One Day Workshops

Cake Decorating: Cupcakes

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Discover the art of cupcake decorating with buttercream piping and fondant techniques. Learn to create a variety of designs, including 3D fondant animals, from fun novelty styles to elegant formal cakes. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced decorators.

(Additional costs for materials.)

Come Alive With Colour

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Discover how to project confidence and create stunning illusions using color and contrast. Learn how wearing shades that complement your natural coloring can enhance your image, brighten your complexion, and even give you a more youthful appearance.

Expand your wardrobe with a greater range of colors and unique combinations for a stylish edge. Identify the best clothing and makeup shades for you, making outfit coordination effortless and ensuring your wardrobe mixes and matches seamlessly.

With a personalised colour guide, you'll save time, energy, and money while shopping, knowing exactly what works best for you.

Death & Taxes: Wills and Estate Planning

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Would you like to establish clear plans for your medical care and financial decisions in case you're unable to make them yourself later in life? Do you want to ensure your estate is distributed according to your wishes in the most tax-efficient way? If so, this course is designed for you.

DIY Fragrances – Make Your Own Perfume

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Embark on a sensory journey that deepens your connection to scents. This course explores a synaesthetic experience, where fragrance intertwines with coloor, texture, temperature, movement, emotions, and memories. Through olfactive exploration, you'll learn to categorize scents and build the foundation for crafting your first perfume notes composition. Discover the elements and techniques of perfume-making using essential oils, fragrances, and absolutes, while incorporating visual arts into the creative process. Let your imagination and creativity transport you to new realms!

(Additional costs for materials.)

Excel: Beginners

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If you would like to learn Excel this is the perfect place to start. Learn the basics about Excel functions and the different features Excel has to offer to create and use spreadsheets.

Excel: Intermediate

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Explore the basics of Microsoft Excel and spreadsheets. This course also requires participants to complete an assessment online after the session. This course is delivered in a blend of face-to-face and self-paced online learning to develop the skills and knowledge required.

This class includes the nationally recognised accredited unit of competency BSBTEC302 Design and produce spreadsheets.

Photography With Your Smart Phone

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Love photography but don't have the space to carry around a giant camera with you all the time? That handy little smartphone can do the trick! This course teaches you how to get the best results from your smartphone's built-in camera and the numerous editing apps available. You'll be learning techniques that make your snapshots stand out from the crowd, including photography principles such as lighting, composition, and editing.

Property Styling for Living & Selling

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Transform the way you see and use your home in this practical, inspiring one-day workshop designed for homeowners at any stage. Property Styling for Living and Selling focuses on making the right design choices with confidence, implementing them thoughtfully, and creating spaces that feel both welcoming and functional. You’ll learn how to balance style with everyday living, ensuring your home reflects your lifestyle while maintaining a cohesive, appealing look. The workshop also covers key styling principles that increase a property’s appeal to potential buyers—perfect for those considering selling or simply wanting to future-proof their space. From decluttering and layout optimisation to colour, lighting, and finishing touches, you'll gain actionable techniques to transform your home into a space that feels intentional, desirable, and effortlessly liveable.

Simply Stylish

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Discover how to enhance your silhouette, camouflage imperfections, and understand your unique body shape. Through a series of body measurements, you'll determine your vertical and horizontal proportions, allowing for a detailed figure analysis. Using a computer-assisted figure and style analysis program, you'll identify the most flattering clothing styles for your shape. You'll take home a personalised Rapt in Style body shape analysis, supported by a 92-page illustrated workbook ($40.00, payable to your tutor at the workshop). This comprehensive guide covers fashion choices, clothing details, shoes, accessories, jewellery, glasses, fashion identity, wardrobe planning, and clothing selection to help you refine your personal style.

Skirt in a Day: A-Line

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A-line skirts are universally flattering and one of the easiest garments to make. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to draft a custom skirt pattern using your own measurements, cut it from your chosen fabric, and construct it with simple sewing techniques. Master essential skills such as sewing straight seams, creating darts, inserting a zipper, attaching a facing or waistband, and finishing a hem—all in a single day! Basic sewing skills are helpful but not required.
(Additional costs for materials may apply.)

The Art of Using Colour in Your Home – Inside and Out

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Master colour theory, tonal balance and undertones so you can choose every shade with confidence — even the perfect white

This engaging one-day workshop explores the power of colour in interior & exterior spaces.
Designed for anyone who has an interest in interiors, it covers essential colour theory, creating balanced colour schemes, understanding tonal value, recognising undertones, and using tone to shape mood and atmosphere within a space. It will help answer common questions, such as which White is the right White.

Through a series of interactive discussions, practical exercises and fun quizzes, participants will develop confidence in selecting and combining colours effectively.

Writing: Publish Your Own Book

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Discover how to self-publish your book in both print and digital formats—without the long wait for traditional publishers or the risks of vanity press scams. Whether you're looking to share your family memoirs or autobiography in a professional-quality hardcover or paperback, or simply need a few copies, print-on-demand (POD) makes it possible. Learn how to become your own publisher, have your book printed and delivered, and repeat the process whenever you like. If you're interested in selling your work, we'll guide you through setting up your own Amazon Author account, allowing you to sell your book worldwide and generate real income!

Writing: Writing Your Memoir

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Writing your memoirs can be an emotionally challenging journey, but it can also be deeply therapeutic and rewarding, requiring honesty and courage. How much of your story will be the truth? And how do you decide what to include? Prepare for a complex process of self-discovery and reflection. In "Writing Your Memoir," you'll explore how to choose a subject, plan, focus, and begin your memoir, while discussing what makes a compelling story. You'll also examine the differences between memoir and autobiography and navigate the delicate balance of self-disclosure in personal writing.

At Nepean Community College, we blend vocationally relevant training with opportunities for personal growth—offering flexible learning options (face-to-face, online self-study or mixed-mode delivery) across Penrith, St Marys, and the Blue Mountains. Ready to upskill your team or ignite a new passion? Explore our full range of courses and discover how our affordable adult education programs can transform your future.

NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, all courses and workshops offered at Nepean Community College are for people 15 years and over. Younger participants may be accepted if accompanied by a fee-paying adult. We do not provide child-minding services.

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