Education and Training
The South West features a choice of government and non-government schools catering for pre-primary, primary and secondary students, as well as a university campus and technical colleges.
The region boasts a skilled labour force, with more than 50 per cent of the working population in the greater Bunbury region having either a trade certificate or tertiary qualification. Around 15 per cent of the adult population is university educated.
Bunbury City hosts one of five campuses belonging to the Edith Cowan University (ECU).
ECU in Bunbury offers courses in business, communications, social work, nursing and other disciplines, including its unique Surf Science Degree.
Western Australia's Technical and Further Education institution (TAFE) is the leading provider of vocational education and training in the region. There is a major campus in Bunbury, and smaller campuses in Augusta, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown, Brunswick Junction, Donnybrook, Dunsborough, Greenbushes, Nannup, Northcliffe and Pemberton.
These colleges offer training in carpentry and joinery; automotive engineering; electrical, fabrication, mechanical, process plant operation and many other areas including retail, administration, hospitality, horticulture and hairdressing.
Tertiary qualifiications provide our young and mature age students with work and business skills required to meet the demands of a rapidly expanding economy.