Donna Fisher has been announced as the winner of the Central and North Sydney Training Awards Vocational Student of the Year, at the prestigious Training Services NSW virtual event held last night. While completing her studies, she took the plunge and set up SheSaw, a tour company organising female-led tours and day trips in Australia and overseas.

A Khancoban mum-of-three who went from cleaning the local chemist to dispensing medication from behind the counter has credited TAFE NSW with helping her remarkable career rise.

TAFE NSW has been awarded an internationally recognised Learning Impact Award by IMS Global Learning Consortium for gaming, simulation and immersive learning. The Platinum Medal is one of eight medals awarded for outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing global education. A full summary of the project undertaken by TAFE Digital will be featured in IMS Global’s Learning Impact Report for 2020. 

Artem Nosovtsev is set to achieve his dream of pursuing a high-demand career in nursing on the Central Coast, which according to Jora Australia currently requires 2,131 roles to be filled. Mr Nosovtsev said his dreams are starting to become a reality since completing a Diploma of Nursing, with him working two jobs as a Scout Nurse at Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital, and an Advanced Responder with St John Ambulance.

A Bathurst father whose career has pivoted from marketing to mulching has credited TAFE NSW for helping inspire his unlikely job switch. 

Zander de Klerk’s St Leonards-headquartered full-stack finance firm, Xeta.com.au, is riding the high-demand wave for accountants, which according to the Australian Government’s Job Outlook is set to continue its growth trajectory with 84,000 job openings forecast over the next five years, or 16,800 per annum, with a total 207,200 roles expected to be filled by 2023. Mr De Klerk’s online study journey with TAFE NSW began when he enrolled in a BAS Agent Skill Set and over the course of 2019 and 2020, continued his studies with a number of specialist Taxation and Law courses.

A mother and daughter childcare duo on the Northern Beaches are gearing up for growth at Let’s Play Daycare in Belrose by accessing online TAFE NSW qualifications to offer best practice services to local families. Robyn Graham, recent Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care graduate, said to ensure children were not negatively affected by COVID-19 social distancing protocols, fun ways to transform normal affectionate actions were implemented.

Shoalhaven Neighbourhood Services is pulling out all stops to ensure that its most vulnerable clients are taken care of, while stringently adhering to COVID-19 hygiene and social distancing protocols. Employee and TAFE NSW graduate, David Hubbert said that the service is carefully managing aged and disabled clients by minimising their contact with other people and balancing social interaction for wellbeing.

As communities take the first steps towards recovery from the devastating New Year bushfires, TAFE Digital has offered a unique fee-free course to locals to help them rehabilitate scorched bushland.