Fresh food training shop at TAFE NSW

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This page tells you about

• the fresh food training shop at TAFE NSW
• how it supports students with disability
• where it is located
• courses you can study.

The fresh food training shop is also called Mini Woolies.

Mini Woolies is a small supermarket where students can practise work skills.

You learn in a place that

• is safe
• supports you.

Students learn by practising real skills.

Practise makes you feel confident.

Confident means believing you can do things well.

Students learn skills for work in a supermarket.

Students learn skills they need for a job in retail.

Retail means selling things to people.

You learn how to:

• talk to customers
• help customers.

The program supports students with intellectual disabilities.

An intellectual disability can make it harder to learn and think.

The program supports students with sensory disabilities.

A sensory disability affects your senses.

It can affect things like your

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• touch.

The program supports students with autism.

Autism is lifelong.

Lifelong means it lasts for your whole life.

Autism can affect how you communicate with other people.

Communicate means to share information with other people.

Autism can affect how you interact with other people.

Interact means to do things with other people.

Our fresh food training shops are at 9 places.

These locations are across New South Wales.

They are at

• Campbelltown
• Cessnock
• Griffith.

They are also at

• Loftus
• Mount Druitt
• Port Macquarie.

They are also at

• Shellharbour
• Tamworth
• Ultimo.

Mini Woolies is part of 2 retail courses at TAFE NSW.

The courses are called

• Certificate 1 in Retail Services
• Certificate 2 in Retail Services.

These courses help you build retail skills.

These courses help you get a job in retail.

Find out more about Certificate 1 in Retail Services on our website. It is not Easy Read.

Find out more about Certificate 2 in Retail Services on our website. It is not Easy Read.

You can call us to find out more about the program.

Follow these steps

1. Call 131 601

2. Press 5 for counselling and disability services

3. Press 2 for student support
4. Ask to talk to someone about the fresh food training program.

You can fill out our online enquiry form.

Email the disability access and support team. DisabilityAndAccessStudentSupport@tafensw.edu.au

Chat online with our support staff.
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You can use the National Relay Service if you

• are deaf
• find it hard to hear people on the phone
• find it hard to speak on the phone.

The National Relay Service is free.

To use the National Relay Service follow these steps

1. Call 1300 555 727
2. When someone answers give them the TAFE NSW phone number 131 601.
3. Wait for them to call us.
4. Start talking when you are told to “go ahead”.

The National Relay Service can help in other ways.

Visit their Help desk page to find out more. This is not Easy Read.

Autism

A lifelong condition that affects communication and interaction.

Communicate

Communicate means to share information with other people.

Confident

Confident means believing you can do things well.

Intellectual disability

A disability that affects learning and thinking.

Interact

Interact means to do things with other people.

Lifelong

Lifelong means it lasts for your whole life.

Mini Woolies

A small supermarket training program.

Nationally recognised

Something that is accepted across Australia.

Practice work place

A practice work place is a safe place to practise work skills.

Retail

Retail means selling things to people in a shop or on the internet.

Sensory disability

A disability that affects the senses, like sight or hearing.