Page 4151 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 18 November 2015
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MR DOSZPOT (Molonglo) (3.40): I thank Ms Fitzharris for bringing on this motion for debate today. I know from our membership of the education and training committee that she appreciates and understands the importance of a sound vocational education sector and credible and innovative service delivery.
There is no doubt that future success for any of the ACT’s young people who have just completed their year 12 certificate, their HSC or even the International Baccalaureate depends on the decisions they make towards a career of their choice. Integral to that is the quality of the educational resources on offer.
Here in the ACT we have some respectable completion rates for students and we know that there is a strong uptake of courses. Vocational education in schools is of increasing importance and links well with the advancements in training to the wider community. The delivery of vocational education while students are completing their year 12 certificate is growing in importance and popularity. The ETD supports Australian school-based apprentices in work-based learning, broadening opportunities through the school apprentices across ACT government program. In the latest annual report there were 130 ASBAs supported to work in 47 schools. The ETD annual report also tells us that there were over 25,000 government funded students undertaking VET programs in 2014, and 100 RTOs.
Ms Fitzharris’s motion also refers to the national training awards being held in Hobart on Friday. In September I was pleased to attend the 2015 ACT Training Excellence Awards at the Hotel Realm. The winners there will presumably be eligible for the national awards in the relevant categories. I congratulate them all on their success thus far and join with other members in this place in wishing them good luck in Tasmania.
I will touch upon some of the 2015 winners. There was a very emotional presentation of the Norm Fisher award, which was posthumously awarded to the late Adrian Marron. The John Scott memorial award went to Jerome de Rose. The ACT apprentice of the year was Supi Mailei. The ACT apprentice (trainee) of the year was Samantha Marks-Galea.
The ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student of the year was Rachel Hounsell-Carey. The ACT vocational student of the year was Hanna Darmody. The ACT school-based apprentice of the year certificate III was Hana Chapman-Speering. The ACT school-based apprentice of the year certificate II was Nicholas Neeson.
The ACT vocational student of the year was Teagan Pate. The ACT VET teacher-trainer of the year was Melissa Dinn. The ACT industry collaboration award went to Transformed Pty Ltd. The ACT large employer of the year went to Wilson Security. The ACT large registered training organisation of the year was the Canberra Institute of Technology. The ACT small registered training organisation of the year was the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre. The ACT VET in schools excellence award went to Gungahlin College.
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