TAFE at School
Get more out of high school
If you’re a year 10, 11 or 12 student you may be able to complete a qualification while you're still in high school. Courses within the program range from certificate I to certificate III in different study areas from hospitality to horticulture, early childhood education to engineering, and everything in between.
Senior College program
Students in the Greater Brisbane area can complete Year 11 and 12 in an adult-learning environment with our Senior College program. The program is designed for those aged 15–17 who are looking for a practical and independent alternative to the traditional high school system.
Offered exclusively at our Alexandra Hills campus, this program allows you to complete Year 11 and 12 in a flexible, personal, and mature learning environment. Complete your Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and work towards gaining an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), if you choose to.
Best of all, choosing to do Year 11 and 12 differently gives you direct entry into the TAFE Queensland course of your choice after you graduate. Whatever your goal may be, we can help you make great happen.
Why study year 11 and 12 at TAFE Queensland
A supportive program
TAFE Queensland offers a holistic range of student support services, including:
- Qualified counsellors
- Career guidance via counsellors
- Tutorial support
- Mentor program
- Career hub
- Student events
- Accessibility Support Officers.
Mentor program
All Senior College students are enrolled in our mentor program which is designed to prepare you for the challenges of study, regardless of your initial academic ability.
This program is embedded into the Social and Community Studies subject, allowing students to develop essential life skills while gaining four credits towards your QCE upon successful completion. This program is comprised of a variety of activities, discussions and guest speakers.
Our mentor program supports students throughout your time with us, enabling you to set and achieve clear, realistic goals for your future.
Year 12 students will also join the Career Hub in semester two of their mentor program. This prepares students for the completion of Year 12, equipping you with key skills required to be job ready. Focus on your career pathways and hear from an exciting roster of industry guest speakers to discuss various career choices.
Career Hub
Year 12 students will also join the Career Hub in semester two of their Mentor Program. This prepares students for the completion of Year 12, equipping you with key skills required to be job-ready. You will get to focus on your career pathways and hear from an exciting schedule of industry guest speakers to discuss various career choices.
Student support
TAFE Queensland has AccessAbility Support Officers who:
- offer confidential, friendly advice and support for any life situation
- assist students to achieve their educational and career goals
- encourage students to be independent and take responsibility for their course of study
- liaise with relevant external agencies, organisations or government departments to gain assistance
- undertake vocational training connected to that particular work area.
Understanding your options
Our Senior College program allows you to earn a QCE and ATAR outcome at the end of Year 12 by studying Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) registered subjects. Depending on your goals, these qualifications can help you transition to tertiary study or secure a job.
I want to go to university
The ATAR and QCE pathway:
- we recommend six QCAA subjects
- optional vocational certificate
- could include a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship (SAT)
- mentor program.
Leads to:
- gaining an ATAR and QCE
- employment
- entrance to a TAFE Queensland diploma/university degree.
I want to start working
The employment pathway:
- we recommend four QCAA subjects and one vocational certificate or five QCAA subjects
- to complete, students need to have accumulated 20 points, including at least 12 core credits
- mentor program.
Leads to:
- QCE
- vocational certificate(s)
- employment
- entrance to a TAFE Queensland diploma/university degree.
With world-class facilities, teachers with industry expertise, and practical training, TAFE Queensland harnesses your inner greatness, to turn your something into something incredible.
- Accounting and finance
- Acting
- Aged and disabled care
- Air-conditioning and refrigeration
- Allied health
- AMEP
- Animal studies
- AUSLAN
- Automotive electrical technology
- Aviation
- Baking and patisserie
- Beauty services
- Bricklaying and stonemasonry
- Building and construction
- Building design
- Business and management
- Butchery
- Carpentry and joinery
- Civil construction
- Community services
- Cookery
- Cultural arts
- Cyber security
- Digital and screen media
- Early childhood education and care
- Education support
- Electrotechnology
- Engineering
- English language courses
- Events management
- Fashion design
- Foundation skills
- Games and interactive design
- Government
- Graphic design
- Hairdressing and barbering
- Heavy automotive industries
- Hospitality
- IELTS testing
- Information, communications and technology (ICT)
- Interior design and decoration
- IT networking and systems administration
- Jewellery making
- Legal, crime and justice
- Light automotive
- Manufacturing and design
- Maritime
- Mental health services
- Motorbike and bicycle mechanics
- Music
- Painting and decorating
- Photography
- Plumbing
- Printing
- Rail
- Resources and mining
- School alternatives for adult learners
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- Senior college
- Software and website development
- TESOL
- Tiling, plastering and flooring
- Training and assessment
- Transport and logistics
- Travel and tourism management
- Unilearn
- Veterinary nursing
- Visual arts
- Water operations