About Us

Hamilton District Skills Centre

The Hamilton District Skills Centre (HDSC) offers courses to students in and around the Hamilton Victoria District. The HDSC facilities consist of a large commercial training kitchen, a smaller production kitchen, hairdressing salon, automotive and building workshops with all the latest equipment available for student use. Courses are all vocationally oriented and entry is based on an interview process. Students have a wonderful opportunity to attend the state of the art training facility without the need to travel away from the Hamilton District region, whilst also being a part of a caring and nurturing environment enabling students to grow into young trade driven professionals

The location of the HDSC facility is at 85 Mt Baimbridge Road, Hamilton which has the added bonus of being directly opposite the regional school bus terminal which services all out of town students from the Hamilton & District region in Victoria.

Our Vision

Our vision for the HDSC is to be a facility servicing the needs of its’ respective schools, businesses and communities, offering at all times, premium training in our premium facility.

Mission Statement

The mission of HDSC is to build a reputation as ‘the provider of choice’ for innovative, high quality trade and vocational training. The training will create optimum career pathways for young people in our local community.

This mission will be achieved through:

  • Designing training that is directed by industry, to industry training standards
  • Delivering training in a cooperative framework across the region
  • Developing a workplace culture that is conducive to high level outcomes
  • Assisting students to make informed career / further study choices through experience and quality information.