One of many of the 4-week programmes offered to all Senior School students during Term 4 is the Industry and Enterprise Taster. This program exposes students to the key components of the Certificate II Aquaculture and Certificate II Fishing Operations qualifications and related industry occupations.

The students gained hands-on experience and knowledge about;

  • Key fishing hatcheries in Australia and the growth of the aquacultural sector
  • Sedating and grading locally grown Yellow Tailed Kingfish
  • Fishing and landing catch onboard a commercial fishing boat
  • The role that research is playing to improve fish stocks and the management of a sustainable industry for commercial and recreational use into the future

This opportunity and others like it have been forged through a unique partnership between South Metro TAFE and Aquinas College which as a community we are very grateful for.

Brendan Chapman, Head of Academic Studies