Balga
18 Loxwood Road, Balga WA 6061 | Locked Bag 6, Northbridge WA 6865
Balga is an Aboriginal word for the grass tree Xanthorrhoea Preissii.
Our Balga campus is a hub of building and construction training where you can specialise in trades including bricklaying, carpentry, electrical, glazing, plumbing, plastering, tiling and craft trades, just to name a few.
You’ll learn in contemporary facilities and on state-of-the-art equipment, so you’ll graduate with the industry-relevant trades skills.
Balga is also home to lots of our international and migrant students who are learning English skills through the Adult Migrant English Program and the Skills for Education and Employment program.
This lively and diverse campus is also set for an upgrade, with a $32 million investment into new facilities and buildings as part of the State Government’s Rebuilding our TAFEs program.
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Services and facilities
North Metropolitan TAFE is committed to ensuring that people with disability have equal access to our services, programs and facilities so that you can achieve your educational and career goals.
Our Accessibility and Learning Support coordinators coordinate and implement support for students with a diagnosed disability, medical condition or mental health condition, whether temporary or permanent.
This service is free, confidential, and optional.
Accessibility and Learning Support can assist students with:
- Assistance with the enrolment process
- Familiarising you with the campus, facilities and classrooms
- Working with you to inform lecturers about your needs (if required)
- Alternative formats for learning materials (audio, large print, etc.)
- Adaptive technologies, software and specialised equipment
- Assessment alternatives and adjustments
- Study assistance, support and advocacy.
Find out more about Accessibility and Learning Support.
The Jobs and Skills Centres are one-stop shops for careers, training and employment advice and assistance. Services are free and accessible to all members of the community.
Located in F Block on our Balga campus, the centre provides free professional and practical advice on training and employment opportunities including careers advice, apprenticeship and training information. Support services for employers and businesses, as well as specialist services for Aboriginal people, ex-offenders, and people from a culturally or linguistically diverse background are also available.
For more detail and opening times, see the Jobs and Skills Centres(opens in a new tab) page.
Our 1400 square metre plumbing training facility is one of the best of its kind in the state.
The facility facilitates flexible teaching and learning practices with classrooms opening into the workshop area. There is also an external covered area to practice trenching and sewerage piping, with an overhead sprinkler system to keep the sand damp while digging.
Why not do something for yourself while supporting our students? Our hairdressing salon located in C Block, is open to students and members of the public.
You can get your hair done by our students for a reduced rate.
Find out more on our Life at NMTAFE page.
Balga's N18 Loxwood café offers a large, tasty variety of fresh hot and cold food and drinks, including coffee.
Open from breakfast through to lunch and late afternoon.
During semester Monday — Friday 7:00am — 3:30pm
Note Visitors (aged 16 years and over) who are purchasing food or drinks (except for takeaway) or being seated in this venue are now required to show proof of vaccination through the ServiceWA app, or in a digital or paper-based form, along with acceptable ID.
Closed during the weekends and holidays.
All students parking at Balga campus will need a parking sticker on their vehicle or risk receiving an infringement. You can register online then go to Student Services to pay your fee and collect your permit.
- Parking is restricted to marked bays
- Students are not permitted to park in staff parking bays
- Parking is not permitted on any lawn area
- Speed limit is 15km/h
- No reckless or dangerous driving.
Balga
Our Balga campus is a hub of building and construction training where you can specialise in trades including bricklaying, carpentry, electrical, glazing, plumbing, plastering, and tiling, just to name a few.
Address
North Metropolitan TAFE Balga
18 Loxwood Road
Balga WA 6061
Australia