Blake wins best first year apprentice
The West Gippsland Trade Training Alliance held its excellence awards night recently.
Best first year apprentice was presented to Blake Davis who is a first-year apprentice mechanic with Soutar’s Garage in Warragul.
Best second and third year apprentice went to Luke Blanchard who is a third year apprentice with Warragul City Motors.
In vocational education and training best first year was awarded to Elizabeth Johns from Trafalgar High School who is studying electrotechnology.
In vocational education and training certificate II in integrated technology (3D printing and robotics) in the second year the award went to Jaiden McDougal from Warragul Regional College.
The special apprenticeship award went to mature age student Jenalle Brown who is doing certificate III in light vehicle mechanics and works for Drouin Auto Care.
The school-based apprentice award was won by Billy Walker from Chairo Christian College who studied certificate II in agriculture and worked at the Berryman Family Farm.
Billy plans to continue study in agriculture. The year nine trade pathways award is a year nine “hands on learning “program where 80 students experience a range of trades during the year. The two winners were Jarrod Meggetto from Marist Sion College who will study carpentry in 2020 and Khalia Albrighton from Trafalgar High School who will study electrotechnology in 2020.
The special trade pathways award is a program involving 44 students from seven schools.
The two winners were Dylan Lang from Officer Special Development School and Kieran Bradford from Warragul Specialist Development School.
In 2020 Dylan wants to do further study in carpentry or plumbing and Kieran is keen to do further study in carpentry.
A core purpose of the training centre is to provide opportunities for the training and upskilling of young people.
This is integral to the continuing growth of the local business community as we train a skilled workforce in the future.
Each year WGTTA seeks nominations of outstanding candidates, whose commitment to their trade training and employment serve as a valuable reminder to us all, that young people have a very real capacity to make significant contributions to the successful running of any business and we should celebrate these outstanding young people.
The fact that students study such a variety of courses students are doing makes our task a real challenge. Also the fact that the nominees for these awards have been chosen by their instructors from an often large cohort of students is really positive recognition for them.
These awards major sponsor is the Office of the Victorian Skills Commissioner. Support sponsors are FGM Consultants Warragul and Baw Baw Latrobe LLEN.