This year’s SafetyFirst award for Outstanding OH&S Initiative was won by MEGT for their 2020 Safety Stategy Plan. MEGT held its first ever Safety Expo in 2014 as part of National Safety Month. The Safety Expo was a great success with visitors having access to over 15 exhibits including a fire demonstration in the car… Read more
Brotherhood of St. Lawrence – for their “Community Safety and Information Service” program Over the past 4 years this program has employed over 88 trainees on behalf of the department of housing. These trainees are selected from various public housing sites around Melbourne. With many participants, this has been their first employment opportunity. Trainees are… Read more
APlus – for their “women in trades” program This program aims to: Increase the commencement numbers of women in traditional trades through SBATs + Apprenticeships within the Northern Metro Region to between 15-40 females Create awareness and promotion of opportunities for women in traditional trades i.e. (Building & Construction, Engineering, Automotive and Horticulture) Educate women,… Read more
Mitchell is currently employed by Link Employment and Training as an apprentice and is hosted with Laser 3D in Dandenong. Mitch made the decision to leave his well paying job as a manager at Coles to pursue an apprenticeship. His manager has stated that Mitch has built an excellent rapport with other workers on the… Read more
The Australian Industry Group’s concern over the drop in apprentice numbers and quality has thrown a spotlight on an issue that the Group Training Association of Victoria has been pointing to for the past four years. Victoria, which is ahead of the rest of the nation in VET (vocational education and training) policy reform, is… Read more
We are currently looking for nominees to represent Victoria at the GTA Today’s Skills: Tomorrow’s Leaders program being held from the 17th-22nd August 2014 in Canberra. The Today’s Skills: Tomorrow’s Leaders program targets the elite group of outstanding group training apprentices and trainees who are demonstrating high levels of performance, maturity and leadership throughout their… Read more
On Wednesday this week (March 5, 2014), GTAV were featured in and article in “The Australian” newspaper. Gary Workman was interviewed and presented the Association’s view on the current VET system in Victoria. Article Intro DEMAND-driven education systems favour colleges and universities rather than students, and will keep doing so until job outcomes are hardwired… Read more
Poor planned policy has seen a growing number of unscrupulous registered training organisations (RTOs) making a nonsense of the State government’s attempt to address youth unemployment over the last four years. A recent report into marketing practices in the vocational education and training (VET) sector by the Australian Skills Quality Authority revealed that 45% of… Read more
GTAV has released its 2014 budget statement. The budget statement highlights 4 main recommendations that we believe would increase the participation and overall success of apprenticeships in Victoria. Proposed new school based program to support 10,000 student transitions into meaningful employment Victorian (and Federal government) long term support for JGTP Funding Future group training government… Read more
The Group Training Association of Victoria has released its budget submission, with four key policy recommendations for the future of apprenticeships and traineeships in Victoria. The GTAV’s reform proposals include developing the apprenticeship ‘work experience year’, in which prospective apprentices and trainees spend a year sampling trades first hand with supervision and school-based support. The… Read more