Queensland Training Awards
About Queensland Training Awards
The awards showcase Queensland's best employers, apprentices, trainees, vocational students and training providers.
The awards program recognises and rewards training excellence at every level.
Held at a regional level in Brisbane North, Central Queensland, Brisbane South and Gold Coast, North Queensland, South West Queensland and Wide Bay Sunshine Coast, the winners competing for a state title will be announced in Brisbane in September.
The state winners are then eligible to nominate for national honours at the Australian Training Awards to be held in Canberra on 19 November 2009.
Nominations are now closed.
2009 Queensland Training Awards Results
Congratulations to Craig Folker and Ariella Anderson for winning on their respective categories and to all the talented TAFE students and assosciate who competed in the state finals.
Harry Hauenschild Apprentice of the Year
Craig Folker
Training provider: Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
Qualification: Certificate III in Engineering - Electrical/Electronic Trade
Employer: Riviera Marine
After spending most of his weekends boating, fishing and playing water sports, Craig took to his Riviera Group apprenticeship like a duck to water.
Helping build luxury boats for customers around the world means Craig strives for high quality workmanship, a trait that has seen him win a host of awards including the organisation's 2008 Apprentice of the Year title and the Prime Minister's Award for Skills Excellence in the electrotechnology category. He is now planning on joining the Volunteer Marine Rescue organisation.
Vocational Student of the Year
Ariella Anderson
Training provider: Wide Bay Institute of TAFE
Qualification: Diploma of Visual Art
Ariella says being a ceramic artist has given her space and liberty to document her journey as a female artist settling into Australian culture, after moving to Bundaberg from Israel.
Juggling her studies while raising three children, Ariella has enhanced her practical skills while learning to manage the business side of the art industry. Her work has featured in exhibitions, commissioned art works and was even included as part of an educational CD-ROM for art students at the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom.