About the Institute
TAFE Queensland promotes the vision of Queenslanders excelling in learning, skilling and work for personal, community and economic prosperity.
Mount Isa Institute of TAFE is part of the TAFE Queensland network and has service centres located in Mount Isa, Normanton and Cloncurry that delivers nationally recognised vocational and educational training.
Established in 1972, Mount Isa Institute of TAFE, is geographically Queensland's largest institute with a service area covering 30% of our state and is proud to be the training provider of choice in this region.
The Institute is committed to supplying training services and products to residents of the North-West Queensland. To achieve this, the Institute actively promotes the development of client-focused non-traditional delivery methods for their programs.
Mount Isa Institute of TAFE creates better futures for all our clients by enabling them to achieve their full potential through education and training - building on our future and investing in our community!
The major industries of the region are:
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Mining and related services
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Engineering
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Rural
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Hospitality
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Tourism
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Indigenous land management
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Retail and service industries
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Fishing (Gulf of Carpentaria).
The Institute's core business is education and training in:
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Automotive
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Business, administration, management and information technology
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Community services: child care, aged care
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Construction
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Engineering: diesel, electrical, fitting/machining, metal fabrication
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Mining related fields
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Hospitality
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Traineeships and apprenticeships
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Vocational education and training in schools including programs for disengaged youth
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Language, literacy and numeracy.
The Institute offers programs using a variety of delivery modes that include:
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Multimedia
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Video conferencing
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On-line
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On-site
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Full-time and part-time
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Flexible delivery
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Workplace delivery and assessment
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Traditional classroom teaching.
Some courses enable students to enrol in programs that do not require attendance at one of the Institute's campuses. These programs are delivered using self-paced learning packages, which may be supplemented by a combination of:
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Tutorial support: face-to-face, video-conference and teleconference
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Online via internet
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Visiting educational delivery staff.
Quality approach
Mount Isa Institute of TAFE forms part of the Queensland Department of Education and Training.
Through a quality managed environment, Mount Isa Institute of TAFE provides vocational education and training services leading to:
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Skills for employment outcomes
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workforce capability for industry success and
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life skills for our community.
Commitment to our customers
Our quality system is our business framework. We fully meet the requirements of the internationally recognised quality standard ISO 9001:2000 and the Australian Quality Training Framework.
Communication
We regularly and consultatively develop, articulate and review our strategic direction and business objectives to ensure we understand and meet our customer's needs.
Risk management
We are committed to the development and maintenance of a risk management culture in which all staff are supported to implement sound risk management practices that eliminate or minimise potential losses and add value to the organisation.
Our people
Our people work together to gain necessary information, training, resources and support to maintain the quality of our products and services to satisfy the needs and expectations of our customers.
Our business plan
To ensure we achieve these goals, our business plan identifies the necessary strategies to be actioned and the critical success factors and indicators by which measure their achievement.
The following quality management principles are realised within the identified strategies, critical success factors and indicators:
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Customer focus
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System approach to management
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Leadership
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Continuous improvement
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Involvement of people
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Factual approach to decision making
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Process approach
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Mutually beneficial supplier relationships.