Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE (TNQ TAFE) is an award-winning provider of world-class English language, and vocational education and training. The Institute offers all of the benefits of an internationally competitive education in a safe and friendly environment.

Quality training is guaranteed at TNQ TAFE, a part of the Queensland State Government Department of Education, Training and the Arts. TNQ TAFE offers a wide range of nationally and internationally recognised vocational courses and all training is delivered by teachers with relevant industry experience and teaching qualifications. There is a strong emphasis on practical experience and hands-on instruction for students, leading to successful employment outcomes on completion of courses.

International students have access to the full range of excellent campus facilities including a well-resourced library, bookshop, computer rooms, free Internet access, art gallery, basketball court, beauty, hairdressing and massage training clinics, coffee shop, restaurant and child care.

The TNQ TAFE LANGUAGE CENTRE offers a range of quality English language courses and ensures that international students achieve the required English entry level before enrolling into a TNQ TAFE vocational course.

Key Features

• Part of Queensland State Government Department of Education, Training and the Arts
• A wide range of Certificate and Diploma courses are delivered
• General English and English for Academic Purposes courses provided by the TNQ TAFE Language Centre
• Student support services and campus facilities are excellent

Courses

TNQ TAFE delivers Certificates II, III, IV as well as Diploma courses with durations from 6 months to two years. Work experience / vocational placement is included in many Certificate and Diploma courses.

Hospitality Operations Commercial Cookery Supervision Management Travel & Tourism International Retail Travel Sales Sales and Marketing Marketing and Product Development Outdoor Recreation Information Technology Business Studies English language General English English for Academic Purposes

Health & Community Care Massage Beauty Services Horticulture & Rural Studies Horticulture Conservation and Land Management

Profile

TNQ TAFE in Cairns:

• employs over 300 staff and delivers training to over 13,000 students, including international students, every year;
• is a specialist provider of training to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (A&TSI) people, delivering more than a quarter of all vocational education and training to A&TSI students in Queensland through face-to-face and remote delivery via the Internet and Videoconferencing;
• provides A&TSI training courses including literacy and numeracy, educational and vocational access, business, administrations, governance, small business management, community management, community recreation, indigenous primary health care, dance, land management, music, tourism (guiding), visual art, and volunteer peer tutoring
• provides pre-vocational and trade training including automotive, engineering, metal fabrication, fitting/diesel, electrical/refrigeration, automotive fabrication, hydraulics, cabling, welding, etc;
• has experience delivering short courses, and RPL assessments, to companies and individuals in PNG.

Location

Set in spacious tropical gardens, the Tropical North Queensland TAFE campus provides a welcome and friendly environment only 2 km from the Cairns city centre. Regular bus service stops outside the TAFE throughout the day.

Contact Details

Name:	Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE
Provider Number:	02012B
Contact Person: Position:	John Razenberg International Sales Manager
Postal Address:	PMB 1 Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
Street Address:	Eureka Street Cairns Queensland 4870
Phone:	++61 7 4042 2460
Fax:	++61 7 4042 2622
Mobile:
Email:	international.tnqit@deta.qld.gov.au
Website:	www.tnqit.tafe.qld.gov.au

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