If you're looking for a career where your creative flair can shine, this industry area can be very rewarding and fulfilling. Offering a wide range of areas that you can specialise in including interior design, drawing, fashion design, printing and graphic arts, jewellery manufacturing, visual arts, music, floristry, and film and photography, the creative industries offer something for everyone.
Many of these qualifications and courses are delivered by practising artists, designers and craftspeople with excellent studios and facilities, offering you hands-on experience in both theory and practical skills. Specialist qualifications include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural arts, and multimedia game development.
Whether you want to launch your creative idea into a new business venture, get into the music business or fine tune your design skills, there's a qualification or course just for you.
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Course list: Creative industries
The list presented here is only for this industry category. You can select a qualification or course title to see a list of training providers in Western Australia who deliver it – then select a provider to find out more.
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Please note
The vocational education and training (VET) courses delivered in Western Australia on this course list are funded through the Department of Training and Workforce Development; these are referred to as publicly funded training. A range of qualifications and courses for priority industry areas and occupations are subsidised under Jobs and Skills WA, to reduce the cost of training in priority skill areas. To find out more about which courses are subsidised, please take a look at the information available on the main Training page.
Other non-publicly funded courses are available through TAFE colleges and private providers; however these are not included in this course list. To find these other courses, you can search a list of all VET courses in WA via the myskills.gov.au website.
Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging
National ID : CUA50920 | State ID : BGR7
Turn your passion for photography into a professional career!
If you have a passion for photography and digital imaging, this course can help you turn that into a professional career, doing what you love! Discover how to take even more spectacular shots in a range of contexts and to manipulate the environment around you to enhance your photography; plus all the latest techniques and tricks in digital imaging and editing.
Diploma of Screen and Media (Animation & Game Art)
National ID : CUA51020 | State ID : AC83
Time to power up your career in animation and game art!
Animation and game art are two of the most fun, creative and interesting areas to work in! But if you're serious about a career in this field, this course can get you there.
Diploma of Screen and Media (Broadcast Radio and Podcasting)
National ID : CUA51020 | State ID : AC76
Broadcast the good news — This is your new career!
If you want to launch your career in media broadcasting, the Diploma of Screen and Media (Radio and Podcasting) could be the qualification for you! This is an exciting field, with great creativity and innovation happening globally and excellent career opportunities.
Diploma of Screen and Media (Film & Television)
National ID : CUA51020 | State ID : AC75
Ready to light up the big (and little!) screen?
With this qualification you'll build on your experience with quality training delivered in industry standard studios and on professionally-run productions; using the latest software, programs and equipment through practical and hands on training that will prepare you for working as part of a television or film crew.
Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services)
National ID : CUA51020 | State ID : AC68
From beauty queens to zombies — it's all here for you!
If you dream of working in film, television, advertorial or digital media creating amazing looks and special effects with your makeup skills, this is the course for you! This qualification is the highest in Australia for this field — exactly what you need to get that dream job in this competitive industry as a specialist makeup artist and/or wig and hair stylist.
Diploma of Visual Arts
National ID : CUA51120 | State ID : BGR9
Boost your career as a professional artist
This qualification will provide you with developed skills and knowledge across many media including ceramics, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, sculpture, textile design and wood design. If you're serious about a professional career as an artist, this is the course for you!
Diploma of Visual Arts (Jewellery Design)
National ID : CUA51120 | State ID : AC97
Let your career shine bright like a diamond!
If you're ready to take the next step in your jewellery design career, the Diploma of Visual Arts (Jewellery Design) will build on your existing design and fabrication skills with new techniques and high level design abilities. This course can set you up for work as a high end jewellery designer anywhere in the world, or get you ready to set up your own design studio.
Diploma of Visual Arts (Product Design)
National ID : CUA51120 | State ID : AC96
Design your future career!
Take your product design skills to the next level with this course! You'll be able to develop your design skills and knowledge through hands on projects where you get to take your ideas all the way from concept to prototype.