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TAFE NSW Fees

As part of your enrolment, you will need to pay the TAFE NSW fee. This is, unless of course, you qualify for a fee exemption or concession fee.

Your enrolment is not complete until you have either made this payment or your exemption has been approved.

Until your enrolment is complete, you are not entitled to:

  • attend class
  • sit for examinations
  • receive educational awards
  • use amenities and services (including travel concessions and childcare places)
  • receive an active TAFEcard (which allows you access to library resources).

 

TAFE NSW fees for 2012

Qualification Level/Category

Annual fee

Fee for enrolments of one Semester
or less

Advanced Diploma

$1570

$785

Diploma

$1308

$654

Certificate IV

$984

$492

Certificate III

$724

$362

Certificate II

$462

$231

Certificate I

$462

$231

Statements / Short Courses

$462

$231

Apprentices and Trainees

$436

$218

Concession Fees

    

Government benefit recipients

$53

$53

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

$0

$0

Students with a Disability (first course per year)

$0

$0

Special Access Courses

$0

$0

 

How do I pay?

You can pay your fees and other enrolment costs at your Campus by: 

  • EFTPOS
  • Credit Card (Visa card or MasterCard)
  • Cheque or money order payable to 'TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute'

Note. You cannot pay with cash due to safety reasons.

 

When do I pay?

You will pay your fees when you enrol.

If your course runs more than one Semester, you may be able to pay your TAFE NSW fee in two equal installments (except if you pay the Concession fee). The first payment is made when you enrol, and the second is required by late May 2012.

 

Refunds

Under exceptional circumstances you may be granted a refund. For full details please visit Refunds and Withdrawals or call Course Information on 131 601 for more information.

 

Class Sizes - Cancellation of Classes

Please note that every TAFE Illawarra course must have a minimum number of students enrolled before it can commence.

If enrolment in a class drops below a number so it is no longer economically viable to continue, TAFE Illawarra reserves the right to implement another delivery mode or cancel the course. In cases where course offerings are cancelled the administrative charge is refunded.

 

What else do I need to know?

Variations in TAFE NSW fees

Fees for some courses including Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses, Fast Track Training, TAFE Delivered HSC Vocational Educational and Training (TVET), international students and temporary visa holders may differ. Please contact your local Campus for more information.

 

Child care courses (Diploma and Advanced Diploma)

If you are interested in studying, or are currently studying the Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Children's Services (18208), you may be eligible to have your TAFE NSW enrolment fee waived.

The Diploma of Children's Services Fee Waiver Scheme is available if you:

  • meet the scheme's requirements
  • are studying either full time or part time
  • are a new or continuing student in the Diploma of Children's Services (18208)

To find out if you are eligible, contact your local Campus.

 

Other costs

In addition to the TAFE NSW fee, concession fee or Fast Track Training fee, you may need to pay for:

  • course-related charges (for example, the purchase of protective clothing and materials)
  • Illawarra TAFE Student Association membership
  • license fees
  • car parking (semester or annual fee).

 

Fee exemptions and concessions

You may be eligible for a fee exemption or concession. To find out more, please visit  Financial assistance.

 

The TAFE NSW fee may differ

If you are studying as a School-based Apprentice, School-based Trainee and Existing Working Trainee you are covered by other funding arrangements so the TAFE NSW fee does not apply.

 

Special Access courses

If you enrol in a Special Access Course you will not pay the TAFE NSW fee. These courses teach skills in: 

  • career opportunities
  • community training
  • employment skills
  • literacy
  • numeracy
  • reading and writing
  • school mentoring
  • signed language
  • volunteer tutoring and
  • work readiness. 

Please contact your local Campus for more information.

 

VET FEE-HELP

VET FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible full fee-paying students to pay all or part of their tuition costs for certain VET (Vocational Education and Training) courses delivered by TAFE Illawarra. Only certain Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses are eligible for VET FEE-HELP.

VET FEE-HELP is part of the Australian Government’s Higher Education Loan Program (HELP).

For more information please visit VET FEE-HELP.

 

GST

  • Most TAFE NSW courses are nationally accredited and are therefore GST-free.
  • Courses that are not nationally accredited, but are likely to add to your employment skills, will be GST-free.
  • Course materials that you must purchase from TAFE NSW to undertake your course are GST-free.

For further information on the 2012 TAFE NSW fees please go to www.tafensw.edu.au.

 

Useful links

TAFE Illawarra Third Party Payment form

 
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