Advance TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the East Gippsland

East Gippsland

East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Australia covering 31,740 square kilometres of Victoria. It has a population of 80,114....

 region of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. It has campuses located at Bairnsdale

Bairnsdale, Victoria

Bairnsdale is a small city in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11,282, it is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale....

, Lakes Entrance

Lakes Entrance, Victoria

Lakes Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately east of Melbourne, near a managed, man-made channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4,094.The township was...

, Sale

Sale, Victoria

Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...

, and outreach centres located in the small towns of Buchan

Buchan, Victoria

Buchan is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Buchan Road, in the Shire of East Gippsland near the Snowy River. At the 2006 census, Buchan and the surrounding area had a population of 326....

, Heyfield

Heyfield, Victoria

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, Mallacoota

Mallacoota, Victoria

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, Orbost

Orbost, Victoria

Orbost is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located east of Melbourne and south of Canberra where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about from the town of Marlo on the coast of Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Orbost had a population of 2452...

, Swifts Creek

Swifts Creek, Victoria

Swifts Creek is a rural community located between Omeo and Ensay on the Great Alpine Road in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, east of the state capital Melbourne. Swifts Creek is at an altitude of 300 m above sea level. The area was originally settled by Europeans in the gold rushes of the mid...

 and Yarram

Yarram, Victoria

Yarram , is an isolated town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Wellington, located in the southeast of Gippsland. The term 'Yarraam Yarraam' is thought to be an aboriginal phrase meaning 'plenty of water,' however it is not known which language group the name is taken from...

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A wide selection of study options in vocational education

Vocational education

Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...

 are offered from short courses, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships and traineeships through to certificate, diploma, advanced diploma level, under the Australian Qualifications Framework

Australian Qualifications Framework

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. In 2006 11,000 students studied at Advance TAFE at over 350 courses.

The Institute has also developed relationships with a number of Universities and other training providers (including RMIT University

RMIT University

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, Monash University

Monash University

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, Gippsland Group Training, Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE

Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE

Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, also known as GippsTAFE, is a TAFE institute located in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia...

, and Canberra Institute of Technology

Canberra Institute of Technology

The Canberra Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, and is one of a system of TAFEs. Qualifications offered by CIT range from certificate to degree level. CIT has four campuses across Canberra, located in Bruce, Reid, Phillip and...

). RMIT University programs in the Bachelor of Nursing and the Bachelor of Commerce can be done at Institute campuses.

To assist businesses in the region with their training needs Advance TAFE provides a commercial training consultancy service, South East Australian Training Services (SEATS) with offices in Bairnsdale and Sale. East Gippsland TAFE and Gippstafe also run as a partnership the TAFE Work Safety Centre.

History

East Gippsland TAFE had its origins in early technical and vocational education during the late nineteenth century in the Bairnsdale School of Mines and the Sale and Bairnsdale Technical Schools.

East Gippsland TAFE signed an affiliation agreement with RMIT University on 4 February 2003.
In november 2011 East gippsland TAFE changed their name to Advance TAFE.

Campuses

The institute’s main campus is located at Bairnsdale which also contains the Flexible Learning Centre, and the Bairnsdale Trade Centre.

There are two campuses at Lakes Entrance: Forestech and the South East Australia Maritime Education Centre (SEAMEC). Forestech provides a specialised focus on careers based on living resources such as forestry, fishing and ecotourism. SEAMEC was established in 1989 and has become a nationally renowned training provider known for its specialist expertise, industry links in fishing, maritime, recreational boating and aquaculture. The Marine research and education centre is located on Bullock Island at Lakes Entrance with research done in conjunction with RMIT University.

At Sale there is a campus at Princes Highway, Fulham, as well as a Farm at Drome Road, Flexible Learning Centre and an office of the South East Australia Training Services(SEATS) training consultancy.