Transforming Education into Opportunity

Practical training and recognised skills designed to prepare you for employment, career advancement, and lifelong success.

Study with us in 2026

Vinaka!

Welcome to Centre for Appropriate Technology & Development (CATD)

Where Learning Meets Purpose

We partner with communities to create change shaped by iTaukei values and culture. Our vision is “A Transformed iTaukei Family for a Better Fiji.”

Build Skills and Confidence

Make the most of hands-on workshops and campus life from  building skills, confidence, and connections for meaningful work.

Explore what you can study

Train in modern workshops, gain hands-on experience, and graduate confident to serve your community and Fiji with practical skills.

Explore what we have to offer in the subject areas you're interested in, and where studying with us might take you.

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Automotive Engineering

Understand engines, electrics, diagnostics, brakes, steering, suspension; practice safe workshops; prepare for service roles nationwide.

Carpentry General

Build measurement, set-out, tool skills; frame floors, walls, roofs; read drawings; start residential construction careers.

Cabinet Making & Joinery

Develop skills in designing, constructing and installing quality wooden furniture, cabinets, doors, windows and interior joinery for employment or self-employment.

Plumbing & Sheet-metal

Study water supply, drainage, pipework, tools; add sheet-metal ducts, gutters, flashings; install, maintain systems confidently.

Electrical Fitter/Mechanic

Learn circuits, wiring, protection, earthing, motors, controls; use test instruments; install, maintain, troubleshoot confidently, safely.

Welding & Fabrication

Learn MIG, Stick, basic TIG; read drawings, measure accurately, fabricate safely; start construction workshop careers.

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