A TAFE NSW Orange student and teacher have taken top honours at the 2023 New South Wales and ACT Welding Excellence Awards.

As demand for graduate fabrication trade engineers in Australia skyrockets, TAFE NSW is supplying the industry with job-ready underwater welders who are quickly gaining lucrative jobs in the field.

TAFE NSW Cobar recently held its first welding taster courses in three years – and they've been an instant hit with the local community. Demand for the free Statement of Attainment in Introduction to Welding surprised everyone, with courses filling to capacity just days after they were advertised.

TAFE NSW is helping drought-affected farmers in western NSW by offering free drought relief courses through its metal fabrication Mobile Training Unit (MTU).

Bathurst welder AJ Cook and her carpenter husband Nick have built the lifestyle of their dreams - and they credit TAFE NSW for making it all possible.

High school students from Lake Cargelligo are gaining practical experience and being matched with local employers as part of an innovative training program at TAFE NSW.

A third generation metal fabricator has spoken of his pride in carrying on the family tradition and thanked TAFE NSW for helping him learn the finer points of the trade.

A landmark program aimed at giving local high school students a “taste test” of the trades at TAFE NSW continues to enjoy remarkable results.

TAFE NSW Alumni Matt Mewburn is helping to revive the lost art of blacksmithing – using skills he gained while studying at TAFE NSW Ultimo.