❓ The Minister for Training and Workforce Development updates the house on the success of participants in the Western Australian Training Awards, highlighting the government's investment in apprenticeships and the achievements of various winners.
AnsweredQoN 551Legislative Assembly
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WESTERN
AUSTRALIAN TRAINING AWARDS
551. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for Training and
Workforce Development:
As someone who has a very, very keen interest in training, I
am well aware that the achievements of Western Australia's vocational
sector were celebrated at the eighteenth annual Western Australian Training
Awards earlier this month. Can the minister please update the house on the
success of the participants in our state's premier apprenticeship and
trainee awards?
AUSTRALIAN TRAINING AWARDS
551. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for Training and
Workforce Development:
As someone who has a very, very keen interest in training, I
am well aware that the achievements of Western Australia's vocational
sector were celebrated at the eighteenth annual Western Australian Training
Awards earlier this month. Can the minister please update the house on the
success of the participants in our state's premier apprenticeship and
trainee awards?
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I acknowledge the member's keen interest in training
and her involvement, particularly in the tourism aspect of training and
foreseeing the future needs of the state. I also acknowledge several winners of
this event who are in the Speaker's gallery today.
Supporting apprenticeships, training and workforce
development is a priority of the Liberal–National government. Since
being elected, we have spent in excess of $1.9 billion to ensure that anyone
who wishes to have an apprenticeship gets an apprenticeship. This unprecedented
investment in training includes a government guarantee to fund these
apprenticeships. As a consequence of this commitment, the number of apprentices
and trainees in Western Australia reached an all-time high of more than 46 000
as at 31 July this year. The best and brightest of these apprentices and
trainees, their trainers and the organisations and employers who support them
were recognised recently at the prestigious Western Australian Training Awards,
which are hosted by the Department of Training and Workforce Development and
the State Training Board. Being new to the training and workforce development
portfolio, this year was the first time I attended these awards. It was very
encouraging to see young people—the next generation, if you like—who
will take this great state to an even higher position.
Western Australia has world-class training and this is
reflected in the young people who are this year's winners. The winners were
chosen from more than 200 entrants and include students who excelled in their
chosen field and employers, trainers and training providers who have introduced
innovative practices to support apprentices and trainees. I take the
opportunity to congratulate these outstanding individuals—WA Apprentice
of the Year, Mr Samuel Goodall; WA Trainee of the Year, Nicola Howe; WA
Vocational Student of the Year, Stephen Moore; WA School-based Apprentice of
the Year, Tim Gossage, who I believe is the son of the sports commentator; WA
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, Nathan McGuire; WA
Trainer of the Year, Guy Truss; and the winner of the Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Training Award, Maria Lima Villahermosa. I must say that
she is a very impressive lady from Venezuela who has been in this country for
only two years. She is the sole carer for her daughter and has embraced being
part of Western Australia; she is absolutely over the moon to be here.
I further congratulate these outstanding organisations that
did very well—WA Small Business of the Year, Ceiling Solutions; the
winners of the VET in Schools Excellence Award, MPA Skills and John Forrest
Secondary College; and the winner of the Training Initiative Award, JSW
Training and Community Services.
I acknowledge the following individuals who are in the
chamber today—Nicola Howe from PoolWerx, the WA Trainee of the Year;
Alan Williams, managing director of the Australian College of Applied
Education, winner of the International Training Provider of the Year; Jill
Jamieson, acting CEO, Challenger Institute of Technology, winner of the WA
Large Training Provider of the Year; Linda Engledow and Simon Gazia from
LabTech Training Pty Ltd, winner of the WA Small Training Provider of the Year;
David Gorman, learning and development manager, WA Employer of the Year, Main
Roads; and Judy Silsbury from John Forrest Secondary College and Wayne Morling
from MPA Skills, winners of the VET in Schools Excellence Award.
Several of these winners will compete at the Australian
Training Awards later this year in Melbourne. I am sure that all members in
this place will get right behind our fantastic young people and support them in
their endeavours later this year. Mr Speaker, as you can see, the range of winners
includes individuals, state training providers, private sector training
providers, schools and the like. I am very pleased that they are here.
Dr A.D. Buti : Can
you read that list? I didn't quite hear it all. Can you repeat it?
Mr M.J. COWPER : I
will table it, if the member likes.
[See paper 5345.]
and her involvement, particularly in the tourism aspect of training and
foreseeing the future needs of the state. I also acknowledge several winners of
this event who are in the Speaker's gallery today.
Supporting apprenticeships, training and workforce
development is a priority of the Liberal–National government. Since
being elected, we have spent in excess of $1.9 billion to ensure that anyone
who wishes to have an apprenticeship gets an apprenticeship. This unprecedented
investment in training includes a government guarantee to fund these
apprenticeships. As a consequence of this commitment, the number of apprentices
and trainees in Western Australia reached an all-time high of more than 46 000
as at 31 July this year. The best and brightest of these apprentices and
trainees, their trainers and the organisations and employers who support them
were recognised recently at the prestigious Western Australian Training Awards,
which are hosted by the Department of Training and Workforce Development and
the State Training Board. Being new to the training and workforce development
portfolio, this year was the first time I attended these awards. It was very
encouraging to see young people—the next generation, if you like—who
will take this great state to an even higher position.
Western Australia has world-class training and this is
reflected in the young people who are this year's winners. The winners were
chosen from more than 200 entrants and include students who excelled in their
chosen field and employers, trainers and training providers who have introduced
innovative practices to support apprentices and trainees. I take the
opportunity to congratulate these outstanding individuals—WA Apprentice
of the Year, Mr Samuel Goodall; WA Trainee of the Year, Nicola Howe; WA
Vocational Student of the Year, Stephen Moore; WA School-based Apprentice of
the Year, Tim Gossage, who I believe is the son of the sports commentator; WA
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, Nathan McGuire; WA
Trainer of the Year, Guy Truss; and the winner of the Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Training Award, Maria Lima Villahermosa. I must say that
she is a very impressive lady from Venezuela who has been in this country for
only two years. She is the sole carer for her daughter and has embraced being
part of Western Australia; she is absolutely over the moon to be here.
I further congratulate these outstanding organisations that
did very well—WA Small Business of the Year, Ceiling Solutions; the
winners of the VET in Schools Excellence Award, MPA Skills and John Forrest
Secondary College; and the winner of the Training Initiative Award, JSW
Training and Community Services.
I acknowledge the following individuals who are in the
chamber today—Nicola Howe from PoolWerx, the WA Trainee of the Year;
Alan Williams, managing director of the Australian College of Applied
Education, winner of the International Training Provider of the Year; Jill
Jamieson, acting CEO, Challenger Institute of Technology, winner of the WA
Large Training Provider of the Year; Linda Engledow and Simon Gazia from
LabTech Training Pty Ltd, winner of the WA Small Training Provider of the Year;
David Gorman, learning and development manager, WA Employer of the Year, Main
Roads; and Judy Silsbury from John Forrest Secondary College and Wayne Morling
from MPA Skills, winners of the VET in Schools Excellence Award.
Several of these winners will compete at the Australian
Training Awards later this year in Melbourne. I am sure that all members in
this place will get right behind our fantastic young people and support them in
their endeavours later this year. Mr Speaker, as you can see, the range of winners
includes individuals, state training providers, private sector training
providers, schools and the like. I am very pleased that they are here.
Dr A.D. Buti : Can
you read that list? I didn't quite hear it all. Can you repeat it?
Mr M.J. COWPER : I
will table it, if the member likes.
[See paper 5345.]
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