Once Victoria reaches 80 per cent fully vaccinated status, all students are required to be fully vaccinated to attend onsite learning. If you study with us onsite, this will impact you. In preparation for this, from Friday 22nd October 2021 all students attending onsite learning must have had at least their first COVID-19 vaccination.

Please refer to the student portal "Student Vaccination Status" story for the steps you need to take.

Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself, your colleagues, our students and your community. Getting vaccinated will help slow the spread of COVID-19 and prevent future outbreaks in our services.

We thank you for your cooperation in helping keep us all safe.

In today’s update Premier Daniel Andrews announced that restrictions in regional Victoria, except for Greater Shepparton, will ease from 11.59 pm on Thursday 9th September.   

 

The key changes that we now know are:

·       The five reasons to leave home will no longer apply.

·       Masks are still to be worn indoors and outdoors unless you have an exemption. Students must also wear masks when attending classes.

·       There are still restrictions in place on crowds and visitors are still not allowed in homes.

·       Hospitality, entertainment and retail will open with limits on numbers attending.

More details on the Premier’s announcements can be found on the Victorian Government website here.

The message for Higher Education and Training is; if you can study from home, you should continue to study from home. Despite this direction, some students may be required to attend campus under the adult learning exemption. For students impacted, the teaching team will be in touch with you to advise.

This means that some of our campuses will reopen on Friday with some staff and students onsite. Please remember to scan the Service Victoria QR code each day and maintain good hygiene practices to protect yourself and others. 

Please remember to keep updated with the Victorian Government website advice and exposure sites detailed here.

Stay safe. 

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, announced yesterday that Regional Victoria will enter into a lockdown with the same restrictions as metro Melbourne – except for the curfew. This is effective until 11.59pm Thursday 2nd September.  

This means learning will be conducted remotely from Monday 23rd August unless directed by teaching areas. Some students will be allowed on campus as part of the essential adult learning announced by the Victorian Government and your teacher will advise if this applies to you. Approved permits will be provided to students this applies to.

More information can also be found in the press release.

If you do return to campus, you must check the Victorian Government website for the rapidly changing exposure sites detailed here.

Border permits between NSW and Victoria are required from 6pm Friday 13th August until further notice.

The reasons Cross Border Community Area residents can cross the Victorian-NSW border still include:

Staff and students who need to cross into Victoria will be able to apply for a permit via the Service Victoria website, service.vic.gov.au and via the Service Victoria app.

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Stay safe.

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced an extension to the lockdown for metro Melbourne which will now end at 11.59pm Thursday 2nd September.  

Please be aware of the introduction of new restrictions:

For more information about the lockdown restrictions refer here . More information can also be found in the press release.

Keep up to date with the Victorian Government website for the rapidly changing exposure sites detailed here.

Border permits between NSW and Victoria are required from 6pm Friday 13th August until further notice.

The reasons Cross Border Community Area residents can cross the Victorian-NSW border still include:

Staff and students who need to cross into Victoria will be able to apply for a permit via the Service Victoria website, service.vic.gov.au and via the Service Victoria app.

Refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupportservices@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 5434 1755

 

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. http://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced an extension to the lockdown which will now end at 11.59pm Thursday 19th August for Metro Melbourne. More information can be found in the press release.

The government has also announced that from 6pm, Friday 13 August, you will now need to obtain a permit to cross between Victoria and NSW.

 

The reasons Cross Border Community Area residents can cross the Victorian-NSW border still include:

Staff and students who need to cross into Victoria will be able to apply for a permit from Thursday afternoon via the Service Victoria website, service.vic.gov.au and via the Service Victoria app.

Please remember to keep updated with the Victorian Government website advice and exposure sites detailed here.

Refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Phone: 5434 1755

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. http://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

In today’s update Premier Daniel Andrews thanked all Victorians for their patience and cooperation and announced that restrictions in regional Victoria will ease from 11.59 pm tonight. 

The key changes that we now know are that from tonight:

The five reasons to leave home will no longer apply

The message for Higher Education and Training is; if you can study from home, you should continue to study from home. This means we will have a phased approach to returning students to campus where learning cannot be done remotely. The teaching teams will be in touch with you if you are required to return to campus.

This means that our campuses will reopen tomorrow with some staff and students onsite. Please remember to scan the Service Victoria QR code each day and maintain good hygiene practices to protect yourself and others.

Please remember to keep updated with the Victorian Government website advice and exposure sites detailed here.

Refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Phone: 5434 1755

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. http://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced a 7-day lockdown effective 8.00pm Thursday 5th August to 8.00pm Thursday 12th August 2021. 

