Sunday 19 August, 10.00am-3.00pm – Bendigo City Campus, Bendigo Charleston Road Campus and BTEC Campus
Wednesday 22 August, 2.00pm-5.00pm – Castlemaine Campus
Friday 24 August, 10.00am-3.00pm – Echuca Campus
For a detailed overview of open day activities, download the official Bendigo TAFE Open Day Program 2012. Otherwise, you can join the conversation on Twitter via @bendigo_tafe or follow the hashtag #opendaybendigo
Bendigo TAFE’s open days provide a great opportunity for you to come along and find out about the courses, facilities, experiences and expertise we have on offer. Check out what’s happening in your preferred study area at the Bendigo TAFE open days in August.
Business and Professional Services
| Study Area | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Hair and Beauty | Hairdressing demonstration | 10.00am-2.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Hair and Beauty | Information session | 11.00am and 1.30pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Hair and Beauty | Course advice and displays | 10.00am-3.00pm | Echuca Campus |
| Hospitality and Cookery | Coffee and crepe making | 10.00am-2.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Hospitality and Cookery | Information session and tours | 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm | Echuca Campus |
| Information Technology | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
Community Services, Health and Wellbeing
| Study Area | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Aged Care and Disability | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Children’s Services | Course advice | 2.00pm-5.00pm | Castlemaine Campus |
| Children’s Services | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Children’s Services | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Echuca Campus |
| Community Services | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Community Services | Course advice | 2.00pm-5.00pm | Castlemaine Campus |
| Community Services | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Echuca Campus |
| Nursing and Allied Health | Nursing demonstration | 1.00pm-1.30pm, 2.00pm-2.30pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Nursing and Allied Health | Nursing information session | 11.00am-noon, 2.00pm-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Study Area | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Creative Arts and Digital Media | Meet the artists | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Creative Arts and Digital Media | Paper embossing workshop | 10.30am-11.30am,1.30pm-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Creative Arts and Digital Media | Blue screen photos | 10.00am-noon, 2.00pm-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Creative Arts and Digital Media | Student exhibition Showreels from the edge | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Graphic Design and Building Design | Student exhibition Juxtapose | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Graphic Design and Building Design | Student exhibition Showreels from the edge | Noon-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Writing and Music | Meet the writers | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Writing and Music | Meet the musicians | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Graphic Design and Building Design | Exhibition of student work | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Graphic Design and Building Design | Building design competition | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Graphic Design and Building Design | Enter the competition to win a seat in an autodesk Revit short course | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
English, Indigenous and General Education
| Study Area | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Course advice and display | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Make your own bookmark | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Course advice and display | 10.00am-3.00pm | Echuca Campus |
| English Studies | Cultural display | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| General Education and Training | Student art exhibition | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) | Pizza making | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) | Student work exhibition | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) | Student work exhibition | 2.00pm-5.00pm | Castlemaine Campus |
| Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) | Display | 10.00am-3.00pm | Echuca Campus |
| Study Area | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Agriculture, Horticulture and Land Management | Conservation and land management course advice and equipment demonstration | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Agriculture, Horticulture and Land Management | Agriculture course advice and equipment demonstration | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Agriculture, Horticulture and Land Management | Horticulture course advice and equipment demonstration | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Agriculture, Horticulture and Land Management | Enter the competition to win a spot in farm chemical user short course or $200 credit towards any chainsaw training course. | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Automotive | The automotive workshop will be open and teachers will be onsite. | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Building and Construction | Course advice and interactive demonstration | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Building and Construction | Enter the competition to win a construction induction short course voucher | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Electrical and Electronics | Course advice and tours of electrical training facility | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Engineering | Course advice | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Engineering | Course advice on Diploma of Engineering | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Mining and Laboratory Operations | Course advice and demonstration in gold panning | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Mining and Laboratory Operations | Display of equipment used in the laboratory operation classes | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Occupational Health and Safety | Enter competition to win a level 2 first aid short course voucher valued at $195.00 | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
| Plumbing | Course advice and tours of the plumbing training facilities | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
Education Support Services
| Service | What’s Happening | Timing | Location |
| Student Support Services | Do you have questions about becoming a student? Ask the student support services team. | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Student Support Services | Book a session with a careers counsellor to discuss study pathways | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| How to apply | Information session | 11.00am-noon, 2.00pm-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Library | Personalised tours of library facilities and resources | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo City Campus |
| Library | Personalised tours of library facilities and resources | 10.00am-3.00pm | Bendigo Charleston Road Campus |
