[6] Australian Technical College – Northern Adelaide commenced operations with 100 students in temporary facilities at Bishopstone Road, Davoren Park, in January 2007.

"[8] In August 2013, St Patrick's Technical College and TAFE SA signed a strategic partnership to deliver training as part of the South Australian Government Skills for All initiative.

The college offers eight pre-apprenticeship trade programs, including Automotive, Construction, Electrotechnology, Food and Hospitality, Hair and Beauty, Information Technology, Metals and Engineering, and Plumbing.

The St Patrick's Technical College SACE curriculum has been developed specifically to support the trades in which pre-vocational training is delivered.

Mathematics, English, Science) are contextualised for each specific trade program with content input from industry in association with TAFE SA.