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Whether you're looking to explore a new hobby, advance your career, or gain practical skills for everyday life, CIT’s short courses are your fast track to hands-on learning.

From coffee making and car care to welding, cybersecurity and DIY home renovation skills, our hands-on courses offer targeted training designed for real-life application.

Delivered flexibly by industry experts, you’ll gain new skills fast - ready to use at home, work, or wherever your curiosity takes you.

Featured courses

Adobe Photoshop Fundamentals

Learn Adobe Photoshop basics in this hands-on short course. Master image editing, enhancement, and creative skills for work or personal use.

Club DJ Fundamentals

Launch your career as a club DJ. Gain hands-on skills in mixing, beatmatching and live performance. Ideal for aspiring and hobby DJs.

Coffee Basics

Learn barista basics, milk frothing and espresso skills in this hands-on coffee course. Perfect for beginners, hospitality workers and coffee lovers.

Essential Eight Assessment

Advance your cyber skills. Learn to assess and report on your organisation’s Essential Eight maturity. Ideal for ICT and cyber professionals seeking formal assessment skills.

Essential Eight Essentials

Build your cyber security foundation. Gain practical skills and knowledge of the Essential Eight. Designed for those new to cyber security or compliance.

Fix and Maintain: DIY Skills for Homeowners

Gain practical DIY skills to fix and maintain your home with ease. Learn essential repairs, safety tips, and save money with hands-on know-how.

Flatpack Kitchen Design and Installation

Confidently design, plan and install your own flatpack kitchen. Learn trade secrets, avoid costly mistakes and assemble like a pro.

Flowers for Fun

Learn hands-on floral design, create stunning flower arrangements, and build skills for home, events, or further floristry training.

Paint and Panel Fundamentals

Learn hands-on vehicle painting and minor panel repair skills. Restore, refresh, and maintain your car’s finish with confidence.

Pro-Tools 101

Learn Pro Tools basics in this hands-on audio production course. Master recording, editing and mixing for music, podcasts or creative projects.

Safe and Sound Building Basics: Plans Made Simple

Learn to read building plans and apply safety basics for residential projects. Flexible, hands-on course for homeowners and renovators.

Welding Basics for Beginners

Learn hands-on welding skills in this beginner short course. Master MIG, TIG and stick welding, safety practices, and basic troubleshooting techniques.

Why study a CIT short course?

Fast and flexible

Gain new skills in a timeframe that suits you. Flexible delivery options make it easy to fit learning into your life.

Practical skills you can use

Get hands-on from day one and learn by doing. Our short courses are built for people who want real results, not just theory.

Taught by industry experts

Learn from those who do it every day. Get real-world tips from industry professionals who teach from experience.

Course areas

Academic Skills Workshops - CIT's academic tutorials provide the head start for your study success.

Asbestos Training - Hosted at our designated asbestos training facility at CIT Bruce, you will be taught asbestos best practice in our purpose built simulated environment.

Beauty Short Courses - CIT Hair and Beauty are excited to offer accredited training for beauty therapy enthusiasts.

Electrotechnology Short Course - This introductory course will provide you with a taster of electrical, electronics and refrigeration and air conditioning foundations.

Hairdressing Short Courses - CIT is excited to offer a range of Hairdressing and Barbering short courses.

Horticulture Short Courses - Considering a career in horticulture, conservation and land management, sports turf management or landscape construction?

Hospitality and Culinary Short Courses - CIT regularly offers ACT Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA), Certification and Bar Service, basic food hygiene and supervising food safety short courses. Acquire skills involved in food handling and a practical approach to hygiene principles and practices. Learn supervisory skills to handle food safely and to employ workplace practices to comply with food safety issues and regulations.

High Risk Licences - CIT offers a suite of high risk training courses for you or your staff delivered under nationally recognised units of competency.

Media Short Courses - CIT's dynamic media and film courses will give you everything you need to enter the fields of screen and media, film, digital media or to enhance your existing skills in professional communications or journalism.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training - CIT offers a range of MHFA accredited workshops. Learn skills to assist people in a wide range of settings who may be experiencing a mental health problem.

Music Short Courses - CIT music and sound production courses have a reputation for producing some of the finest contemporary musicians and sound engineers in the country.

Silica Training - CIT is offering Silica Exposure Prevention Training to address the growing need for identifying and mitigating risks associated with exposure to crystalline silica dust in the building and construction industry.

White Card Training - All persons require a General Construction Induction Card (White Card) when working on a construction site. General Construction Induction Training is a nationally accredited competency unit known as Prepare to work safely in the construction industry CPCWHS1001.

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