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The winner of the Australian Apprentice
of the Year Award is. And the winner of the 2012 Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year is. The winner of the School Pathways Award
is. ladies and Gentlemen the winner of the Australian School-based Apprenticeship of
the Year Award is. The winner of the VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award is
The winner of Employer of the Year is. The winner of the Australian Apprentice of the Year, Trainee of the Year. The winner of the Leadership
in Quality Award. The winner of the Small Employer of the Year Award is. The winner of the Australian Apprenticeship, Employer Award is.
And the winner is. Well it's a great night to celebrate the successes
of our young people and of the organisations that support them. The mentors,
the coaches, the trainers. So it's the academy
awards of training and I think people are pretty excited and it's always a good night.
As minister I'm not allowed to play favourites but there is good
Western Australian representation but I'm sure people will be selected on
merit. I feel very honoured to be a finalist and to be amongst
amazing other finalists from other states.
I'm a finalist in the VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year. I'm feeling a little bit
excited but also quite anxious. But I think well look I'm here
I'm just going to make the most of it and see how I go. It's great to have got this far.
If we win thats wonderful, if we lose we got here so we're pretty happy. It's always wonderful
to be here. Training Awards is a very special night on the calendar for
the sector. We're really looking forward to rewarding excellence and it's a great way
for Group Training apprentices to be competing on the open stage and looking forward
to being recognised. We're very excited, we've got four institutes
that are up as finalists this year. We're very proud of our team and we're
wishing them all the best of luck tonight. When you look across the Australian VET sector
even the latest statistics from the regulator says
overall quality is terrific, student satisfaction is high
and COAG the reform council found just this week employer satisfaction
way of giving recognition to our students and staff that
we are really setting that benchmark of quality and
serving the needs of our students and our employers because that's what its all about.
Winning the award tonight is fantastic, we didn't think it was possible. It's an
amazing competition. It's fantastic. For Comstar and all our staff this is phenomenal
Feels absolutely fantastic, most importantly for our
staff. I want to inspire people to sort of look inside themselves
and find things they're good at and things that they enjoy and maybe open doorways through
doing training. It's just been a really whirlwind experience and I think
that it's been such an inspiration to me. Being rewarded for something
that I just so passionately love doing.
has never been higher. being recognised with these awards is a great