2025 Finalists

Congratulations to the following 2025 Tasmanian Training Awards finalists.

Individual Awards

Apprentice of the Year

Arna Carter

Certificate III Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: TACC at Hobart Nissan and Subaru

Connor Tiernan

Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Tasmanian Railways (TasRail)

Luke Sherrin

Certificate III Electrotechnology Electrician
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Tasmanian Ports Corporation

Thomas Lee

Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Progress Control and Engineering

Holly Frankcombe

Certificate III in ESI Distribution Overhead
Training provider: Tasmanian Networks
Employer: TasNetworks

Bianca Eberle

Certificate III in Electrotechnology - Electrician
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: NECA Education & Careers GTO hosted by RBD Contracting

Trainee of the Year

Kayla Clow

Certificate IV in Business
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Workforce Health Assessors

Thomas Croft

Certificate III in Information Technology
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Guilford Young College

Tiarna Bricknell

Certificate III in Business
Training Provider: NDA Computing
Employer: McConnell Dowell

Cameron McNab

Diploma in Community Services
Training provider: Avidity Training and Development
Employer: Tassiecare

Alison Ferry

Certificate IV in Information Technology
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Department for Education, Children and Young People

Lena Abbas

Certificate III in Business
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year

Aneeka Dickinson

Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy
Training Provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Lavada

Braydon Gower

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Training Provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre at Palawa Kipli

Vocational Student of the Year

Nicholas Coleman

Certificate IV in Leisure and Health
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Baptcare Karingal

Tony Brown

Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: WorkSafe Tasmania, Department of Justice

Elise Carpenter

Diploma of Community Services
Training provider: Avidity Training and Development
Employer: Loreto Community Housing

Eloise Collins

Certificate III in School-based Education Support
Training provider: TasTAFE

Alice Loone

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: TasTAFE

Mikayla Towns

Certificate III in School-based Education Support
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Department for Education, Children and Young People (Youngtown Primary School)

Feiyi Guo

Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
Training provider: Work & Training

School-based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

Zarna Ollington

Smithton High School
Certificate III in Individual Support
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Emmerton Park Aged Care Facility

Kodie Kamaric

Guilford Young College
Certificate III in Retail
Training provider: KFC RTO
Employer: Kentucky Fried Chicken Derwent Park

Eli Grant

Launceston College
Certificate III in Hospitality
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Zege Buna Pty Ltd at Tatler Lane by Sweetbrew

Joshua Fielding

The Hutchins School
Certificate III in Carpentry
Training provider: Tasmanian Building Group Apprenticeship Scheme (TasBGAS)
Employer: TasBGAS GTO hosted by Top Deck Building

Harper Giles

Rosny College
Certificate III in Business
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Work & Training GTO hosted by Tasman Council

Elisha Nettle

Rosny College
Certificate III in Agriculture
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Nettle Enterprises Tasmania

VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year

Kylie Attard

Employer: TasTAFE

Georgina Harley

Employer: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO
(Tasmanian eSchool)

Leah Gregory-Lamb

Employer: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO
(Rosny College)

Steve Wiggers

Employer: SCALA The Training Company

Emma Bradbury

Employer: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Hobart College)

Andrea Brooke

Employer: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Launceston College)

VET in Schools Student of the Year

Isabella Riley

Hellyer College
Certificate II in Hospitality
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People

Sarah Lowe

Newstead College
Certificate II in Retail
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People

Zavier Rose

Don College
Certificate II in Hospitality
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People

William Dawes

Mackillop Catholic College
Certificate II in Tourism
Training provider: Guilford Young College RTO

Mia Gaffney

Rosny College
Certificate II in Cookery
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People

Taylah Menzies

St Michaels Collegiate School
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
Training provider: Foundation Education

Equity Vocational Student of the Year

Clarissa Gamit Martinez

Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
Training provider: Avidity Training and Development

Nicole Bassett

Certificate III in Early Childhood and Education
Training provider: TasTAFE

William Dyer

Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
Training provider: Avidity Training and Development
Employer: Grow Disability Support

Montana Willson

Certificate II in Community Services
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Tasmanian eSchool)

Sarah Quibell-Young

Certificate II in Community services
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Tasmanian eSchool)

Ella Allie

Certificate II Retail Cosmetics
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Elizabeth College)

Portia Bosworth

Certificate I in Workplace Skills
Training provider: Department for Education, Children and Young People RTO (Tasmanian eSchool)

Eh Gay

Certificate III in Disability
Training provider: Work & Training

Equity Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

Nazir Hussain Sultani

Certificate III in Carpentry
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Channel Construction

Toni Brandis

Certificate III in Engineering – Mechanical Trade
Training provider: TasTAFE
Employer: Liberty Bell Bay

Will Banks

Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling
Training Provider: TasTAFE
Employer: St Joseph Affordable Homes hosted by ST Tiling Tas

Josh Street

Certificate III in Retail
Training provider: Work & Training
Employer: Work & Training hosted by Kingston Locksmiths

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