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Kangan Institute is a Technical and Further Education
provider located over a number of campuses in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
. It specialises in the automotive, aerospace
, polymer
and transport
industries.
, Broadmeadows College and the Richmond automotive campus of Barton Institute of TAFE.
.
Broadmeadows campus
Kangan Institute's main campus in Broadmeadows
houses purpose-built training facilities such as the Aerospace Industry Training Centre, the Transport and Logistics
Centre and the Polymer
Engineering Centre. It also holds the Richards restaurant, which trains hospitality students both as waiters and chefs.
Coburg campus
The Coburg
campus is situated in Melbourne
's northern suburbs and houses Kangan Institute's automotive training course, in areas such as light and heavy vehicle mechanics, vehicle trimming, motor sport and motorcycle mechanics. This campus also houses a new diesel emission testing and training facility developed in conjunction with the EPA.
Craigieburn campus
The Craigieburn
offers marketing and multimedia courses.
Docklands campus
The Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) at Docklands is the newest campus. Opened in September 2006 it houses body trades training; incorporating vehicle paint, panel beating and body making.
Essendon campus
The Essendon
campus offers business management, information technology and commerce course.
Moreland campus
Situated in the suburb of Coburg, the Moreland campus primarily offers community services and health, language studies and business courses. This use to be the Moreland Secondary College before 1991.
Richmond campus
The Richmond
campus is home to study areas such as automotive, fashion and millinery, business and sport and recreation.
Kangan Institute also offers traineeship and apprenticeship training in the following areas:
, hospitality
and automotive. Some of these awards include:
Industry Association of Australia Training Awards
Two of Kangan Institute's furnishing students achieved success at the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia Training Awards in 2006. Castlemaine resident Robert Spencer won the Best Certificate III in Furniture Finishing Apprentice Award while Shannon Richardson was a finalist in the Best Certificate III in Cabinet Making Apprentice category.
TAFE Apprentice Cook of the Year Awards
An award-winning chicken dish helped Kangan Institute cooking apprentice Antony Campbell to a winning trifecta in the State finals of the Victorian TAFE Apprentice Cook of the Year Awards in 2006.
First Antony, a second-year cooking apprentice from Lalor, won a Gold medal for his special dish. Then he went on to claim the Trophy for the best second-year apprentice.
Fashion International: Your Competition
The 2006 Fashion International competition was held at Homebush in Sydney. Out of eight hundred and sixty entrants from around Australia, six finalists were selected. Kangan Institute Fashion students Tracey Osborne won First Prize for Grand Formal Gowns (winning a Singer Sewing Machine and Singer Overlocker) and Rafik Saad won Second Prize in the same category.
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...
provider located over a number of campuses in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, 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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It specialises in the automotive, aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
, polymer
Polymer
A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds...
and transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
industries.
History
Kangan Institute dates back to 1925 was involves the merger of three major institutes - John BatmanJohn Batman
John Batman was an Australian grazier, businessman and explorer who is best known for his role in the founding of a settlement which became Melbourne and the colony of Victoria.-Life:...
, Broadmeadows College and the Richmond automotive campus of Barton Institute of TAFE.
- 1925 — Richmond Technical School established, delivering motor mechanics training as part of the post-Depression Youth Employment Scheme
- 1969 — Overcrowding splits Richmond Technical School's secondary education and TAFE functions into Richmond Technical School and Richmond College of TAFE
- 1970 — Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMITRMIT UniversityRMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
) transfers its automotive training programs to Batman Automotive College, Coburg. Batman College changes its name to John Batman Institute of TAFE
- 1985 — Broadmeadows College of TAFE established
- 1994 — Moorabbin and Richmond Colleges of TAFE merge to form the Richmond Automotive Campus of Barton Institute of TAFE
- 1995 — Broadmeadows College of TAFE changes its name to Kangan Institute of TAFE, in honour of Myer Kangan OBE AO, the founder of Australia's TAFE system
- 1997 — John Batman and Kangan Institutes of TAFE amalgamate to form Kangan Batman TAFE
- 1998 — Kangan Batman TAFE acquires Richmond automotive campus of Barton Institute of TAFE
- 2006 — Kangan Batman TAFE opens its newest campus - Automotive Centre of Excellence - DocklandsMelbourne DocklandsDocklands is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia occupying an area extending up to 2 km west of and adjacent to Melbourne's Central Business District . Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...
