Here you will find all significant dates, including when to apply, enrol or withdraw for the course of your choice. There's also TAFE holidays and term breaks, school terms and public holidays.
Semester 1, 2025 applications
Applications for On campus, Online, and Combined (Online and On campus) courses starting in Semester 1, 2025 open on Friday 6 September 2024.
You can change your preferences by logging in via tasonline.tafe.wa.edu.au
Up to Friday 1 November 2024, you can:
- add new preferences, for any course;
- change the order of the preferences;
- cancel preferences; or
- change the campus of an existing preference.
Offers (competitive courses) – Wednesday 4 December 2024
Offers can be viewed online at tasonline.tafe.wa.edu.au and will be emailed from 12 pm.
Offers (non-competitive courses) – 6 September 2024 to 24 January 2025
Offers are made throughout the intake for courses that are not competitive.
Offers are available online at tasonline.tafe.wa.edu.au and will be emailed.
Late applications open Saturday 2 November 2024
Late applications will be accepted for most courses, but some courses will no longer be available if filled through the main intake of applications. Students are encouraged to apply during the main intake of applications to maximise the chance of success.
Late applications close Friday 13 December 2024
Late applications close. Applications received after this date will be placed on the waitlist.
Late application offers (competitive courses) Wednesday 8 January to Friday 17 January 2025
Offers for late applications will be released as main intake enrolments are completed and available places are known. Students who do not receive an offer during this time will be placed on the waitlist
Waitlist applications open Saturday 14 December 2024
Waitlist applications will be accepted for courses not filled through the main intake and late applications. Not all courses will be available during this period, and applications will only be considered if places are still available.
Waitlist applications close Friday 7 February 2025
No further offers will be issued after this date, and students who missed out are encouraged to apply in Semester 2, 2025.
Calendars
Note Semester dates can vary between portfolios, so please check with your teaching area for exact dates.
2024 Semester 1
Term 1 | 29 January - 5 April (10 weeks) |
Term 2 | 15 April - 21 June (10 weeks) |
2024 Semester 2
Term 3 | 15 July - 20 September (10 weeks) |
Term 4 | 30 September - 6 December (10 weeks) |
2024
New Year's Day | Monday 1 January |
Australia Day | Friday 26 January |
Labour Day | Monday 4 March |
Good Friday | Friday 29 March |
Easter Sunday | Sunday 31 March |
Easter Monday | Monday 1 April |
Anzac Day | Thursday 25 April |
Western Australia Day | Monday 3 June |
King's Birthday | Monday 23 September |
Christmas Day | Wednesday 25 December |
Boxing Day | Thursday 26 December |
Dates may vary slightly from North Metropolitan TAFE. Further information and term dates for other years can be found on the Department of Education website.
2024
Term 1 | Wednesday 31 January - Thursday 28 March |
Term 2 | Monday 15 April - Friday 28 June |
Term 3 | Monday 15 July - Friday 20 September |
Term 4 | Monday 7 October - Thursday 12 December |
Date |
Event |
Significance |
26 January |
Survival Day |
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13 February |
National Apology Day |
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21 February |
International Mother Language Day |
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Third Thursday of March |
National Close the Gap Day |
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21 March |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
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5 April, 1997 |
“Bringing Them Home” Stolen Generations 1997 report was released. |
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15 April, 1991 |
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report by the Royal Commission was released. |
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1 May, 1946 |
Pilbara Aboriginal Stockmen’s Strike |
Hundreds of Aboriginal pastoral workers left their work for better pay and conditions in May 1946, paralysing sheep stations. The strike was organised with no phones or radios and lasted until 1949, the longest strike in Australia's history. |
26 May |
National Sorry Day |
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27 May |
Anniversary of the 1967 referendum |
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29 May |
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27 May – 3 June | National Reconciliation Week |
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3 June |
Mabo Day |
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11 June 1988 |
Barunga Statement |
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21 June, 2007 |
Prime Minister John Howard declares the Northern Territory Intervention. |
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First week of July |
NAIDOC Week |
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4 August |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day |
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9 August |
UN’s International Day of Indigenous Peoples |
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First Wednesday of September |
Indigenous Literacy Day |
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26 October 1985 |
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30 October 1975 |
Racial Discrimination Act takes effect. |
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