We are the vocational and tertiary education hub of south-eastern Victoria, with two main campuses, plus specialist centres and outreach centres located across the region, encompassing the Wellington Shire and East Gippsland Shire regions. Our vast region is renowned for the beautiful and extensive Gippsland Lakes, pristine beaches, rainforests and the alpine high country. We have a mild climate, vibrant towns and prosperous and innovative businesses. We offer terrific lifestyle options, with strong sporting, arts and cultural communities.
Our nationally renowned specialist education centres offer the kinds of facilities that other education providers dream about. Forestec is our specialist environmental, forestry and furniture design centre and is located in the incredible Gippsland bush, in one of the most diverse temperate forest ecosystems in the world. Our Seamec Maritime Education centre on the waterfront at Lakes Entrance boasts a deep-water berth, aquaculture facilities and well-equipped laboratories, making it a hub for marine and maritime industry training that draws participants from all over Australia. Farmtec Education Centre is a working farm on the outskirts of Sale offering horticulture, agriculture and equine studies, including popular courses in organics. Farmtec also allows students to learn how to operate the latest automated irrigation systems.
Our main campuses at Bairnsdale and Sale have a wide range of higher education and vocational facilities, including commercial kitchens, trades centres and university programs, which combine on-campus classes with the latest in online and video-conferencing technology.
Our commitment to serving the communities across the region is extended by our Outreach Centres at Swift’s Creek, Orbost, Mallacoota, Yarram and Heyfield, which allow us to deliver courses where you are.
From the first beginnings of vocational and adult education more than 100 years ago at the Bairnsdale School of Mines and the Sale and Bairnsdale Technical Schools, through to the creation of the current East Gippsland Institute of TAFE in 1986, our mission has remained the same.
We believe that every individual and enterprise in the community has a right to educational opportunity at a time and in a place and of a form appropriate to their expectations, needs and capabilities. To date, we are the only Victorian TAFE Institute to be recognised as an outstanding RTO, awarded ‘Gold’ status for training excellence under the Australian Quality Framework Excellence Criteria. We were awarded Victorian Large Training Provider of the Year in 2006 and we continually rank among the highest in the state for student, client and staff satisfaction.
Our core values
- We put our students at the heart of everything we do.
- We strive to remain flexible, accessible and responsive to our community’s needs.
- We celebrate diversity, we grow talent and we work with humour.
- We take an integrated team approach to the way we work.
- We are ethical and responsible in our decisions, behaviours and actions.
- We take a pivotal role in driving regional economic, social and cultural development.
- We aim to make sustainability integral in all our operations.
Strategic Directions
For more information, please download a copy of our Strategic Direction Statement 2009-2018 (PDF 961kb).
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