- 2010 - Officially relaunched as Kangan Institute on the 18th February.
Campuses
Kangan Institute has seven Melbourne campuses. It also provides education to residents over 15 at the Parkville Youth Residential Centre and Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in ParkvilleParkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....
.
Broadmeadows campus
Kangan Institute's main campus in Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows, Victoria
Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...
houses purpose-built training facilities such as the Aerospace Industry Training Centre, the Transport and Logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
Centre and the Polymer
Polymer
A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds...
Engineering Centre. It also holds the Richards restaurant, which trains hospitality students both as waiters and chefs.
Coburg campus
The Coburg
Coburg, Victoria
Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...
campus is situated in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
's northern suburbs and houses Kangan Institute's automotive training course, in areas such as light and heavy vehicle mechanics, vehicle trimming, motor sport and motorcycle mechanics. This campus also houses a new diesel emission testing and training facility developed in conjunction with the EPA.
Craigieburn campus
The Craigieburn
Craigieburn, Victoria
Craigieburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Craigieburn had a population of 20,784....
offers marketing and multimedia courses.
Docklands campus
The Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) at Docklands is the newest campus. Opened in September 2006 it houses body trades training; incorporating vehicle paint, panel beating and body making.
Essendon campus
The Essendon
Essendon, Victoria
Essendon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley...
campus offers business management, information technology and commerce course.
Moreland campus
Situated in the suburb of Coburg, the Moreland campus primarily offers community services and health, language studies and business courses. This use to be the Moreland Secondary College before 1991.
Richmond campus
The Richmond
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
campus is home to study areas such as automotive, fashion and millinery, business and sport and recreation.
Subjects and courses
Kangan Institute offers nationally accredited courses from certificates to diplomas and graduate diplomas. Courses on offer focus on the following areas:- Adult Community and Further Education
- Automotive
- Building and Construction
- Business Services
- Community Services and Health
- Cultural and Recreation
- Electro technology and Communications
- General Manufacturing
- Metals and Engineering
- Horticulture
- Public Administration and Safety
- Tourism and Hospitality
- Transport and Storage
- Wholesale, Retail and Personal Services
Kangan Institute also offers traineeship and apprenticeship training in the following areas:
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Building and construction
- Business services
- Community services and health
- Education
- Electro technology
- Engineering
- Finance services
- Furnishing
- Food
- Horticulture
- Hospitality
- IT
- Manufacturing
- Metals and engineering
- Retail
- Sport and recreation
- Tourism
- Transport and logistics
Student life
Kangan Institute's Student Support and Recreation (SSR) provides on campus and special day activities, discounted trips and tours, free sporting competitions, publications, give-aways, and resources and support to a students at all campuses.Student awards
The students from Kangan Institute have won many awards across many disciplines such as fashionFashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
, hospitality
Hospitality
Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers...
and automotive. Some of these awards include:
Industry Association of Australia Training Awards
Two of Kangan Institute's furnishing students achieved success at the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia Training Awards in 2006. Castlemaine resident Robert Spencer won the Best Certificate III in Furniture Finishing Apprentice Award while Shannon Richardson was a finalist in the Best Certificate III in Cabinet Making Apprentice category.
TAFE Apprentice Cook of the Year Awards
An award-winning chicken dish helped Kangan Institute cooking apprentice Antony Campbell to a winning trifecta in the State finals of the Victorian TAFE Apprentice Cook of the Year Awards in 2006.
First Antony, a second-year cooking apprentice from Lalor, won a Gold medal for his special dish. Then he went on to claim the Trophy for the best second-year apprentice.
Fashion International: Your Competition
The 2006 Fashion International competition was held at Homebush in Sydney. Out of eight hundred and sixty entrants from around Australia, six finalists were selected. Kangan Institute Fashion students Tracey Osborne won First Prize for Grand Formal Gowns (winning a Singer Sewing Machine and Singer Overlocker) and Rafik Saad won Second Prize in the same category.