The North Metropolitan College of TAFE began as two campuses in the Perth suburbs of Carine and Balga.

Land for Carine Technical School was reserved on 19 March 1976[1] and an Order in Council giving authority to construct the college was gazetted on 22 April 1977.

Construction of the Joondalup campus commenced in 1989, and the administration centre and the first blocks of classrooms were completed in 1992.

[3] At the end of 2002, the Balga campus became part of Swan TAFE, primarily because its building and construction focus did not fit with West Coast TAFE's general profile, and the Carine campus was closed, with its hospitality centre moving to Joondalup.

[citation needed] On 11 April 2016, The Government of Western Australia had announced the reform of the TAFEs.