Support Services

COVID-19 is bringing around a lot of stress on everyone in our local community. Whether you’ve lost your job, going through financial difficulties due to coronavirus or the bushfires or just feeling very anxious about the whole situation, we want you to know that you’re not alone and there are various resources available to you! 

Visual Arts students step up to their very first exhibition for Upstream

Visual Arts students step up to their very first exhibition for Upstream

Our students in Certificate III & IV in Visual Arts have successfully taken part in their first exhibition, placing pieces of artwork into ‘T’he art of Dogs’, the inaugural community art show held by Creators Artspace Gallery.

New Year’s Eve – Take 2

New Year’s Eve – Take 2

Staff from Wodonga TAFE were invited to attend the New Year’s Eve – Take 2 event in Corryong on Friday the 31st January. The event was organised by the Corryong community and was aimed at supporting locals who had a horrific New Year’s Eve due to the devastation of the bush fires.

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