The head of Bega’s only community owned and operated aged care facility has applauded a move by TAFE NSW to offer aged care training to local high school students for the first time amid a worsening skills shortage in the industry.

A Cobargo pensioner who spent decades working abroad as a high-risk diver has credited TAFE NSW with helping him plunge into a new career at age 69 – as a barman.

A Bega dad whose entire family is living with a disability has credited TAFE NSW with empowering him to support his loved ones and other vulnerable community members.

TAFE NSW Bega is partnering with local organisations to host a special event this month to highlight growing job opportunities in the local caring industry.

A leading Bega disability support provider has identified TAFE NSW as the training “spark” to help fill a critical skills gap in its brand new, multi-million dollar independent living facility.

Despite spending his entire life on the family farm, fourth generation dairy farmer Craig Pearce has turned to TAFE NSW Bega to build on his practical skills and knowledge of the industry.

Australia is known as a land of opportunity, and immigrant Radek Hruska has discovered there’s plenty of substance to the saying.

A TAFE NSW course aimed at empowering local bushfire victims to learn to rebuild damaged fences on their farm properties – and save thousands of dollars in the process – is coming to a host of campuses on the South Coast and Snowy Mountains.

A Brogo grandfather whose property was ravaged by the New Year’s Eve bushfire has used a fee-free TAFE NSW course to help him take the first steps towards rebuilding.