Opposition training skills spokeswoman Steph Ryan said the college would offer a Certificate III in Agriculture to up to 14 students from October this year.

Those undertaking the certificate will be doing apprenticeships on local farms and study at Glenormiston for six week-long residential stints during the year-long course provided through South West TAFE.

The government also said last month the college would offer a Certificate III in Racing (Trackrider) but no information has been released on the course’s student numbers.

Training and Skills Minister Gayle Tierney said the government was also working to develop further courses for the campus.

Ms Ryan said the courses were a long way from the educational hub flagged last year offering courses including agriculture, manufacturing, horticulture, conservation and land management, business, tourism, transport and logistics.

That hub was proposed by a consortium that included Acknowledge Education, Total Livestock Genetics and property developer and hospitality requisites manufacturer Dean Montgomery.

Acknowlege Education later pulled out of the consortium but Mr Montgomery has since leased and maintained the site. The new training package clears the way for him to buy the historic site from the state government.

Ms Ryan said Labor was promising two low-level qualifications without evidence there was enough demand.

“Gayle Tierney needs to explain why the educational hub Labor promised is no longer on the cards and how much South West TAFE will need to spend to keep Glenormiston open for two qualifications,” she said. 

Member for South West Coast Roma Britnell said providing courses at the campus when there was little demand “is just setting (it) up to fail”. 

Ms Tierney said the Liberal/National coalition had closed the college in 2014 but Labor was determined to reopen it.

“Because of the actions of this government, dairy farmers in the south-west will once again have access to the skilled local workforce they need,” she said.