North Metropolitan TAFE

North Metropolitan TAFE
North Metropolitan TAFE consumer-facing logo
Other name
  • NMTAFE
  • North Metro TAFE
Former name
Balga Technical School, Carine Technical School, Central Institute of Technology, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Claremont School of Art, Midland College of TAFE, North Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth Technical School, Swan TAFE, Trades North, WA School of Nursing, West Coast College of TAFE, West Coast Institute, West Coast Institute of Training, West Coast TAFE
TypeTAFE
Established1900 (1900)
ChairpersonMs Mara West (Governing Council chair)
DirectorMs Michelle Hoad (Managing Director)
Academic staff
805
Administrative staff
450
Students30,000
Location
Perth
,
WA
,
Australia
CampusBalga, Clarkson, East Perth, Joondalup (Kendrew Crescent), Joondalup (McLarty Avenue), Leederville, Midland, Mount Lawley, Nedlands (Oral Health Centre of Western Australia) and Perth.
Websitenorthmetrotafe.wa.edu.au
Students outside library at 30 Aberdeen Street campus

North Metropolitan TAFE is a state government-funded educational facility delivering Technical and Further Education (TAFE). It services the northern suburbs of Perth across ten campuses. It was formed on 11 April 2016,[1] when the State Government announced after the Independent Review of the Vocational Education and Training Sector in Western Australia, that the 11 State Training Providers would be streamlined and form five new TAFE colleges in Western Australia.[2] This resulted in the merging of Central Institute and West Coast Institute to form North Metropolitan TAFE.[3]

At the beginning of 2017, two campuses (Balga and Midland) that were formerly part of Polytechnic West also joined North Metropolitan TAFE.[4]

North Metropolitan TAFE has about 1250 (casual, part-time, full-time) staff that collaborate with local industry to ensure that courses are meeting the demands of students wanting to enter the workforce with up-to-date, industry-specific, practical skills. As of 2021, there were 29,979 students enrolled in approximately 350 Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses covering a number of industry areas.[5]

  1. ^ "Vocational Education and Training (Colleges Closure and Establishment) Order 2016", Western Australian Government Gazette, 2016 / 31, 26-Feb-2016, p.549 [1]
  2. ^ ""Reform safeguards WA's TAFE sector", Government of Western Australia Media Statements, 24 February 2016". Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ "The Training sector reform project", Department of Training and Workforce Development website
  4. ^ "North Metropolitan TAFE: two training institutes join up under new banner", Wanneroo Times, 20 May 2016
  5. ^ "2021 Annual Report", North Metropolitan TAFE website