Bendigo TAFE

Bendigo TAFE

Building on the East Bendigo campus
Type	TAFE Institute
Established	1987 but with antecedents back to 1854
Students	14,000
Location	Bendigo , Victoria , Australia
Campus	Bendigo, Castlemaine, Echuca
Website	http://www.bendigotafe.edu.au

Bendigo TAFE is a regional provider of vocational education, training and assessment services, located in northern and central Victoria, Australia. 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.[1]

Bendigo TAFE services a significant geographical area of approximately 25,000 square kilometres in central and northern Victoria, with a residential population of 220,000.

In May 2014, Bendigo TAFE announced that it would merge with the Melbourne-based Kangan Institute to form Bendigo Kangan Institute, however both institutes will retain their existing branding.[2]

Areas of study

• Aged Care
• Allied Health
• Art and 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
• Music Industry Skills
• Nursing
• Painting and Decorating
• Plumbing
• Primary Industries
• Animal Studies
• International education
• Laboratory Studies
• Horticulture and Agriculture
• Professional Writing and Editing
• VCAL