GOTAFE Shepparton up for awards

APPRENTICES, trainees, teachers and training providers will take centre stage at this year’s Victorian Training Awards.

Two of the tafe’s students have been nominated for the awards under the Victorian Apprentice of the Year and Victorian School-based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year categories.
The awards, now in its 64th year, celebrate excellence in the training system, showcasing collaboration between industry and training providers.

This year’s awards feature 13 categories including six individual categories.

The Lynne Kosky Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement and the People’s Choice Award for Apprentice of the Year again feature this year, along with the new Inclusive Training Provider of the Year Award.

The awards will be presented at Crown Palladium on Friday, August 24 with individual, employer, small and large training provider categories representing Victoria at the Australian Training Awards in Sydney in November.