Short Courses for Primary Industries and Natural Resources
TAFE Western offers numerous short courses across all industries. In the Primary Industries & Natural Resources area, we offer short courses in Conservation Earthworks, Agriculture, Chainsaws, SMARTtrain Chemical training and various animal and equine courses. Contact the relevant section for more details or to enrol.
Blacksmithing (Anvil 1 & 2) is offered at our Orange campus and is run on demand. Please contact the Horticulture Team on 02 6841 9702 or 6378 2625 or email horticulture@tafensw.edu.au
Grooming is offered by our Animal Studies Team at our Orange and Dubbo Rural Skills Centres. Contact the Animal Studies team for further information on 02 6841 9720 or 6393 2600, or email animalstudies@tafensw.edu.au
Level 1 & 2 Chainsaw courses are available for Semester 1, 2011. Costs vary and locations are available all across the western region. Please register your interest by contacting the Orange Agriculture Team on 6393 2685 or the Dubbo Agriculture Team on 6841 9702 or email agriculture@tafensw.edu.au
Farm Planning, Four Wheel Driving and other Environment courses are available for 2011. Costs vary and locations are available across the western region. Please register your interest by contacting the Environment Team on 6393 2603 or email environment@tafensw.edu.au
SMARTtrain Chemical Application
Enrolments are now open for the course. The course is run over two days and costs $335. Please contact the Horticulture Team on 6378 2625 or email horticulture@tafensw.edu.au for further information. 2011 dates are as follows:
Walgett 1 - 2 February 2011
Coonamble 14 - 15 March 2011
Dubbo 21 - 22 March 2011
Orange 30 - 31 March 2011
Mudgee 9 - 10 May 2011
Warren 6 - 7 June 2011
Orange 27 - 28 July 2011
Dubbo 5 - 6 September 2011
Forbes 21 - 22 September 2011
Mudgee 10 - 11 October 2011
Orange 19 - 20 October 2011
SMARTtrain Chemical Application Refresher
This course is run over one day and costs $220. Please contact the Horticulture Team on 6378 2625 or email horticulture@tafensw.edu.au for further information. 2011 dates are as follows:
Walgett 2 February 2011
Coonamble 15 March 2011
Dubbo 22 March 2011
Orange 31 March 2011
Mudgee 10 May 2011
Warren 7 June 2011
Orange 28 July 2011
Dubbo 6 September 2011
Forbes 22 September 2011
Mudgee 11 October 2011
Orange 20 October 2011
There is also an optional additional fumigation component of the course that costs $30. Students in both the refresher and full courses can chose to undertake this optional fumigation training as part of their enrolment in the SMARTtrain course.
Conservation Earthworks Short Courses
Rangeland Conservation - LE Excavator, LL Front-end Loader, LB Loader backhoe, LS Skid steer Loader WorkCover licences
Venue: Orange TAFE (Rural Skills), Forest Road, Orange.
Semester 1 Dates: 7 - 25 February 2011, 28 February - 18 March 2011, 21 March - 8 April 2011, 2 - 20 May 2011 and 23 May - 10 June 2011
Semester 2 Dates: 18 July - 5 August 2011, 8 - 26 August 2011, 29 August - 16 September 2011, 10 - 28 October 2011, 31 October - 18 November 2011 and 21 November - 2 December 2011
Venue: Dubbo TAFE (Rural Skills & Environment Centre) 7 March - 25 March 2011
Venue: Lithgow TAFE - Date to be confirmed
Cost: $1,708 for four licences (or $1408 with TAFE fee concession)
$1,308 for three licences (or $1008 with TAFE fee concession)
$908 for two licences (or $608 with TAFE fee concession)
$508 for one licence (or $208 with TAFE fee concession)
In addition, dates have been finalised for the following courses:
- Forklift WorkCover licence - TLI07 Licensing Units of competency
- C2 Crane WorkCover licence - TLI07 Licensing Units of competency
- DG Dogging WorkCover licence - CPC08 Licensing Units of competency
Please contact the Earthworks Team on 6393 2680 or email earthworks@tafensw.edu.au for complete details including location and costings. In addition, please view the 2011 Short Course Brochure for comprehensive details of our short course offerings across TAFE.
