Free TAFE student experience

[On-screen text: Real people]

[On-screen text: Jo, Nursing]

Jo, Nursing: Before I started at TAFE, I had no idea where my career was going.

[On-screen text: Olivia, Veterinary Nursing]

Olivia: I had a big idea to have a life change. When I saw the free TAFE ad, it ignited something in me.

[On-screen text: Tanya, Horticulture]

Tanya: They’re able to teach us a theory in the rooms and utilise that learning with hands-on experience.

[On-screen text: Nisha, Youth work]

Nisha: Everyone was just really supportive.

[On-screen text: George, Cyber Security]

George: I was able to take the skills that I learned in the classrooms straight into what I was doing in my role.

[On-screen text: Grayson, Engineering (Fabrication)]

Grayson: TAFE gave me a footprint in the world.

[On-screen text: Clea, Carpenter]

Clea, Carpenter: I was always treated as an equal and I was always pushed to my boundaries.

[On-screen text: Leela, Hospitality]

Leela: TAFE made it possible for me to find a career that I love.

Grayson, Engineering (Fabrication): Be something for my kids, and be something for myself.

Nisha, Youth work: To make a real impact on other people’s lives

Olivia, Veterinary Nursing: Start again and do what I love

Jo, Nursing: Being able to provide comfort to people in their most critical time in their lives is more rewarding than anything else in the world.

Olivia, Veterinary nursing: It’s changed my life.

[On-screen text: Free TAFE makes it REAL. TAFE Victoria.]

[On-screen text: Victoria state Government, Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne]

Voiceover: Authorised by the Victorian Government, Melbourne

Updated 1 December 2025

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