TasTAFE Courses

Applicants will be required to undertake a career conversation including a literacy and numeracy questionnaire* as part of their application. This process will take place either face to face or online depending on applicants' availability, and applicants will be fully supported throughout the process. We will be in contact after you submit your application.

*an outcome of exit level 2 in literacy and exit level 2 in numeracy is desired for entry to this course.

This course has the following essential entry requirements:

• Ensure that the six month period during which you have police approval to enrol on a course has not expired (or will not expire before you can attend a course).

• Complete the TasTAFE Enrolments form and sign the attached white sheet on the bottom where "Student signature" is shown, and attach payment (cheque, money order or credit card).

• Create your USI.

• Complete the Course Reservation Form. This will ensure that you have sufficient time to study and complete the pre-course examination.

• Attach a copy of your letter from Tasmania Police approving your enrolment on a firearm safety course, then post or email your enrolment forms to TasTAFE:

  • Public Safety Training
    Allied Trades and Firearms
    GPO Box 2015 Hobart 7001
    Email: firearms.admin@tastafe.tas.edu.au

• Within 14 days of receipt of your enrolment form, course fees and course reservation form, TasTAFE will book you into the next available course and you will be sent a package containing a course date confirmation, learning materials and a pre course examination.

• If you do not receive the package within 21 days of posting your enrolment form and course reservation form, telephone the course administrator on 6165 6482.

• Within 21 days of successfully completing the course you will be sent a Statement of Attainment, a copy of which is also automatically sent to Tasmania Police, who will then continue with the processing of your licence and arrange for you to attend Service Tasmania and have your photograph taken before a firearms licence can be issued.

Ensure that the six month period during which you have police approval to enrol on a course has not expired (or will not expire before you can attend a course).

Complete the TasTAFE Enrolments form and sign the attached white sheet on the bottom where "Student signature" is shown, and attach payment (cheque, money order or credit card).

Create your USI.

Complete the Course Reservation Form. This will ensure that you have sufficient time to study and complete the pre-course examination.

Attach a copy of your letter from Tasmania Police approving your enrolment on a firearm safety course, then post or email your enrolment forms to TasTAFE:

• Public Safety Training
  Allied Trades and Firearms
  GPO Box 2015 Hobart 7001
  Email: firearms.admin@tastafe.tas.edu.au

Within 14 days of receipt of your enrolment form, course fees and course reservation form, TasTAFE will book you into the next available course and you will be sent a package containing a course date confirmation, learning materials and a pre course examination.

If you do not receive the package within 21 days of posting your enrolment form and course reservation form, telephone the course administrator on 6165 6482.

Within 21 days of successfully completing the course you will be sent a Statement of Attainment, a copy of which is also automatically sent to Tasmania Police, who will then continue with the processing of your licence and arrange for you to attend Service Tasmania and have your photograph taken before a firearms licence can be issued.

Entry into this qualification is open to individuals who:

hold a Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques or hold a relevant Certificate IV or higher level qualification in a relevant science discipline or can demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge in a relevant science discipline to any of the above qualifications.

To meet academic requirements for Diploma or Advanced Diploma courses, you need to successfully complete any TasTAFE course entry procedures and you also need to:

• Have completed year 12 and provide TasTAFE with a copy of your Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education awarded to you by an agency or authority of a State or Territory; OR,


• Provide TasTAFE with a copy of a qualification at Level 4 or above in the Australian Qualifications Framework that was awarded to you. This qualification must have been delivered in English; OR,


• Complete an approved language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment and display competence at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) in both literacy and numeracy.