ARE YOU THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR?
Are you, or do you work with, an awesome apprentice? Entries are well and truly open for this year’s Australian Apprentice of the Year Award. Read on below for entry dates in each state.
Part of the federal government’s Australian Training Awards— kind of like Oscars night on the vocational education and training (VET) calendar—the Australian Apprentice of the Year Award has been running since 1994. It’s awarded to the “Australian Apprentice who has been outstanding in all aspects of their trade”. Recent winners include Ballarat-based welder Patrick Janes, Victorian fitter and machinist Melinda Lethbridge and WA electrician Jared Stone.
To become a finalist in the national awards, you need to win the category in your state or territory. New South Wales apprentices have to get organised early in the year, thanks to a late-March closing date, but other regions have a few months to get their 2016 applications in:
Nominations open 21 March and close 6 May
Nominations open 25 March and close 27 May
Nominations are now open, and close 25 March
Nominations are now open, and close 31 March
Nominations are now open, and close 13 May
Nominations are now open, and close 3 May
Nominations are now open, and close 1 May
ACT Training Excellence Awards
Nominations are now open, and close 30 May
If you’re a business wanting to enter the Australian Training Awards in 2016, take a look at the direct entry categories, now open here. These include Small Employer of the Year and the Australian Apprenticeships Employer Award.
The presentation will be held in Darwin on Thursday 17 November—plenty of time to dry-clean your awards night outfit. Best of luck to everyone who enters in 2016! Keep an eye on the Australian Training Awards Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout the year.