Challenger Institute of Technology is a Technical and Further Education

Technical and Further Education

In Australia, training and further education or TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses, mostly qualifying courses under the National Training System/Australian Qualifications Framework/Australian Quality Training Framework...

 (TAFE) institution based in Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

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Over 140 careers are offered through a wide range of courses catering to different industry training areas. Unique training areas include oil and gas resource industry training at the Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training (ACEPT) and maritime training at the Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research (ACAAR), however qualifications are available in multiple varied career fields through several industry training areas.

Admissions are coordinated through the TAFE Admissions Centre, which provides a central point for receiving and processing applications for full-time Vocational Education and Training (VET) award courses in Western Australia. Previously it was known as Challenger TAFE.

Industry training areas

Challenger Institute’s training is provided through campuses across a number of South Metropolitan locations. These include:

• Applied Engineering (incorporating the Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training (ACEPT)
• Maritime (incorporating the Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research (ACAAR)
• Automotive
• Building and Construction
• Community Services, Health and Lifestyle
• Business and Information Technology
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Foundation and Cultural Studies
• Science and the Environment

More than 23,000 students take part in more than 350 courses, on a full time, part time or short course basis. More than 1,000 international students are enrolled at the institute, which has additional offshore training facilities and programs in eight countries; Mauritius

Mauritius

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, Qatar

Qatar

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, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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, India

India

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, China

China

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, Singapore

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, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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 and Indonesia

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Courses

Challenger Institute of Technology award courses adhere to the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). The AQTF establishes standard titles and levels for courses across Australia. The qualifications that are currently offered at Challenger Institute include:

• Advanced Diploma
• Diploma
• Certificate IV
• Certificate III
• Certificate II
• Certificate I

Through its university pathway arrangements with WA universities, including Curtin University and Murdoch University

Murdoch University

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, students can also gain access into tertiary education. Challenger Institute also offers short courses and customised training solutions for business.

Campuses and Access Centres

Challenger Institute has two campuses in central Fremantle

Fremantle

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, as well as campuses in Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield

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, Murdoch

Murdoch

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, Kwinana

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, Munster

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, Rockingham

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, Applecross

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 and Peel

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As well as its south metropolitan campuses, additional Access Centres are located in the regional towns of Pinjarra, Boddington

Boddington

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, Waroona and Mundijong.

History

Challenger Institute can lay claim to being the oldest technical educational institution in Western Australia, tracing its roots to the late 19th Century.

Prior to 1900, technical education in WA was sporadic and mostly supported through Mechanics and Miners Institutes. However, Challenger’s technical education record in Fremantle can trace its beginnings to 1898 when evening classes were conducted at Fremantle Boys School. These took place in the FTI building in Adelaide Terrace. Challenger Institute’s subsequent incarnation was as the Fremantle Technical School. The inaugural class of 1900 comprised 116 male students taking evening classes in the South Terrace building that is still used today as a campus and administrative office.

Some name changes followed in subsequent decades, with the organisation operating at various times as South Metropolitan Technical College, South Metropolitan College of TAFE and Challenger TAFE.

The formation in 2009 of a new West Australian training department resulted in the launch of a state government training blueprint, Training WA. Integral to this report was the call for public training organisations to become more autonomous, with the government giving TAFE colleges greater scope for flexibility and innovation in an increasingly competitive training market.

The name Challenger Institute of Technology was formally adopted on 15 December 2009.