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 bachelor level courses in civil engineering.
Career outcomes
- Boilermaker
- Caster/moulder
- Diesel fitter
- Draftsperson
- Fitter and turner
- Locksmith
- Machinist
- Patternmaker
- Sheetmetal worker
- Welder
- Engineering associate
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.
Engineering and manufacturing facilities
Find out more about the facilities you'll have access to as an engineering student at TAFE Queensland, including the $25 million purpose-built engineering training facility at our Acacia Ridge location.
Manufacturing facilities
Our Advanced Manufacturing Centre focuses on developing rapid prototyping skills and capabilities. Our $10 million purpose-built foundry is the only training-specific foundry in the southern hemisphere. It has brought patternmaking into the 21st century with the addition of computer-aided design (CAD), 3D printing, and computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining. Our apprentices learn the latest technologies in metallurgy along with the traditions of patternmaking, casting and moulding using industry-quality metal melting furnaces, metal testing equipment, and moulding equipment.
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