Skills Institute

Friday, 31 August 2012 - 9:39am

The Skills Institute was honoured to be recognised as the Large Training Provider of the Year at the Tasmanian Training Awards, held in Hobart last Friday.

The Awards play an important role in recognising excellence in vocational education and training.

In receiving the Large Training Provider of the Year Award, Skills Institute CEO Mr White paid tribute to the great work undertaken by teachers and support staff.

“The award recognises the broad range of outstanding teaching and support practise across the organisation and acknowledges our success in working closely with industry and enterprise clients,” he said.

Along with the Large Training Provider of the Year Award the Skills Institute also received the Industry Collaboration Award.

“The Industry Collaboration Award recognises the work of our team at Claremont particularly in the mechanical services and refrigeration areas where a highly productive partnership with the Australian Mechanical Contractors’ Association and a number of businesses, large and small, has seen generous investment in training facilities and technology,” Mr White said.

Students and apprentices also shone with Thomas Courto, an Advanced Diploma of Tourism student with Tourism & Hospitality winning the Vocational Student of the Year and Richard Styles an Electrotechnology apprentice receiving the Apprentice of the Year Award.

Mr White said the Skills Institute was very proud to be associated with the success of its students and industry partners.

 “Our success at the 2012 Tasmanian Training Awards validates the hard work of our staff, clients and students.  It is all the more meaningful when set against the difficult work we have needed to do over the last year to meet budget requirements.”

The Skills Institute had a strong presence in numerous award categories and would like to recognise and congratulate all our finalists and winners: 

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Tony Purton

Christopher Lawes

Bradley Phelps

Luke Shelverton

Neil Owens

Alexander Rice

Richard Styles (winner)

James Gamble

 

TRAINEE OF THE YEAR

Lynne Maher

Anna Johnstone

Simon Clements

 

ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Helen Thomas (recipient of the Lance Barnard Memorial Award)

 

SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Laura Dixon

 

VOCATIONAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Thomas Courto (winner)

 

VET TEACHER/TRAINER OF THE YEAR

Sandra Jones

Clare Thompson

Rhonda Webber

 

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION AWARD

Skills Institute/Mechanical Services Simulated Training Test Rig (winner)

With collaboration partners: Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors’ Association (AMCA) Tasmania; Schneider Electrical; Daikin Australia and Tasmanian Controls and Maintenance (TCM). 

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