With over $90 million invested in our automotive training facilities, we are well-appointed to deliver industry-relevant training to the auto technicians of the future. Our automotive facilities include air-conditioned classrooms and workshops equipped with the latest technology and gear. We have specialised training rooms for diesel fuel, hydraulics, and automotive electrical and air-conditioning and equipment including engine and chassis dynamometers, state-of-the-art wheel alignment and brake testing stations, and new truck and car donations from Iveco, Mack, Kenworth, Komatsu, Toyota, Nissan, Chrysler and Holden.

Our range of on-campus training restaurants not only provide our students with a range of affordable food options, but also give our hospitality and cookery students an opportunity to learn and practice their food preparation and customer service skills. You will learn the workings of a real restaurant in state-of-the-art facilities under the guidance of industry-experienced teachers.

Our modern, purpose-built salons give our hairdressing students an opportunity to put theory into practice and gain practical skills in a real-world environment. The fully-operational salons are set up like a real life hairdressing salon and include a full range of hairdressing tools and equipment including training mannequins for students to practice their styling techniques. We use the same products and facilities found in a real salon and offer a range of services such as styling, cutting, colouring, perming, and chemical straightening to paying clients. You can find our hairdressing salons at our Caboolture, Loganlea, and South Bank campuses.    

TAFE Queensland has worked closely with leading medical organisations and hospitals to develop up-to-date, practical nurse training. At our South Bank campus you'll have access to purpose-built training facilities. Our hospital-standard clinical nursing simulation room is equipped with electric beds, vital signs monitors, ECG machines, IV trolleys and responsive simulator mannequins. Prepare yourself for real-world situations and practice on state-of-the-art equipment under the supervision of industry professionals.

Our animal studies students gain practical experience pampering and grooming animals for paying customers in our open-to-the-public pet grooming salon our Grovely campus. The salon has all the same facilities, equipment, and products used in a real pet grooming facility, including hydrobaths, clipping equipment, hydraulic tables, and drying equipment. Gain experience across a full range of pet grooming treatments including bathing, clipping, and flea control and learn how to capture, handle, and transport animals, apply basic first aid, and monitor animal health and wellbeing.

You'll learn in our purpose-built lecture rooms featuring communal tables, individual cubicles, and the latest digital design software. Our fashion design workrooms are fitted out with industrial-standard sewing machines, overlockers, industrial irons, and cutting tables. We also have specialised pattern-making studios equipped with large tables, boards, racks and dressmakers mannequins where you can bring your patterns to life. You'll finish your studies with a comprehensive portfolio of work and be able to showcase your designs to industry representatives and potential employers at our annual fashion parade.

Our main studio is a world-class recording facility with an SSL Duality mixing desk, offering the best in analogue and digital recording. Our project studios include a surround-sound cinema, electronics labs, and tech labs equipped with iMacs. Our iMacs have the latest industry software including Logic, ProTools and Ableton Live, as well as Focusrite and Behringer X32 hardware, Rode microphones, and Novation Launchkey MIDI controllers. Each studio has a second acoustically-treated, soundproofed room for recording vocals complete with vocal PA and backline gear, with the main studio also equipped with amps and drums.

Our dental prosthetics laboratory is equipped with top-of-the-line milling technology and is the only training facility in the state fitted with a state-of-the-art 3 Shape/Wieland CAD-CAM system. The animated design software, 3D scanner, and digital milling technology — which can design dental prosthetics in a fraction of the time of current moulding methods — is the future of dentistry. The campus also has a denture clinic which is open to the public, providing an opportunity for our dental prosthetics students to work hands-on with real paying clients.

The games and innovation research lab at our South Bank campus features the best of modern gaming tech. It includes an opti-track motion capture system, Leap Motion and Oculus Rift Virtual Reality systems, and dedicated Alienware lab featuring duel touch screen 23 inch monitors. The lab showcases past and current technology such as haptic devices, arcade machines, and racing and flight simulators as well as a library of classic and contemporary gaming consoles. We also operate an on-campus indie games design studio with industry-standard software and technology.