Technical and Further Education South Australia (TAFE SA) is a public education body run by the Government of South Australia and provides vocational education and training in South Australia. TAFE SA has campuses at Adelaide Metropolitan, Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu, Barossa and Riverland, Far North, Limestone Coast, Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Mid-North, and APY Lands. TAFE qualification is used and recognised nationally throughout Australia. TAFE SA is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) under the jurisdiction of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).
TAFE SA is an independent statutory corporation of the Government of South Australia and one of Australia’s providers of Vocational Education and Training (VET).
TAFE SA delivers training to around 70,000 students each year, about the same number of students as all of South Australia’s public universities combined. TAFE SA delivers 1,300 qualifications ranging from certificates through to advanced diplomas and bachelor’s degrees. It also delivers skill sets and customized short courses.
Students develop skills in sectors such as building and construction; tourism and hospitality; creative arts; mining, engineering and transport; primary industries, animal and laboratory sciences; community services, health and lifestyle; business, justice and information technology; language, literacy, numeracy; and Indigenous education.
TAFE SA’s training facilities include the Tonsley campus, which opened in January 2014; the Adelaide College of the Arts, the International Centre for Hospitality, Tourism and Food Studies, training restaurant and Mining Engineering and Transport Centre at Regency Campus; driving simulators for the mining industry; truck-mounted mobile engineering training units and virtual enterprises.
TAFE SA admits international students and requires them to have at least 5.5 in IELTS. Other English language proficiency tests like TOEFL, PBT, and CAE can also been taken.