Building & Construction Courses

Bricklaying and stonemasonry

TAFE Queensland offers courses entry-level courses in both stonemasonry and bricklaying/blocklaying. As a fully-qualified brick or blocklayer you'll also have the opportunity to continue your training to becoming a registered builder, opening up opportunities to work as a sub-contractor or sole trader.

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Bricklayer
Stonemason (monumental)
Stonemason (restoration)

Building design

Help shape the future of Australia's infrastructure with a career in civil engineering. Or develop skills in computer-aided design to produce drawings and models for residential and small-scale commercial projects as a building designer.

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Building designer
Design drafter
Draftsperson
Engineering surveyor
Site supervisor

Carpentry and joinery

Our woodworking courses cover a number of trades including carpentry, furniture making, joinery, and shopfitting. Learn how to construct frames for walls and ceilings, make timber joints, assemble furniture components, or construct and install shopfronts.

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Cabinet maker
Carpenter
Joiner
Shopfitter

Civil construction

We offer civil construction courses with specialisations in pipe laying, plant operations, and road construction and maintenance. Gain fundamental civil construction skills in manual excavation, concreting, and trench work or learn how to manage civil works.

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Civil construction supervisor
Pipe layer
Plant operator
Road construction worker

Building and construction

Learn hands-on with one of our generalist building and construction courses or choose to specialise in waterproofing or estimating. We also offer advanced courses that will allow you to supervise on-site construction and apply for your builders licence in Queensland.

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Builder
Construction manager
Estimator
Site supervisor
Waterproofer

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Painting and decorating

Open up career opportunities in both commercial and residential settings as a qualified painter and decorator. Learn how to prepare surfaces, match paint colours, and apply paint, wallpaper and other coatings to decorate interior and exterior surfaces.

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Painter and decorator
Painting trades worker

Plumbing

Our plumbing courses cover a number of specialisations including roof plumbing, gasfitting, drainage, and hydraulic services design. You can also choose to complete a number of industry licences in drainage, gas work and plumbing.

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Drainer
Gas fitter
Hydraulic design consultant
Plumber
Roof plumber

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Tiling, plastering and flooring

Flooring, plastering and tiling are hands-on trades in the building and construction industry that work on in both commercial and residential projects. Whether you're looking to work as a floor finisher, plasterer or wall and floor tiler we have the training you need to launch your trades career.

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Carpet layer
Floor finisher
Plasterer
Roof tiler
Wall and floor tiler

Pipe dreams

It's not every girls dream to work with drainage pipes and sewage systems, but Kristy Preston isn't your average woman.

Kristy Preston
Diploma of Hydraulic Services Design (CPC50612)

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Building her future

After 10 years running her own music school, Rachael Turner decided to pursue her childhood passion for construction.

Rachael Turner
Certificate IV in Building and Construction - Building (CPC40110)

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Industry-standard building and construction facilities

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Building and construction facilities

Our $80 million industry-standard building and construction facilities allows us to train across a wide range of different trade areas and replicate both commercial and residential settings, giving you as close to a real-world environment as possible.

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Bricklaying facilities

Our bricklaying facilities at our Acacia Ridge campus include a modern, fully-equipped and light-filled workshop where our students work with clay, concrete, masonry and other building materials to create walls, partitions, arches, steps, stairs and other brick or block constructions. As a bricklaying student at TAFE Queensland you'll be trained in numerous technical and architectural methods ensuring you're prepared for every possible project.

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Stonemasonry facilities

Our stonemasonry training facilities at our Acacia Ridge campus are world class.

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Painting and decorating facilities

Our painting and decoration facilities at Acacia Ridge include over 40 painting and decorating booths as well as wallpapering and spraying facilities where you'll learn numerous painting and finishing methods.

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Glass and glazing facilities

Our glass and glazing workshop at our Eagle Farm campus is a purpose-built, simulated training environment that allows our glaziers to learn skills in the manufacturing, processing, moving, and installation of various types of glass and components. You'll learn to select, cut, install, replace, and remove glass in a variety of settings including balustrades, glass splashbacks, mirror walls, shower enclosures, windows, shopfronts, and curtain wall framing on high-rise buildings.

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Plastering facilities

Our plastering facilities at the Acacia Ridge campus provide our plastering apprentices with the perfect environment to learn their craft. With 14 purpose-built wall and ceiling plastering booths, two specialised high ceiling structures, and ten solid plastering training rooms we teach the latest techniques for both domestic and commercial plastering applications.

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Tiling facilities

The tiling facilities at our Acacia Ridge campus include classrooms, training booths and workshops where you'll learn technical and architectural tiling methods including mosaic and curved surface tiling in pools, spas, and decorative areas.

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Flooring facilities

Our industry-standard flooring training workshop at Acacia Ridge simulates commercial and residential environments, mirroring a real-world work environment. Our workshop is equipped to train students in the preparation and installation of concrete floors and sealants, epoxy and seamless floor coverings, densifiers, carpet, resilient, vinyl, and timber flooring. You'll also learn how to install decorative flooring, from initial design right through to installation.

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Roof tiling facilities

Our roof tilers train in a real-world simulated environment at our Acacia Ridge location on roofs of all pitches and designs. We train to every aspect of the trade, from working safely on roofs using the latest tools and equipment, to cutting materials to fit around vents and chimney edges. You'll learn how to repair and replace valleys and valley irons, install barge tiles, secure roofing underlays, fix ridge caps and gable ends with cement mortar, and install concrete and terracotta tiles, stone slates and wooden shingles.

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Building on her success

After 10 years running her own music school, Rachael Turner decided to pursue her childhood passion for construction. She now runs her own design and construction business, Front Porch Properties.