Illawarra & South East NSW Region

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2023 Illawarra & South East NSW Training Awards Winners

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year

Jayden Simms
Qualification: Certificate III in Waste Management
Trained by: Fusion Training Solutions
Employed by: HVTC Shoalhaven

Apprentice of the Year

Thomas Eyre
Qualification: Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade
Trained by: TAFE NSW
Employed by: Apprenticeship Careers Australia

School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

Jasmin Brunette
Qualification: Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade
School: Eden Marine High School
Trained by: TAFE NSW
Employed by: Acora Reneco

Trainee of the Year

Tahliah Duck
Qualification: Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Trained by: ECTARC
Employed by: ECTARC

VET in Schools Student of the Year

Riley McCann
Qualification: Certificate II in Engineering Pathways
School: Dapto High School
Trained by : Public Schools NSW, Wagga Wagga

VET Trainer/Teacher of the Year

Wendy Antony
Employed by: BSI Learning

Vocational Student of the Year

Acacia Penney
Qualification: Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery
Trained by: Quality College of Australia

About the committee

The role of the Illawarra & South East NSW Regional Vocational Training Committee (IVTC) is to recognise and promote vocational education and training excellence in our region, particularly through apprenticeships and traineeships. Regional Training Awards are held each year to recognise local achievements.

With the growing importance of vocational training in enhancing the region’s prosperity, the awards play a critical role in our economic landscape by encouraging and celebrating excellence in a broad range of work, community and life skills. Organisations that participate as sponsors in the regional awards are recognised as leading contributors in building a skilled region which, in turn, assists with addressing the national skills shortage.

The Regional Training Awards are organised by the IVTC, which has been active in the region now for more than 50 years. This region covers a large area from Helensburgh in the north, to Eden in the south, and out to Cooma/Monaro, Queanbeyan, Yass, Goulburn and the Southern Highlands.

The IVTC comprises key stakeholders from within the vocational education and training and business arenas.

Each year award winners represent the region at the annual NSW Training Awards in Sydney and may progress to the National Awards.

In 2020 Illawarra and South East Regional NSW were successful in having 3 finalists at the State awards:

  • Apprentice-Joshua Nickl - Retail Baking
  • Trainee -Shayd Flegg - Early Childhood Education & Care
  • SBAT- Cassandra O’Carroll- Conservation & Land Management

Joshua and Cassandra went on to represent the Region at the Australian National Training Awards with Cassandra selected as Runner-up in her category.

Postcodes covered by this region include:

  • 2500-2551
  • 2575-2584
  • 2600-2633
  • 2900-2914

Check your region by postcode.

Ambassadors

  • Troy Everett
  • Billy Fox
  • Jem Joyce
  • Chloe Herbert

Committee members

Name Organisation
Amanda Whittall Apprenticeship Support Australia
Dannelle Robson – Secretary WEA Illawarra
Darryl Leslie – Chair Endeavour Energy
Dot Hennessy – Media Officer Rotary Club of Wollongong
Elizabeth Thomas UOW College
Jill Heaton – Treasurer The Unleashed Collective
Kamila Wilk – Public Officer Training Services NSW
Lyn Eckersley Training Services NSW
Marty Burgess Workplace Learning Illawarra
Megan Thorpe – Marketing Officer 1300Apprentice
Natalie Fernandes - Assistant Secretary / Assistant Treasurer ECTARC
Rebecca Radic Illawarra ITeC
Stuart Wilkinson TAFE NSW
Tony Keir – Vice Chair Apprenticeship Support Australia

Our sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

  • ACCM
  • WGE Group

Gold Sponsors

  • Endeavour Energy
  • MEGT
  • Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
  • Apprenticeship Support Australia
  • HVTC
  • 1300apprentice
  • Southern IML Pathology
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy – AusIMM Illawarra Branch
  • ECTARC
  • Australian College of Higher Studies

Silver Sponsors

  • Kiama & Shoalhaven Community Colleges
  • BlueScope WIN Community Partners
  • UOW College Australia
  • T & C Services Pty Ltd
  • Illawarra ITeC

Bronze Sponsor

  • The Disability Trust
  • Workplace Learning Illawarra
  • VERTO

Regional Community Sponsors

  • WEA Illawarra
  • Flagstaff
  • Stuart Alexander Chocolates
  • Rotary District 9675


Contact details

For more information about the Illawarra & South East NSW Regional Training Awards, please contact:

Lyn Eckersley
E: lynette.eckersley@det.nsw.edu.au
P: 0400 316 308

Category:

  • Skills
  • VET

Topics:

  • VET

Business Unit:

  • Training Services NSW
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