Who we are

As Australia celebrates NAIDOC Week this July 6 – 13, TAFE Queensland proudly recognises the resilience, aspirations and achievements of First Nations learners across the state. In April, TAFE Queensland opened doors to a new training site in Cloncurry, where locals can now access free employability skills training under the government-funded Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program.

TAFE Queensland’s Event Management students were front and centre at one of Queensland’s biggest sporting spectacles, gaining hands-on experience and making a meaningful impact at the 2025 EVA Air Brisbane Marathon Festival.

Growing up in a small coastal city in the Philippines, Jack Woodsford didn’t have easy access to technology, but that didn’t stop him from being captivated by it.

At just seventeen years old, Max Bingham is already making his mark in the culinary world. A commercial cookery student at TAFE Queensland, and apprentice chef at a Japanese fine dining restaurant in Toowoomba, Max recently showcased his skills on the national stage at the prestigious 2025 Australian WorldSkills competition — proudly bringing home a Medallion for Excellence.

TAFE Queensland’s cyber security students have proven they can hold their own on the national stage, with one team earning a top-three finish at the 2025 Cyber Battle Australia Grand Final in Melbourne.

TAFE Queensland Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining (CPC31220) apprentices Tyler Henricks, Josh Hudson and Amirul Conran will represent the state in an epic battle of skills to determine which state is top dog at plastering, travelling down from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney this weekend to compete in the inaugural Association of Wall & Ceiling Industries New South Wales (AWCINSW) State of Origin for wall and ceiling lining apprentices.

When Sydney Torchia was six years old, she stepped onto the stage for her first school play and unknowingly stepped into her lifelong passion.

TAFE Queensland engineering teacher Brian Siebert is helping usher trades into the future – and people are taking notice.

From the Torres Strait to Yarrabah and beyond, TAFE Queensland teacher Stacy Walters is transforming early childhood education in some of Queensland’s most remote communities.

Queensland’s TAFE Centres of Excellence are leading the way in Australia, becoming the first Centres to open competitive Applied Research Grants.

For 15 years, Gina Greer told stories through movement as a dedicated ballet dancer. But along the way, she realised that dance alone wasn’t enough.

TAFE Queensland’s partnership with performance apparel brand LSKD is creating real-world opportunities for fashion students and strengthening ties between education and industry.