Studying the right trade course on the Gold Coast can set you on a path toward a rewarding career with strong permanent visa opportunities.
The Gold Coast is a famous destination to visit, live, and work. With its sparkling beaches, lush hinterlands, and vibrant nightlife, it offers something for everyone. The year-round tropical climate means you can spend your days relaxing on the white sandy beaches or learning to surf at world-renowned spots. In the evenings, you can explore trendy bars, restaurants, and fine dining options. Many international students are attracted to the Gold Coast for its laid-back lifestyle, friendly community, and affordable cost of living.
As the Gold Coast is classified as a regional area, students can earn an additional 5 points on the Australian Immigration Points Test for studying in a regional location, with the potential to apply for a Skilled Work Regional Visa (subclass 491).
In this course, you will learn to construct, install, finish, and repair structures and fixtures for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. You’ll gain hands-on experience using a variety of tools, equipment, and materials to build frames for walls and ceilings, create pitched and advanced roofs and eaves, and set up and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs. This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to work as a carpenter in the building and construction industry. According to the Australian Government’s Job Outlook service, carpentry skills are in high demand, with employers struggling to fill positions for qualified carpenters and joiners. The occupation is large, with approximately 69,000 job openings expected in the next five years.
In this course, you will not only develop the skills to manage a small automotive business, but also learn how to service and repair the mechanical components of motor vehicles, including the engine, transmission (clutch, gearbox, and differential), and suspension systems (steering, brakes, wheels, and tires).
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be qualified to work as an automotive mechanic or light vehicle technician, or pursue management roles in automotive retail, service, and repair environments.
This qualification is essential for becoming a heavy commercial vehicle technician. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be qualified to service and repair trucks, buses, earth-moving equipment, tractors, and other agricultural machinery. You will gain practical skills and foundational knowledge in diagnosing problems, repairing, and servicing a variety of systems and components in heavy vehicles and equipment. This includes engines, transmissions, cooling, steering and suspension systems, electrical circuits, hydraulic and air braking systems, and diesel fuel injection systems. Additionally, you will apply your skills to conduct heavy vehicle safety and roadworthy inspections.
This course equips you with the skills needed to perform various marine craft construction tasks. You will learn about occupational health and safety, trade drawing and lofting, material science, and construction methods using composites and timber. Additionally, the course covers repair and maintenance procedures for different construction techniques. Hands-on training will be provided by our experienced industry teachers in workshops equipped with the latest marine technology.
In this course, you will develop the skills to create and repair fine timber products using solid timber, flat-panel, and timber-based materials. You will learn the entire process from design to production, including creating manual and computer-aided drawings, using power tools and woodworking machines, and completing projects within cost and time constraints. You may specialize in crafting free-standing furniture such as dining and bedroom suites, antiques, and office furniture, or focus on the skills needed for manufacturing and installing kitchen and bathroom fittings.
This course will prepare you for a supervisory role in the kitchen. You will gain practical experience in preparing a wide variety of dishes, including appetizers, salads, stocks, sauces, soups, seafood, meat, poultry, breads, pastries, and cakes. You will develop your supervisory skills, learning how to manage workplace diversity, implement sustainable practices, provide leadership, handle finances, and coordinate cooking operations. Additionally, you will acquire advanced skills for managing a hospitality establishment, such as rostering, budgeting, marketing, and people management. You will also enhance your customer service abilities in our training restaurants, with electives available in bar operations and espresso coffee preparation.
This course covers essential skills that are fundamental across the construction industry, along with specialized units in solid plastering. Experienced professionals will teach you how to apply plain, decorative, and protective plaster or cement coverings to both the interior and exterior of structures. You will learn how to use solid plastering tools and equipment, install cast plaster and paper-faced cornice, apply trowelled texture coat finishes, and perform floating and rendering techniques on both straight and curved surfaces.
This qualification provides a trade outcome in painting and decorating for residential and commercial work, it can lead to career pathways as a painter and decorator. All units of competency are delivered in a real or very closely simulated environment to follow the requirements of this qualification. The course has no speciality entry requirements, so applicants can have from zero to lots of painting and decorating experience.
This program provides essential professional-level skills for designing and implementing IP networks in enterprise, service provider, and carrier environments. Students will learn how to plan and execute complex IP networks and technologies in these settings. The program also covers the technical, managerial, and planning skills necessary to support these activities. It includes two major projects, with each subject structured as a self-contained professional course that focuses on a specific topic in depth.
This qualification will equip you with the skills and knowledge in instrumentation, process automation, and control. With a Certificate III in Instrumentation and Control, you may apply for trade recognition as an Electronic Instrument Tradesperson (Special Class) and enter an industry that is in high demand, as it is listed on the National Skills Shortage list.
The qualification covers competencies to select, install, set up, test, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain systems and devices used for measuring and recording physical and chemical phenomena, as well as related process control systems.
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