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Stella Axarlis Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year Award Award

Australian Training Initiative Award This award is no longer open. It was awarded between 1994 and 2010. Contact us for more information.

Inspire your audience! Book an Ambassador Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors know first-hand the value in investing in an apprenticeship or traineeship. Australia now has over 150 Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors, many of whom are former Australian Training Awards winners and finalists.

Lifetime commitment to VET recognised Mr Peter Henneken AM from Queensland has been recognised for more than 40 years’ service in the vocational education and training sector, receiving the preeminent Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Australian Training Awards in Hobart.

Rebecca Lyons Wright, Canberra It's hard to believe that just over a year ago I was sitting in class, hard at work on my final assessment and dreaming about a job on a Hollywood feature film. And here I am, 14 months later having achieved that goal- and so much more! The last 14 months have been a crazy roller coaster of

Miranda Borlini, Victoria My career journey has been a great experience. While it has been challenging at times, when I look back it has been very rewarding. When I reflect on my childhood and the strong influences I have had around me I think first of my mother, Merika, an Noongar women from Western Australia who started

Regina Richardson, Western Australia My name is Reggie, I am a Yamatji woman of the Amangu group in the mid-west region of Western Australia. My family are one of the traditional owners of my beautiful harsh country and I have great pride in being able to call myself Aboriginal. I have spent all of my life growing up around family and

Warwick Johnstone Where are they now? Warwick Johnstone was 17 when he enrolled in an Australian School-based Apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery. In his second year, his outstanding achievements in the trade saw him win the Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year accolade. Now aged 26, Warwick reflects on his win at the 2007

Tracy Sutton Where are they now? Tracy Sutton was the 2006 Australian Apprentice (Trainee) of the Year and remembers the achievement as a life changing moment. “My journey to that point had been a little rough. Winning the award gave me the confidence to know that if I wanted something bad enough, I could make it happen,” Tracy

Rory Smeaton Where are they now? Rory Smeaton says that winning the 2010 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award for his outstanding achievements in his community services studies was one of the most significant moments of his life.