December 13, 2016
Darcy Walters (Certificate III Education Support) Darcy Walters Darcy has been a Gap Year Trainee studying Certificate III in Education Support at Colac West Primary School in 2016. Darcy has excelled in all facets of the traineeship including the traineeship bookwork, creating great relationships with students and teaching staff and also showing fantastic initiative in...
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November 3, 2016
Grace Holland (Certificate III in Community Services) Grace is currently undertaking a School-Based Traineeship at Colac Area Health with training 1 day per week and work placement each Friday. Grace Holland Grace attends Geelong Technical Education Centre where she is completing yr 12 VCAL. Grace is doing extremely well at her work placement at Colac...
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October 27, 2016
Congratulations to Chelsea Pope who won Runner Up Best 2nd Year Apprentice at the South West TAFE Trades Awards (26/10). Chelsea is studying Certificate III in Engineering (Mechanical) and is Hosted to Fonterra Cobden. This is the second award in 2 years at these awards that Chelsea has received. Congratulations Chelsea – very well deserved!...
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October 6, 2016
WorkSafe Health & Safety Month The world is changing faster than ever. What hasn’t changed is WorkSafe’s dedication to keeping Victorians safe at work and helping them return to work if they are injured. That’s why this year’s Health and Safety Month will focus on thinking beyond today, and planning...
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October 3, 2016
Brad Campbell (Certificate III Plumbing) Brad Campbell Brad is a 1st year plumbing apprentice, and has been with his Host Employer, Colac Gas Plumbing and Maintenance, for 4 months. In this short amount of time, Brad has displayed a lot of the qualities that we at VGTC look for in all of our potential apprentices/trainees...
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September 1, 2016
Deb Smith (Certificate III in Education Support) Quote from Deb about her role: Deb Smith (back far right), VGTC’s Andrew McCarthy (back far left) “My role at Teesdale Primary School is the Assistant in the Outside School Hours Care Program. My main responsibility is to assist the coordinator in implementing and evaluating a stimulating and...
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August 18, 2016
August is Tradies National Health Month which aims to raise awareness of the risks posed to those who work in trade occupations – among individuals, their families, employers and the wider community. The trade industry in Australia continues to have the highest health and safety issues of any sector despite all the improvements made in...
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