The lockdown conditions apply to all Victorians. That means you can only leave home to get the food and the supplies you need, for exercise for up to two hours and no more than 5kms from your home, for care or caregiving, work or education if you can’t do it from home or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location. Masks must be worn when leaving your residence.

All campuses will be closed tomorrow and learning will be conducted remotely for students. Your teacher will contact you to advise of your learning arrangements. We will advise of the learning arrangements for next week, on the afternoon of Friday 6th August.

More details on the Premier’s announcements can be found on the Victorian Government website here.

 

Please remember to keep updated with the Victorian Government website advice and exposure sites detailed here.

For students, refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupportservices@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 5434 1755

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. http://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

In today’s update Premier Daniel Andrews thanked all Victorians for their patience and cooperation and announced that restrictions in regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne will ease from 11.59 pm tonight.  These changes will remain in place for the next two weeks.

 

The key changes that we now know are that from tonight:

More details on the Premier’s announcements can be found on the Victorian Government website here.

 

The message for Higher Education and Training is; if you can study from home, you should continue to study from home. This means we will have a phased approach to returning students to campus where learning cannot be done remotely. The teaching teams will be in touch with you if you are required to return to campus.

This means that our campuses will reopen tomorrow with some staff and students onsite. Please remember to scan the Service Victoria QR code each day and maintain good hygiene practices to protect yourself and others.

Please remember to keep updated with the Victorian Government website advice and exposure sites detailed here.

 

For students, refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupportservices@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 5434 1755

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. http://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced today, that there would be an extension to the State Wide lockdown effective until 11.59pm on Tuesday, 27th July.

The current lockdown conditions apply to all Victorians. That means you can only leave home to get the food and the supplies you need, for exercise for up to two hours and no more than 5kms from your home, for care or caregiving, work or education if you can’t do it from home or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location. Masks must be worn when leaving your residence.

Learning will continue to be undertaken remotely for most students. Some students will be allowed on campus as part of the essential adult learning announced by the Victorian Government and your teacher will advise if this applies to you. 

If you do return to campus, you must check the Victorian Government website for the rapidly changing exposure sites detailed here.

If any of the above applies to you, please advise your teacher as soon as possible.

Refer to your teacher if you have any questions.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Skype: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 03 5434 1810

Thank you for your patience, please stay safe and healthy.

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

​Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

 This is an unsettling time and impacts people differently.  Remember that there is support if you need it, Support services are available here for Bendigo TAFE

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced today, that there would be a State Wide lockdown effective from 11.59pm tonight, until 11.59pm on Tuesday, 20 July. All of Victoria is returning to the same lockdown conditions we had in place most recently. That means you can only leave home to get the food and the supplies you need, for exercise for up to two hours and no more than 5kms from your home, for care or caregiving, work or education if you can’t do it from home or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location.

All Bendigo TAFE campuses will be closed until Wednesday 21st July.

It is important to keep an eye on the rapidly changing exposures sites detailed on the Victorian Government Coronavirus website, they can be accessed here.

Refer to your teacher if you have any questions. 

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Skype: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 03 5434 1810

Thank you for your patience, please stay safe and healthy.

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

​

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

This is an unsettling time and impacts people differently.  Remember that there is support if you need it, Support services are available here for Bendigo TAFE

The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has announced on Wednesday 7th July, the further easing of some COVID-19 related restrictions that will bring metropolitan Melbourne into line with regional Victoria.

From Thursday 8 July 2021:

·         Restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne will be brought into line with regional Victoria, which means all COVID-Safe settings will apply state-wide

·         Masks will continue to be required in indoor, public-facing settings unless an exemption applies, but will not be required at schools for students or staff, or at workplaces if you don’t interact with the public (for example if you work in an office).

·         Your teacher will advise what your training arrangements are and if you are required back on campus and when.

You must ensure that you check in each time you attend campus via the QR codes located at all major entrances. We are ensuring that all campuses are clean and hygienic but you must also be responsible for your own health. Be respectful of your classmates and teachers. Wash your hands properly, use hand sanitiser, and do not come to any campus if you are unwell. Practice social distancing and never cough or sneeze on another person.

We appreciate that people will be impacted in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Email: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Skype: studentsupport@bendigotafe.edu.au

Phone: 03 5434 1810

Thank you for your patience, please stay safe and healthy.

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

​

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

This is an unsettling time and impacts people differently.  Remember that there is support if you need it, Support services are available here for Bendigo TAFE.

The acting Premier James Merlino has today confirmed the changes to the COVID-19 lockdown as signalled yesterday. You can read that detail here.

Victorian TAFEs are not to reopen until next week, but there are some exceptions.

