Riverina Institute of TAFE
TAFE NSW The Riverina Institute (TRI) now forms part of TAFE NSW, Australia's largest vocational education and training provider. TRI and all TAFE NSW Institutes were united as one 'TAFE NSW' in an ongoing process starting in 2017. TRI training was delivered on-site in the workplace as well as the former Institute's 18 campuses at Albury, Deniliquin, Leeton, Hay, West Wylong, Coomealla, Finley, Narrandera, Temora, Young, Cootamundra, Griffith, National Environment Centre, Tumut, Corowa, Lake Cargelligo, Primary Industries Centre and Wagga Wagga.
As the largest provider of vocational education and training in the Riverina-Murray region, the Institute's focus is to build the skills, qualifications and employability of people within our footprint, offering programs from certificate level through to advanced diplomas. Across the selection of our courses, the areas of study include social inclusion and vocational access, business and information technology, community and health services, primary industries and natural resources and 27 specialist trades, 559 programs in total.
Courses are offered online, by distance, full-time, part-time or by flexible arrangement, in the classroom and in the workplace to accommodate the needs of individuals and organisations.
Riverina Institute was named Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2012 NSW Training Awards.
VISION: to inspire regional prosperity and in partnership grow nationally
PURPOSE: Build the skills, qualifications and employability of people in regional Australia
Specialty centres
Riverina Institute has established specialty centres across the region:
- Forest Industry Training Centre
- Centre for Emergency Services Management Training
- Centre for Inland Engineering
- Riverina Wine and Food Technology Centre
- Centre for Innovative Training in Sport and Recreation
- National Environment Centre
- Primary Industries Centre
Facts at a glance
- 1,567 staff (of which 1,119 are teachers)
- 32,361 students
- 5,621,379 annual student hours
- 2,180 apprentices across 27 trades
- 559 courses
- 14% of students studied at Certificate IV or above
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander enrolments make up 8.25% of total enrolments
- 17% of students gain their qualifications in the workplace
- 8% of students come from beyond NSW
- 41.6% of our funding is contracted and/or won competitively (2010/11)
- Graduate satisfaction of 87.7%
- A 31% completion to enrolment ratio for Certificate III and above and a unit completion rate of 82% (2010)
- 88.3% of graduates are employed or in further study
19 campuses in the following locations
