Victorian Group Training Co News

Winner of 1st Year Apprentice Award – Engineering Mechanical
Read MoreCongratulations to Chelsea Pope (Hosted to Fonterra Cobden) for winning the 1st Year Apprentice Award in the Engineering Mechanical Trade category at the 2015 South West TAFE Trade Awards night (11/11/2015). Chelsea has proven to be a highly diligent and...

School-Based Community Services Trainees Complete!
Read MoreCongratulations to the first group of VGTC’s Community Services trainees in Colac who completed their certificates today. The trainees studied Certificate III in Community Services as school-based trainees over the last 9 months. VGTC would like to give a big...

Employee of the Month – November
Read MoreTravis commenced as a School-Based Apprentice Bricklayer with his current Host, Daniel Hunter Bricklaying, in October 2013. He was offered and accepted a Full-Time position the following July. Since that time, Travis has grown in confidence and ability which saw...

Trainee & Apprentice January 1 2016 wage increases
Read MoreThis blog post is to give all employers, whether using Victorian Group Training services or not, a heads up about the upcoming January 1 increases that relate to trainees and some apprentices. As of the first full pay run on...

Colac Show Public Holiday – Early Pay Run Processing
Read MoreNOTICE TO ALL VGTC APPRENTICES/TRAINEES PAID ON A THURSDAY Friday 6th November is a public holiday in Colac for the Colac Show.Due to this holiday we are processing the pay run for the week on Wednesday 4th November.We will require...

WINNER! Apprentice Trainee of the Year
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Indigenous Mentor visits Colac Community Services Trainees
Read MoreOur Community Services Group had the opportunity on Thursday 3rd September for Indigenous, Mentor Moana ‘Mo’ Matthews to come in and talk about her role at Raw Recruitment and what challenges are involved for indigenous youth gaining and keeping employment. ...

Employee of the Month – September
Read MoreLee Stokes is a 2nd year Apprentice working at Mahonys Transport. Lee has already proven himself to be a valuable member of the service team with his ability to pick up new tasks an skills very quickly and put them...

School-Based Traineeship Programs for 2016 (Colac, Geelong, Werribee & Woori Yallock)
Read MoreThe following programs are on offer and we are welcoming expressions of interest right now! Geelong based programs: Certificate III Community Services Certificate III Early Childhood Education & Care Certificate III Education Support Certificate II Conservation & Land Management Colac...

Making your workplace safer! (Employees & Employers)
Read MoreAt Victorian Group Training, our number 1 priority is the safety of our employees in the workplace. Whether you’re an employer, apprentice or trainee, full-time, part-time, school-based, in Geelong, Colac or anywhere else in the state, whatever you do at...