For Bendigo TAFE students

·        “Study from home if you can” is the Government directive, and the majority of our courses will do so.

·        Some courses fit the “authorised providers/workers” list provided by Government. Teachers will contact you directly if this applies. If you have not been contacted, you must continue to study from home.

·        Libraries and support staff will be on campus from tomorrow

Masks must be worn at all times, in all areas. If you are returning to any campus you must sign in using the QR code at the door and teaching staff will be reminding all students that this is mandatory.

We are ensuring that all campuses are clean and hygienic but you must also be responsible for your own health. Be respectful of your classmates and teachers.

Wash your hands properly, use hand sanitiser, and do not come to any campus if you are unwell. Practice social distancing and never cough or sneeze on another person.

We appreciate that this lockdown will impact people in different ways, so please reach out if you need support.

Acting Premier The Hon James Merlino has today announced that the current COVID-19 restrictions will be extended for a further seven days for Greater Metropolitan Melbourne, while restrictions may ease for regional Victoria from this Friday, dependant on tracing and testing over the next 24 hours.

We are awaiting further guidance from the Department of Education and Training and once we have received the advice, we will work through what is permitted for both our metro and regional campuses, and we will let you know.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

The government has announced a lockdown from midnight tonight.

This means all Bendigo TAFE campuses will be closed until next Friday 4 June and our courses will be taught remotely for the duration.

Any students needing clarification on what their course schedule will be in this timeframe are asked to make contact with your teacher or trainer.

The COVID-19 pandemic an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

With five cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in Melbourne, new restrictions have been announced.

From 6pm tonight face masks must be worn indoors unless you have an exception. This applies to our Melbourne campuses for all staff and students. There are no changes to density limits for our campuses.

Read the latest updates on this official site.

Health authorities are urging people to be vigilant with hand hygiene, to use QR check-in codes at every location they go and to be tested if they have been at an exposure site.

These numerous exposure sites are in Bundoora, Brunswick, Reservoir, Maribyrnong and Epping in the time frame between last Wednesday 19 May to Sunday 23 May.

Please check the list at this official site and follow the instructions of health authorities. If you have been at these sites at these times you must not come to campus. You must get tested and isolate until your results come back.

Mask wearing remains mandatory on public transport and from today the Victoria Police will be patrolling and handing out masks to those who do not have them. Fines of $200 will be issued to those who refuse to wear masks.

Contact tracers are working hard to track the movements of the people currently affected, to make sure all potential exposure sites have been listed.

This is why signing in with the QR code at every campus entrance is critical. It means anyone who might be at risk of contracting COVID-19 can be alerted quickly, and therefore limits further spread of the infectious disease.

Please ensure you are signing in each time you enter one of our campuses, and encourage people around you do the same. It only takes a few seconds to do. This data is held by the Victorian Government, not by Bendigo TAFE, and it is only retained for 30 days.

Do not come to campus if you are unwell, always wash your hands properly, and never cough or sneeze without covering your mouth.

17 Feburary 2021

Hi everyone,

Victoria’s lockdown will end tonight at midnight, meaning our Bendigo TAFE campuses will reopen tomorrow. Any classes that have been scheduled for tomorrow Thursday 18 February, will go ahead. If you are unsure please contact your teacher or call 13TAFE (13 8233)

 Our libraries, registration and enrolment areas will be open as normal. We look forward to seeing you back on campus.

Remember, all students must wear masks at all time in class. Teachers are exempt, but can wear masks if they wish.

 For all other people:

• Masks must be worn indoors

• Masks also must be worn outdoors IF you cannot socially distance.

For official Victorian Government updates and information, please visit https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

Hi everyone,

The Victorian Government has announced a snap lockdown in response to the COVID-19 cluster currently growing in Melbourne.

From midnight tonight until midnight on Wednesday (17 Feb) all of Victoria is returning to Stage 4 lockdown. This lockdown requires us to physically close all campuses until Thursday morning.

Your teacher or trainer will be in contact soon to let you know of any schedule changes. If you have a placement booked, this may still be permitted, depending on the host. Your placement co-ordinator will be in touch, however if you have any concerns in the meantime, please reach out.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents an ever changing situation and we are following all Government requirements in order to help slow the spread of this virus. Please remember to take all necessary precautions to stay healthy and safe.

Please refer to the official Government website for all details about exposure sites and health advice. www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

Support services are available here for Bendigo TAFE.

Please note, there will be no orientation activity on campuses, however online activities will continue. 

Kind Regards,

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.

Hi everyone,

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in our wider Bendigo TAFE network today, which is heartening. Please continue to take all measures you can to stay safe and healthy.