Orange College

Orange College provides construction industry training from its Melbourne campuses as a registered training organisation holding RTO 41315, with all trades courses, workshops and simulations at Port Melbourne.

• Certificate III trade qualifications cover carpentry, bricklaying and blocklaying, painting and decorating, wall and ceiling lining, and wall and floor tiling.
• Higher qualifications run to CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building), CPC40320 Certificate IV in Building Project Support (Estimator) and CPC50220 Diploma of Building and Construction (Building).
• CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry runs on campus at Port Melbourne as a seven hour day of face to face training and assessment.
• MSF30322 Certificate III in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology covers furniture, kitchens and bathrooms.

Best for: Melbourne builders and trade contractors putting staff through a full trade qualification on a campus with workshop facilities.

Orange College provides apprenticeship and traineeship training in the construction trades, delivered as workplace based training.

• Apprenticeship programs run for CPC30220 Certificate III in Carpentry and CPC30620 Certificate III in Painting and Decorating, with a CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction traineeship.
• Apprenticeship delivery is workplace based, and the enquiry form routes apprentices and employers separately from prospective students.
• Recognition of prior learning is assessed for experienced workers through a trade pathways channel to shorten time to a qualification.

Best for: Victorian employers signing on a carpentry or painting apprentice who will train on the job.