Welcome to the Centres for Industry Training Excellence website

We are a part of the Department of Education and Communities and offer trade training in Central Coast Public High Schools. CITE facilities provided for students within our high schools are of industry standard ensuring that students have high quality facilities to support them is achieving their career goals.

Students can now have a head start in their chosen careers at their local public high school by selecting from one of the Trade Vocational Frameworks or VET Board Endorsed Courses on offer. Students selecting one of these courses may be granted a Certificate I, II, or III in their chosen trade area as well as a HSC.

School Based Apprenticeships or Traineeships (SBATS) are also available for students in many public high schools across the Central Coast. An SBAT combines an apprenticeship or traineeship with a HSC pattern of study. As an apprentice or trainee students also earn a wage for hours spent in the work place.

Whether you want to be a carpenter, welder, builder, mechanic, cook, sheet fitter, an aged care nurse or anything else in the dozens of trades and industries for which we offer training – CITE’s unique in-school trade training program might be right for you.

When you successfully complete your two years at one of the Central Coast public high schools which incorporates a CITE you will have achieved:

• your Higher School Certificate
• a Trade Qualification -Certificate I,II or III in the trade area of your choice
• the first year of an apprenticeship/traineeship in your chosen trade (SBAT pattern of study)
• job readiness and in some cases a job

For more detailed information on the specific courses Central Coast public high schools are presenting select a course from the list on the left.