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Virtual Open Week at GippsTAFE!

Don’t forget to check out GippsTAFE’s Virtual Open Week

By Eimear McNelis - 8th January 2003 - Back to News

Don’t forget to check out GippsTAFE’s Virtual Open Week and to have a ‘chat’ with GippsTAFE teachers before January 17.

From January 13-17, there will be 13 teachers available to chat with you about the courses that you are interested in.

From 9am-12pm on Monday 13 January you can chat to Greg Mitchell from Engineering, Painting and Decorating’s Brad Shaw, and Bob Farnaby from GippsTAFE’s Community Access Centre. Ray Mason-Woods from Building Studies will be on-line from 9.30am – 12.30pm, Hospitality Coordinator Vince Fede from 11am – 2pm and Warragul Campus Manager Doug Mullen from 1pm-4pm.

S.M.A.R.T. (Safe Motorcycle and Road Transport) Training instructor, Dale Holloway, is available to chat from 9am-12pm on Tuesday 14 January.

On Wednesday 15 January, you can chat to Sport and Recreation’s Tony Dell from 9.30am-12.30pm.

Automotive’s Jackson Long and Alan Garraway from Electro technology are available from 9am-12pm on Thursday 16 January along with Horticulture’s James Farmer and Linda Davenport from Hair and Beauty are available 9.30am-12.30pm.

On Friday 17 January you can talk to Gary Watts from the Plumbing Department from 1pm-4pm.

Other features on the site include up-to-date course information, virtual tours of facilities, student services, information for parents page, and other useful links including the Gippsland Portal and GippsRealestate.

You can visit GippsTAFE’s Virtual Open Week by visiting www.gippstafe.vic.edu.au, January 6-17, 2003. A full schedule of chat sessions with teachers is available on the site.

Source: http://gippsland.com/

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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