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Equipment, Libraries and Support
Equipment
TAFE NSW colleges use up-to-date, industry-standard equipment and students develop workplace skills in practical workshops.
In some courses, teaching takes places in real workplaces (for example, restaurants or hair and beauty salons), or in simulated workplaces (for example, applied science laboratories).
Libraries
When you enrol at a TAFE NSW College, you receive a TAFEcard and access to many services to help you succeed with your studies.
- TAFEcard is your library card and gives you borrowing privileges at your College and also with a network of more than 100 TAFE NSW libraries.
- TAFE Studylinks helps you with internet research and you can access many websites selected to help you in your course.
- TAFEcat is the TAFE NSW Online Catalogue. With TAFEcat you can:
- access many learning materials and information resources, books and magazines, electronic databases, CDs, videos and other audiovisual items
- use TAFEcat to find out where books and resources are located within Australia's largest library network
- view your own library record and loan details
- find out when the books you have on loan are due back, or if the item you have reserved has arrived in the library
Your privacy is protected by a PIN (personal identification number).
TAFE NSW libraries have great resources for our students
- CDs, DVDs, videos and audiovisual material
- e-books and e-journals
- online and CD-ROM full-text journal databases
- books and magazines
- access to the internet for study and assignments
- reference services and interlibrary loans
- training sessions to help you locate library information
- basic to advanced internet skills training sessions
- access to computers with software packages used in TAFE NSW courses
- lists of recommended websites and resources for your TAFE NSW studies
- individual and group study areas and rooms in the library
- photocopying and printing services
- through the National Reciprocal Borrowing Scheme, you can register for reciprocal library services with other TAFE libraries right across Australia
Support
Learner support may be available for areas such as literacy, numeracy, English as a Second Language (ESL), Maths, Science, computing, and communication skills.
Learner support takes various forms; for example:
- Drop-in centres
- Small groups
- Team teaching
- One-to-one tuition
- Distance learning
- Help via the internet
Support for Students with a Disability
International students with a disability must:
- State their disability on the application form
- Provide details of the support they need
TAFE NSW will:
- Assess the student's need for support
- Request additional information, if needed
- Calculate any additional charges, if any
- Advise the student of the support and charges, if any
Careers Advice
TAFE NSW offers students free career and education counselling. Our counsellors know all about TAFE NSW programs and services, and other education pathways. Counsellors can:
- Help you make the right decision about your future studies at Australian universities
- Explain the career opportunities that are open to you
Your International Student Coordinator at your college can arrange for you to meet with a careers counsellor.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
TAFE NSW will consider recognising previously completed studies that are related to the TAFE NSW course you are doing. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
RPL may allow you to finish your course more quickly.
To be considered for RPL, you must provide documents that give details of your previous studies. You provide these documents when you send your application. These documents may include:
- Academic transcripts
- Formal qualifications
- Official descriptions of the courses you have studied; for example, from a college handbook
DEC International Students Centre lets you know the result of your application within 2–3 weeks.
If you are unable to provide these documents with your application, you can provide them after you enrol and start your course.
Please note:
- If you are granted RPL after you have started your course, and the RPL reduces the length of your course, this may also affect the length of your student visa.
- Under current regulations, if you are granted RPL for certain units of study within a semester, you may still be required to undertake a full-time study load.
Monitoring Course Progress
TAFE NSW monitors and assesses the course progress of each international student in accordance with the DEEWR - DIAC Course Progress Policy. If we assess that you are at risk of not making satisfactory course progress, TAFE NSW takes steps to help you.
For further information, go to:
- ESOS Framework information (
250kb) - DEEWR - DIAC Course Progress Policy and Procedures (290kb)
- TAFE NSW Course Progress Policy (20kb)
- Suspending a Student Enrolment (20kb)
- Complaints and Appeals (20kb)