TAFE SA

The TAFE SA building at Tonsley has been designed to be a learning tool in itself for over 75 accredited courses. A $120 million world leading training hub that brings all building and construction together.

All of the building’s services – electrical, plumbing, communication, air-conditioning, gas, waste systems – are exposed, so students get an insight into how the building works. Within this structure, the Tonsley campus is host to a suite of specialist facilities:

• The building services installation rig – a four-storey structure for training in-ground and vertical installation of services such as plumbing, electrical and air-conditioning
• Workshops for:
  • Roof plumbing
  • Carpentry and joinery
  • Glass and glazing
  • Electrical trades
  • Refrigeration and air-conditioning
  • Bricklaying
  • Furnishing
  • Painting and decorating
  • Plastering –solid, fixing and flushing
  • Gas installation
  • Transportable building construction
  • Oil and gas
  • CAD suite
  • Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) laboratory
  • Water operations testing laboratory
  • Electrotechnology computer-aided learning laboratory
  • CNC woodwork and milling machines
• The Renewable Energy Centre of Excellence – training and technologies for the renewable, sustainable and demand-side energy management industry
• The Onshore Petroleum Centre of Excellence (OPCE) – a fully immersive simulated oil and gas production environment for technical training. It allows training in oil and gas operations, including safety, sustainable operational principles and maintenance activities, without expensive fly-in, fly-out arrangements for workers.