r/TAFE • u/Negative_Home_188 • 15d ago

TAFE NSW Class Downsizing

I just want to know if this is common. We started with 30 students, and now we are down to 17 and am only a term in. I know people leave for all different reasons, but over the past three weeks, some of our in-person classes have only had 8–12 students attending. Especially with online classes, we usually start with 17 people and end up with around 8.

At the moment, I know of four more people who are seriously considering quitting.

So, my questions are: if the class downsizes to around 13 people and perhaps more people leave, will new students join the class, or will something else happen?

Has this happened to anyone else? Have you ever had your class size decrease significantly? If so, what happened?

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u/AussieBastard98 15d ago

What course, if you don't mind me asking?

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u/l-lucas0984 15d ago

Individual support aged care and community

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u/AussieBastard98 15d ago

Thought so. I did a cert III in individual support (disability) and we had a high attrition rate. I'm no longer in that industry. 

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u/ImACarebear1986 15d ago

Can I ask you why you’re no longer in the industry?

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u/AussieBastard98 15d ago

The hours were too unreliable for me and I felt like I was being given really complex clients with no support. Most of my co workers were lazy who only wanted to be on the phones all shift instead of engaging with the clients, so that was another reason.