Tasmanian Training Awards
Nominations for the 2008 Tasmanian Training Awards open on Tuesday 1 April and close on Friday 30 May.
The Tasmanian Training Awards are conducted annually by Skills Tasmania.
The Awards are an important way of promoting the value of training to employers and employees and of encouraging excellence amongst trainees, apprentices, vocational students and enterprises involved in vocational education and training.
The Tasmanian Training Awards are the pathway to the Australian Training Awards conducted by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, which are presented in November each year. The national awards are seen as the major promotion to raise the status and recognition of training in Australia.
2008 Tasmanian Training Awards
Gala Presentation Dinner
Friday 22 August
Tasman Room, Wrest Point, Hobart
For further information please contact Jacqui Maclaine on (03) 6233 3194, or by email to jacqui.maclaine@skills.tas.gov.au
Six student awards are offered:
- Apprentice of the Year
- Trainee of the Year
- Vocational Student of the Year
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year
- VET in Schools Student of the Year
- Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year
Assessment for the purposes of shortlisting is made from nominees’ written evidence against the relevant assessment criteria.
Student award finalists are interviewed by panels whose members are drawn from Skills Tasmania and the naming rights’ sponsor.
Five business awards are offered:
- Employer of the Year (for employers with more than 20 employees)
- Small Business of the Year (for employers with fewer than 20 employees)
- Registered Training Organisation of the Year
- VET in Schools Excellence Award
- Training Initiative Award
Assessment for the purposes of shortlisting is made from nominees’ written evidence against the relevant assessment criteria. Business award finalists may undergo site visits as an evaluation tool.
Three Equity awards are offered:
- Individual - Apprentice or Trainee
- Individual - Vocational Student
- Employer of the Year
Assessment for the purposes of shortlisting is made from nominees' written evidence against the relevant assessment criteria.
Details regarding last year's Award winners are available from the the 2007 Tasmanian Training Awards website.
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WorldSkills Australia Competitions
WorldSkills Australia (WSA) is a dynamic national organisation - for 25 years at the forefront of celebrating and actively promoting the standards and status of vocational training and skills excellence.
WorldSkills mission is to challenge young people, their teachers, trainers and employers to achieve world class standards in work skills and to promote the status of vocational education and training across Australia. Our primary means of fulfilling our purpose is through skill competitions.
WSA competitions operate on a two year cycle. Regional competitions flow into national competitions and national competition winners, if eligible, become members of the international team based on further selection criteria.
WorldSkills Australia is our country’s premier showcase of youth skill and trade excellence. Through a program of competitions, aligned to National Training Packages WorldSkills Australia works to ensure that today’s young people have the skills and abilities to compete within the rapidly changing global marketplace.
So, if you are under 24 years of age WorldSkills Competitions are for you!
Visit the WorldSkills Australia website: www.worldskills.org.au
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