The TAFE Queensland Cairns campus features state-of-the-art air-conditioning and refrigeration training facilities. Apprentices can access two CO2 freezer rooms and eight additional cold rooms, all featuring up-to-date industry technology.

The TAFE Queensland Cairns campus features a world-class capstone testing room for electrical apprentice training. The facility has three apprentice fault-finding capstone assessment cubicles and one external contractor fault finder assessment cubicle. Each cubicle has a number of household electrical items installed and the cubicles operate at low voltage, replicating both 240-volt and three-phase power supplies.

Tropics Restaurant and The Queenslander are our award-winning training restaurants, giving our hospitality students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a real world environment. Tropics Cafe and Coffee Shop serves a variety of dishes prepared daily by our apprentice chefs and is served by food and beverage students.

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Our learning spaces are more than just classrooms. Our hospital-standard clinical nursing simulation room is equipped with electric beds, vital signs monitors, ECG machines, IV trolleys and responsive simulator mannequins. Prepare yourself for real-world situations and practice on state-of-the-art equipment under the supervision of industry professionals.

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The salons give you an opportunity to put theory into practice and gain practical skills in a real world environment. Our fully operational hairdressing and beauty salon offers a range of services such as hair styling, cutting, colouring, perming, and chemical straightening. Beauty services include waxing, tinting, manicures, pedicures, spray tanning, makeup application, facials, and massages.

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Our newly installed recording studio features state-of-the-art equipment including Pro Tools 12, Avid C24 Control Surface, and Neeve and SSL Preamps. The campus also has two performance and rehearsal spaces where weekly concert practice and monthly open-to-the-public concerts are held. Our graduates regularly achieve national and international recognition with airplay on stations such as Triple J and performances at some of Australia's biggest music festivals.

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Participate in the culture of making and grow your creative ideas in collaboration with like-minded makers, designers, fabricators and craftspeople at the Makerspace. The facility comes complete with 3D printers, laser cutter, electronics, individual work stations and so much more. Makerspace workshops cover STEM/STEAM, coding, cloud computing, electronics, security systems, home automation and robotics.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is among some of the oldest in the world. Our painting, drawing and printing studios, along with the Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to visually express their culture and identity.

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With large, open-plan studios, ceramics workshops, kilns, and galleries to present your work, you'll have everything you need to launch your artistic career. 

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