Finalists 2021
2021 Apprentice of the Year – sponsored by Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS)
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer / Host Employer Alec Purdon Certificate III in Commercial Cookery TasTAFE Risdon Brook Hotel Sophie Russell Certificate III in Carpentry TasTAFE VEC Civil Engineering Brandon Taylor Certificate III in Meat Processing TasTAFE Hill Street Devonport (Retail Butcher) Zane Bellinger Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician TasTAFE Tasmanian Building Group Apprenticeship Scheme at host employer Tasmanian Electrical Services Dylan Kaufman Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer Technology Co-Op Toyota Aiden Geeves Certificate III in Carpentry TasTAFE Tascon Constructions Seth McGregor Certificate III in Carpentry TasTAFE Fairbrother Jake Turner Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) TasTAFE Incat
2021 Trainee of the Year – sponsored by Federal Group
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer / Host Employer James Gravina Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer Technology MacKillop Catholic College William Bailey Certificate IV in Business Work & Training Battery Point Dental Practice Nicole Price Certificate IV in Business Flexible Training Southern Veterinary Hospitals Solutions Ashling Cannell Certificate III in Education Support TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer John Paul II Primary School Latisha Smith Certificate III in Horticulture TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer Waratah Wynyard Council Lindy Crack Certificate III in Individual Support St Michaels Training St Michaels Association Shauna Revell Certificate III in Dental Assisting TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer Oral Health Services Tasmania Liam Viney Certificate IV in Sport Development SportsReady Education AFL SportsReady at host employer Marist Regional College
2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer / Host Employer Ollivia Peace Certificate IV in Accounts and Bookkeeping TasTAFE Full-time Student Tahlia Newall Certificate III in Hairdressing TasTAFE Legana Hair and Beauty David Lowery Certificate IV in Forest Operations TasTAFE Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation Samara Cross Certificate III in Business Work & Training Work & Training at host employer Macquarie Point Development Corporation
2021 Vocational Student of the Year – sponsored by Rotary Club of Deloraine
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer / Host Employer Kaylah Chilcott Certificate IV in Music Industry – Sound TasTAFE Full-time Student Production Lachlan Bean Certificate IV in Leadership and Management Learning Partners City of Launceston Gypsy Rose Blackberry Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care TasTAFE Toddle-Inn Childcare Centre Crispen Marunda Certificate IV in Leadership and Management Learning Partners Sustainable Timber Tasmania Rosalind Crowden Diploma in Community Services TasTAFE Full-time Student
2021 Equity Vocational Student of the Year – sponsored by Work & Training
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer Claire Draayers Certificate II in General Education for Adults TasTAFE Full-time student Masho Geberekiros Certificate III in Spoken and Written English TasTAFE Queen Victoria Care Carly Gills Certificate II in General Education for Adults TasTAFE Full-time student Franz Anderwald Certificate III in Individual Support Avidity Training and Possability Development Name Withheld Certificate II in Horticulture TasTAFE Full-time student Risdon Prison Student Name withheld Certificate I in Information Technology, Digital TasTAFE Full-time student Risdon Prison Student Media and Technology
2021 Equity Apprentice or Trainee of the Year – sponsored by MEGT
Name Qualification Training Provider Employer Frances Daisy Walsh Certificate I in Hospitality TasTAFE Work & Training at host employer RACV Hotel Daniel Richardson Certificate IV in Disability Avidity Training & Self-employed – Arrange Support Development Troy Briggs Certificate III in Individual Support Avidity Training & Nexus Inc Development Michael Taylor Certificate III in Heavy Vehicle Mechanical TasTAFE FRM Materials Handling Technology Glenn Woodhouse Certificate IV in Disability Avidity Training & Nexus Inc Development
2021 School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year – sponsored by Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS)
Name Qualification Training Provider School/College Employer Jarrod Connolly Certificate III in Avidity Training and Development Guilford Young College Bridgewater PCYC Community Services Emily Holligan Certificate III in TasTAFE Hobart College Energy Solutions Electrotechnology Electrician Orlaith Murphy Certificate III in Business The Training and Business Guilford Young College Pulse Business Services Company Luke Moss Certificate III in Supply Flexible Training Solutions JRLF Senior School SRT Logistics Chain Operations Sophie Furphy Certificate III in Individual Australian Employment and Smithton High School Emmerton Park Inc Support Training Solutions Jett Paterson Certificate II in Tasmanian Building Group Smithton High School TasBGAS at host employer Construction Apprenticeship Scheme C & M Armstrong Building (TasBGAS) Holly Burn Certificate III in Individual Australian Employment and Newstead College The Manor Complex (One Care) Support Training Solutions
2021 VET in Schools Student of the Year – sponsored by TasTAFE
Name Qualification School/College/Training Provider Bradley Boon Certificate III in Agriculture Lilydale District School – TSC RTO Seth Harper Certificate II in Hospitality Rosny College – TSC RTO Amelia Hill-Mundy Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care Guilford Young College Cassandra Correa Certificate II in Construction Pathways Elizabeth College – TSC RTO Mark Vrebac Certificate II in Electrotechnology Hobart College – TSC RTO Summer Pilkington Certificate III in Tourism Hellyer College – TSC RTO Will Whittington Certificate II in Outdoor Recreation Hobart College – TSC RTO Tiffani Adkins Certificate III in Music Hobart College – TSC RTO
2021 VET Teacher / Trainer of the Year
Name Employer Marcus Wynwood Tasmanian Secondary Colleges RTO at Don College Rachel Sullivan Tasmanian Secondary Colleges RTO at Claremont College Maree Tambasco Tasmanian Health Service Enterprise RTO Michael Norton TasTAFE Drysdale Campus Roy Leurs Australian Institution of Education and Training at Huonville High School/Huon Valley Trade Training Centre Nakore Townsend Circular Head Christian School Katrina Mason Tasmanian Secondary Colleges RTO at Hobart College and TasTAFE Tim Johns Tasmanian Secondary Colleges RTO at Rosny College
2021 Small Employer of the Year – sponsored by Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
North West Bay Golf Club Trimboli’s Restaurant
2021 Employer of the Year – sponsored by Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
Bridgewater Police and Citizens Youth Club Huon Aquaculture SRT Logistics Glenorchy City Council BioMar Pty Ltd
2021 Training Provider of the Year – sponsored by ReadyTech
TasTAFE St Michaels Training Work & Training Tasmanian Secondary Colleges RTO Avidity Training & Development
2021 Industry Collaboration Award – sponsored by Swinburne University of Technology
Beacon Foundation and Collaboration: Improving Pathway Outcomes for Tasmanian Students Jordan River Learning Federation with partners Flexible Training Solutions and TasTAFE Senior School Tasmanian Oyster Co Collaboration: SHELL Training Program with partners Mas National, SERDA, Seafood and Maritime Training
National Disability Services Collaboration: Upskilling the Disability Sector with Traineeships with partner Avidity Training and Development
The 2021 Tasmanian Training Awards acknowledges the generous support of the following organisations