Overview: Sprawling over 425,000 square kms, Kimberley Training Institute - KTI is probably one of the world’s largest campuses and with a headcount just crossing 30,000 making it rank under the few places on Earth with such a low people per sq km ratio. Kimberley Training Institute functions in much the same way like any University does, with a multi-campus setup for providing vocational education and training to students. Its campuses are located at Kununurra,.....Continuing reading Halls Creek, Broome, Derby and Wyndham.
Established In: The Kimberley Training Institute was established in 1994. It was then known as Kimberley TAFE(Technical and Further Education). TAFE colleges like Kimberley are, generally, owned and financed by the state or territory governments. In this case, the KTI comes under the aegis of the Government of Western Australia.
Established By: Like numerous other TAFE institutions, Kimberley Training Institute - KTI was established by the Government of Western Australia. Students from all over the country can come here to pursue courses in finance, business, tourism, hospitality, tourism, construction etc.
Specialty: It’s a well-known fact all around Australia that you will find more people in TAFE, rather than the university. This is caused by multiple reasons. One of which is that courses taught at TAFE are of a shorter duration and students find them to be more practical than those of the university. Also these courses are in close conjunction with the industry and most of them offer students the chance to gain some practical on the job experience. Another very important factor in TAFE’s popularity is the attitude of the teachers towards their students. Some people even go on to say that their method of teaching is probably one of the best examples how practical experience and learning can be merged together.
Campus: As described above, Kimberley Training Institute has different campuses, each offering a variety of courses for Australian and International students to pursue. The Broome Aquaculture Centre in Broome has a state of the art hatchery and is equipped with a fully functional laboratory where finfish, mollusks and crustaceans are bred and studies under stringent control. The Broome campus is also the main campus as being a tourist spot; it attracts people from all over the world. So, students of Hospitality and Hotel Management get instant exposure to what they might expect in the future.
For students looking to pursue Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management, Kununurra is the place to go as it offers a plethora of opportunities to learn about bio diversity and cultivation of indigenous Australian species. Students collaborate hand in hand with Aboriginal people experimenting with “enrichment planting” techniques. Following the same, each of the 5 campuses imparts education to students through different courses and each campus has access to state of the art technology to aid the learning process.
Accreditation: The Kimberley Training Institute is accredited by the Western Australian Training Accreditation Council (WA TAC) under Section 27(1) of the Vocational Education and Training Act WA 1996.....Reading in short