9 July 2025
The countdown is on! South Metropolitan TAFE (SM TAFE) is proud to be part of the Perth SkillsWest Careers and Employment Expo from Thursday 24 July – Saturday 26 July at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
This annual expo is WA’s biggest showcase of jobs, skills and best of all, ENTRY IS FREE!
If you’re a school student, parent, teacher, graduate or job seeker, you can’t afford to miss this event. You might be searching for the right course to take, you might be already working in industry and looking to upskill, or you might be looking for a career change.
Visit our team to find a course that will help you to Be more for a brighter future – we will have a shared booth with North Metropolitan TAFE(opens in a new tab) and also Jobs and Skills Centres(opens in a new tab) just inside the entrance to the exhibition.
Did you know? SM TAFE offers over 300 courses across our 12 campuses in Perth’s south metro area, which provide job-ready skills. A range of selected courses are now FEE FREE* to help you become qualified for a career you love.
At the SkillsWest Careers and Employment Expo, you can also get support from our Jobs and Skills Centres’ career advisors, and visit over 160 other educators.
Try’A Skill
Get amongst the action at our Try’A Skill stations that will showcase a range of optional interactive activities, to give you a taster of SM TAFE courses:
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Did somebody say FREE PLANTS?⌃ Explore your inner green thumb with our horticulture (opens in a new tab) team and pick up your free native.
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Get your motor running and visit our heavy auto(opens in a new tab) team – have a shot at controlling the mini tipper truck.
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Put the building blocks in place for your career and chat to our construction team(opens in a new tab) – keep an eye out for the skid steer loader and pipe bending activities.
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Want to be a pilot or work in ground operations at an airport? Speak to our aviation (opens in a new tab) team and check out the real-world helicopter.
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Do you have a calling to care for others? See our experts in aged care(opens in a new tab) or early childhood (opens in a new tab) and visit our nursing team’s simulated patient set-up.
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The Engineering(opens in a new tab) team will be amongst the action to talk about our world-class, specialist training facility – look no further than the high-tech robotic arm.
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Ready to kick-off a career in the exciting defence (opens in a new tab) industry? Have a go on the augmented reality welding simulator and explore course options.
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Speak to our IT gurus (opens in a new tab) and check out the games making demos and AI driven chess.
There has never been a better time to Be more at TAFE, so come and say hello to us at SkillsWest Expo!
Perth SkillsWest Careers and Employment Expo
Dates and times
Thursday 24 July: 9am – 3pm
Friday 25 July: 9am – 3pm
Saturday 26 July: 9am – 4pm
Location
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000
More info
See the official website for the SkillsWest Careers and Employment Expo
*Selected full qualifications are 100% fee-free** and all Job Ready short course skill sets are fully fee-free! **Resource fees may apply. Please see the FAQs on our Skills Ready page(opens in a new tab) for further information. Note that eligibility requirements apply to some of the free training.
⌃Limited supply of free plants.
Visit SM TAFE at the SkillsWest Careers and Employment Expo.