Multi-trades
Year 10 to 12, Limestone Coast Technical College
Speak to your school’s career counsellor or VET coordinator to apply.
Preparing SA students for jobs experiencing widespread skill shortages
Get hands-on industry training, part-time
Gain practical experience and learn real-world skills in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding, or other skilled trades.
Build a career in trades
Develop the skills you need for jobs in trades, with a focus on sustainability and renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and hydropower.
After decades in the South East, I see this as a key opportunity to support young people in our region to access training for successful employment in local industries.
Lynette Corletto
Limestone Coast Technical College Principal
What you'll learn
All topics contribute to your VET qualifications and SACE.
- Exploring Identities and Futures: Hybrid Learning - 10 Stage 1 SACE credits
- Workplace Practices: Introduction to Multi-trades and Employability Skills - 10 Stage 1 SACE credits
- White Card Training: Work safely in the construction industry
- First Aid and CPR Training: Learn essential life-saving skills
Your school will support you to gain 10 days of work experience in collaboration with the college, giving you a taste of the real world!
- Multi-trades Pre-apprenticeship Program, including:
- Engineering VET units - 10 Stage 2 SACE credits
- Carpentry VET units - 15 Stage 1 SACE credits
- Electrotechnology and Sustainability VET units - 15 Stage 2 SACE credits
- Plumbing VET units - 10 Stage 1 SACE credits
- Activating Identities and Futures: Online - 10 Stage 2 SACE credits
- Workplace Practices: Employability Skills Program - 20 Stage 1 SACE credits
Your school will support you to gain 20 days of work placement in collaboration with the college to further your practical experience.
Earn while you learn through a school-based apprenticeship, gaining valuable on-the-job experience and an income.
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship options can include:
- Carpentry and/or joinery
- Electrical
- Plumbing and/or gasfitting
- Engineering trades (fabrication/mechanical)
Continue and complete your apprenticeship for careers such as:
- Boilermaker
- Builder
- Carpenter/joiner
- Electrician
- Engineering tradesperson
- Plumber
- Trades assistant
Leading employer partners
We’ve partnered with Group Training Employment (GTE Apprenticeships Traineeships), Timberlink, One Forty One, Bunge, DMK Engineering and SA Power Networks to provide our graduates with guaranteed careers.
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I was excited about the hands-on learning and the pathways available into trade or further study.
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I love the industry-based learning. It prepares us for a career as we work in the industry while studying.
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Work readiness, problem-based learning, and mentoring have been key to growing my confidence.
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Limestone Coast Technical College contact
Address: Budinya Precinct, 3/172-174 Wireless Road West, Mount Gambier SA 5290
Email: LimestoneCoastTechnicalCollege@schools.sa.edu.au
Phone: 08 7704 4600