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Engineering
Engineer your future for a hands-on career. From boiler making to welding, and fabrication to machining, choose to specialise your engineering skills across a range of areas.
Study engineering
Engineering encompasses a wide range of trades including boilermaking, casting and moulding, diesel fitting, fabrication, fitting and turning, locksmithing, sheet-metal fabrication and welding. An engineering qualification can open a career across a number of industries including construction, infrastructure, and resources and mining.
TAFE Queensland's engineering and manufacturing training capabilities are unparalleled in Australia. They include a $25 million purpose-built engineering training facility which houses specialist training for the boilermaking, welding, sheet-metal fabrication, machining and fitting trades. The facility includes purpose-built metallurgical laboratories and fully equipped workshops including welding bays, lathes, mills and computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines.
Our Advanced Manufacturing Centre is home to a $7.5 million premier facility — the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The centre has brought patternmaking into the 21st century with the addition of computer-aided design (CAD), 3D printing and CNC machining.
At TAFE Queensland, we offer a comprehensive range of engineering courses ranging from introductory certificate II courses in locksmithing through to an associate degree level course in civil engineering.
Career outcomes
- Boilermaker
- Caster/moulder
- Diesel fitter
- Draftsperson
- Fitter and turner
- Locksmith
- Machinist
- Patternmaker
- Sheetmetal worker
- Welder
- Engineering associate
Engineering courses
The facilities at TAFE Queensland are perfect, just like a simulation of my workplace. They’ve got all the machines, welding equipment, and computer rooms you need.
If you're thinking about pursuing a trade career, just go for it. It doesn't matter what anyone says to you, just do it. If you are really keen, people will take you on and help you out a lot.
I am a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; I’m a Warrangku man from my dad’s side, connected to Old Mapoon and from my mum’s side I’m connected to Hammond and Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, and my totem is the sea eagle.
Being an apprentice was great because I was earning money as I was learning my job.
The experience of using an AR welder is still the same, except it’s not as hot
Industry-standard engineering facilities
Engineering facilities
We have invested over $40 million in our engineering training facilities with specialist learning spaces for the boilermaking, welding, sheet-metal fabrication, machining and fitting trades. Our facilities include metallurgical laboratories and fully-equipped workshops complete with industry-standard tools and equipment including welding bays, lathes, milling machines, rollers, grinders, hydraulic press stations, and computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines.
Information for apprentices
Learn hands on with the same equipment and tools used in industry by combining working for your employer with practical training from TAFE Queensland. You'll graduate with a nationally-recognised qualification and be ready to kick start your career.
Information for employers
Apprenticeships and traineeships are a smart way to recruit and train employees to meet the needs of your business. No matter what industry you're in, hiring an apprentice or trainee provides your business with real benefits and contributes to your bottom line.