Are You Ready to Start Your Trade Career

St Patrick’s Technical College provides a different style of education from that of mainstream schools. Located in Edinburgh North, our purpose-built trade facility provides a unique learning environment, accommodating Year 10 to 12 students who love to work with their hands and helping find a pathway they are passionate about.

The College offers eight pre-apprenticeship VET programs, along with a comprehensive work experience program, to enable students a deeper understanding and experience of their chosen trade. This provides students with a greater skillset leading to employment opportunities in current and future trades:

• Automotive
• Construction
• Electrotechnology
• Food & Hospitality
• Hair & Beauty
• Information Technology
• Metals & Engineering
• Plumbing

St Patrick’s Technical College is South Australia’s only stand-alone Year 10 to 12 vocational education college. We offer a trade relevant SACE curriculum, training and apprenticeship pathways for students in pursuit of vocational education and training options.

The SACE curriculum has been developed specifically to support the pre-vocational training. Our educational model allows for the complete integration of SACE with VET, with core subjects taught in a way that makes them relevant to each specific trade program. These subjects have been developed with direct input from industry.

St Patrick’s Technical College provides students with the education, training, real-life personal experiences and employability skills that employers crave for, setting them up for positive job prospects into the future.

Learning and education is a lifelong process and we recognise that students learn differently. The education and skills students acquire while on their educational journey, at the College, through trade exploration and real workplace experience, will serve students well for jobs now, of the future and for the rest of their lives.

As part of the enrolment process, we request all families visit our amazing College and discover how uniquely different we are. This is an opportunity to see our trade focused learning environment, learn about our education, training and apprenticeship pathways model, see our state of the art facilities and discuss our programs, curriculum and enrolment process.

Running throughout the year, Small Group Tours offer a personalised experience where you can explore the College’s facilities and get a feel for our hands-on, trade focused model. Bookings are essential, as numbers are limited. Please allow about one hour for the tour.

Open Day Tours provide a glimpse into our unique College. Hear from the Principal, explore our purpose built facilities, meet passionate staff, and get first-hand insights from students. Open Day Tours will be held on 5 March, 28 May, 26 August and 10 November, with sessions at either 9am to 11am or 1pm to 3pm. Students are encouraged to attend! Please allow about two hours for the session. 

Join us for a Principal’s Tour to hear directly from the Principal about our College vision, and the exciting opportunities available for senior secondary students looking to kickstart a trade career. These tours are held once per term on 8 April, 1 July and 23 September. Bookings are essential, as spaces are limited. Please allow about 1.5 hours for the information session and tour.