Bendigo TAFE is a regional provider of

vocational education Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an i ...

, training and assessment services, located in northern and central

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. 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. Bendigo TAFE services a significant geographical area of approximately 25,000 square kilometres in central and northern Victoria, with a local population of 220,000. In May 2014, Bendigo TAFE announced that it would merge with the Melbourne-based

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to form Bendigo Kangan Institute, however both institutes retain their existing branding.''Bendigo Weekly''
Bendigo TAFE has five campuses, three in Bendigo, one in

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and another in Castlemaine.

Areas of study

* Aged care *

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* 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 * Nursing * Painting and decorating * Plumbing * Primary industries * Animal studies * International education * Laboratory studies * Horticulture and agriculture * Professional writing and editing * VCAL

References

External links

Official website
Education in Bendigo 1987 establishments in Australia Bendigo {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub