Cert III in IT course returns

TAFE Gippsland is partnering with Gippsland-based Aussie Broadband to promote the return of information technology (IT) training to TAFE Gippsland.

An accredited vocational training course, the Certificate III in Information Technology returns to TAFE this year, with a nine-month course set to commence in April at the Yallourn campus.

TAFE Gippsland’s Director, Educational Delivery, Linda Austin, welcomed the return of IT training and the partnership with Aussie Broadband to support students enrolling in the vocational training course.

“I am delighted that for the first time in nearly a decade TAFE Gippsland is offering accredited training in an information technology discipline, and we’re encouraging students to enrol today,” Austin said.

“This is a free TAFE course offered face to face with one day online, and it focuses on customer service, web development, programming and editing computer software, with graduates very likely to be highly valued and sought after by employers.”

Austin said the institute was very fortunate to have a partner to support this vocational training stream.

“This year we are thrilled to partner with Aussie Broadband and we value their industry expertise and their commitment to IT in Gippsland in encouraging the next generation of IT practitioners,” she said.

Claire Morrissey, Learning and Development Manager at Aussie Broadband, said the organisation was excited about its role in partnering with TAFE Gippsland.

“As a Morwell-founded and -based tech company, Aussie Broadband has been campaigning to bring certificate-level IT courses back to the Gippsland region for several years,” Morrissey said.

“We’re also excited to continue partnering with TAFE Gippsland as they expand their IT offerings and help IT students ‘see what they can be’.”

Morrissey said graduates of these courses “are valuable not just to tech companies like Aussie Broadband, but across a whole range of industries”.

She said, “We’re thrilled that TAFE Gippsland is starting this journey with their Cert III in IT and, in our increasingly digital world, IT literacy has never been more important across Gippsland and right across the national and international digital learning environment.”

The first course begins with the commencement of Term 2 on Wednesday, 27 April 2022. Enrolments are still open and more information is available on the Gippsland TAFE website.

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