East Gippsland TAFE: Partners and Alliances

Partners and Alliances


	RMIT East Gippsland TAFE provides tertiary opportunities for Gippsland students in partnership with RMIT University in the areas of Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Nursing.



	Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (GippsTAFE) The two 'neighbour' Institutes signed an agreement in 2007 to collaborate to better service the Gippsland region. A major focus of this collaboration is the newly formed TAFE Work Safety Centre. CLICK HERE for courses offered in partnership with GippsTafe.



	Apprenticeships Group Australia (AGA) EG TAFE is proud of its partnership and MOU with Australia’s largest Group Training Company. On 26 July 2005, East Gippsland TAFE and AGA – formerly known as Gippsland Group Training and Apprenticeships Victoria – signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding. The two organisations committee to boosting vocational education and training and employment opportunities for the young people of Gippsland, and to ensuring that industry needs and expectations continue to be met. This partnership between two established and well respected organisations ensures superior training and assessment services for apprentices and trainees across Gippsland.



	Deakin University East Gippsland TAFE and Deakin University are progressing the ‘Deakin at Your Doorstep’ initiative for East Gippsland. This program will potentially offer local residents the opportunity to gain a broad range of Higher Education qualifications without having to leave the Gippsland region. The 2 year ‘Deakin at Your Doorstep qualifications’ will be jointly offered by East Gippsland TAFE and Deakin University. It is planned that the program will be available at the Bairnsdale Campus of EG TAFE as early as 2010 and in Sale in 2011. Graduates of these courses will receive two qualifications, a Diploma in their area of study, and an Associate Degree, which would deliver recognition for up to one-and-a-half years’ towards a three year degree in their area of study at Deakin University.



	University of Ballarat On 9 July 2009, East Gippsland TAFE and the University of Ballarat entered into a Memorandum of Understanding which will provide a significant number of university places in Sale. Gippsland students will soon have a broad range of TAFE and University courses on offer locally. Courses on offer will enable students to either go straight to a university course, or work through different levels of TAFE courses, depending upon their particular requirements. The MOU provides local opportunities for study without excessive travel. It is expected that a total of 350 university places in Business, Commerce, Teaching (Early Childhood Education); and Nursing will be available progressively, commencing in 2011.



	Pivot Point In 2007, EG TAFE signed an agreement with Pivot Point, recognised leaders in the provision of accredited hairdressing and beauty training and assessment. As an accredited provider of Pivot Point’s comprehensive curriculum and education materials, EG TAFE is now well placed to provide East Gippsland residents with the opportunity to study hairdressing, locally, using Pivot Point’s industry-leading learning materials and approach.



		Queensland Institute for Aviation Engineering

Since 2005, EG TAFE has worked closely to build and consolidate our partnership arrangement with the Queensland Institute for Aviation Engineering (QIAE), to develop and deliver training programs within the general aviation industry in Gippsland. Under this arrangement, delivery and intellectual property is shared to ensure up-to-date, industry-endorsed aviation engineering qualifications are provided to residents across Gippsland, and beyond.



		In June 2006, EG TAFE successfully partnered with the local Adult Community Education providers (‘Community College, East Gippsland’ in Bairnsdale and ‘ACES’ in Sale), to win the DEST tender, to deliver the Language Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) throughout East Gippsland from 2006 to 2009.


The LLNP program provides long term unemployed with the opportunity to improve their employability skills via upskilling in literacy and numeracy. The awarding of this tender to our consortium coincides with a decision by DEST to streamline the LLNP referral process by reducing the number of LLNP providers from seventeen to ten in Victoria. Collaboration in relation to regional service delivery, management and professional development are keystones of our partnership.



For further information on alliances and MOU’s, please contact the Associate Director, Business and Organisational Development on (03) 51422 400.