KERANG Technical High School students are starting to experience the major piece of infrastructure to benefit from the first building works to occur on-site for more than 30 years.

Year nine students spent last Tuesday completing assignments in the school's new Food Technology wing, which dominates the school's frontage along Murray Street.

The building is the focal point of a $3.6 million government contribution announced in 2014.

The facility's main attraction is a commercial-grade kitchen that the school plans to be able to hold Vocational Education and Training – Hospitality classes in, meaning students will not need to travel to Swan Hill weekly for coursework.

"We deliberately put a commercial quality kitchen in the new wing as it will help expand educational opportunities for the students of Kerang," school principal, Dean Rogers said.

"The kitchen also matches the school's ethos of training tradespeople."

Other features of the new building include an open space learning area and the school's canteen.

The completion of the building marks the end of three years of works at the school, which included refurbishing the school's library and original red-brick building, as well as removing some classrooms.

"We now have the flexibility to teach using different configurations, whether it is the traditional classroom structure or open-plan learning," Mr Rogers said.

"Now the works are finished people can see something is being done for the students of Kerang."

It is anticipated the new building will be officially opened during celebrations marking the centenary of secondary education in the town, planned for the Queen's Birthday weekend of 2019.