Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE Open Day
The right place to find the best vocational study option to suit your needs!
The Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE invites you to attend its annual Open Day at the Toowoomba Campus on Tuesday 5 August, 8:30am to 5pm.
What is Open Day?
Open Day activities
Who goes to Open Day?
What is Open Day?
Open Day is held each year to encourage people from all walks of life to visit the Toowoomba Campus to look, learn and be inspired by the many career and training options offered right at your local TAFE.
Every year, our enthusiastic students and staff create interactive displays for school students and the general public to sample 'hands on' training as it occurs at TAFE and in the workplace.
It is your unique opportunity to explore the campus and get a taste of what TAFE life is like before you make a decision about your future study.
Our highly qualified teaching staff and career counsellors are available all day to talk with you about career and training pathways so you can choose the training that best suits your requirements.
View news coverage of the 2007 Open Day.
Open Day activities
Training displays
Get a taste of what TAFE training is all about by participating in our on-campus demonstrations. Interactive training displays conducted by TAFE students and staff will include a variety of vocational categories including:
- community welfare
- child studies
- hospitality
- horticulture
- construction
- furnishing and cabinet making
- plumbing
- painting and decorating
- metal fabrication
- automotive
- fitting and turning
- civil construction
- transport and logistics
- photography and more!
Guided tours
Open Day is also a normal teaching and learning day, so take advantage of our popular guided industry-specific tours and see how our campus operates; marvel at our purpose-built education facilities designed to help you get the most out of your study experience; and get a feel for the wonderful learning environment our students enjoy as you see our students taking part in their classes.
Try-a-trade
In addition to the training area displays and tours, you also have the chance participate in our try-a-trade activities.
Try-a-trade allows you to meet and talk with our apprentices and teaching staff to learn how vocational education and training offer more choices for the future.
Various displays set up throughout the campus provide a wide range of opportunities to 'have-a-go' at different trade and skill areas. The displays are entertaining, informative and offer you access to some of the basic skills involved with a range of trades.
Who goes to Open Day?
Open Day is a must for:
- high school students
- parents of high school students
- adult learners
- anyone interested in taking up vocational or higher education studies
- organisations seeking staff training.
To assist you with your enquiries at Open Day, start by considering the following:
- What do I want to achieve? (For example a new job, career, skill or qualification)
- Do I wish to gain credit towards a certificate, diploma or university degree?
- How long and when do I want to study?
- What study mode do I want to use? (For example on campus, by distance or in the workplace)
- How much can I afford to pay?
Open Day is informative, providing good advice, offering a huge range of courses and study options, and being lots of fun!
If you need more information on Open Day, please phone our Customer Service Centre on (07) 4694 1600.