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Message from the CEO: Regional Competitions
WorldSkills Australia recognise and champion the notion that the vocational education and training sector is central to our nation’s economic growth, productivity and future employment outcomes. Everyone involved with WorldSkills Australia works tirelessly to encourage students of all ages to…
WorldSkills Regionals: Where it all begins
What are WorldSkills Australia Regional Competitions? Regional Competitions are a pivotal part of WorldSkills Australia’s focus and they provide a competitive yet supporting platform for new competitors and new WorldSkills volunteers. Regional Competitions provide young trainees, apprentices and students with…
Career Opportunities with Pallion
You know Pallion as being the largest precious metal services group in Australasia, but did you know that in addition to providing career opportunities for Jewellers they also are looking for people in a diverse array of skills from graphic…
Where are they now? Web Developer Jarrad Langdon
In this edition of Where Are They Now? – we are focusing on someone from our WorldSkills community who has been instrumental in the launch of the wonderful new WorldSkills Australia website, Jarrad Langdon Director of Jala Design. Jarrad is…
Skillaroos and Team Australia announced
With just 86 days until the opening of the world’s largest skills competition taking place Abu Dhabi WorldSkills Australia has selected an elite team of 43 people including 18 competitors, mentors and officials who will represent Australia at the 44th…
Past, Present and Future: A competitor’s journey
Young men and women across Australia enter WorldSkills competitions for a variety of reasons: it sounded like fun, to test themselves, because their employer or teacher encouraged them to, but some have a deeper reason. A long term reason, to…
Opportunity: Video your way to Abu Dhabi
Calling all budding vloggers – tell us your story about how skills have launched careers, built character, confidence, or success and you could be named as the OFFICIAL VLOGGER 44th WorldSkills International competition in Abu Dhabi in October. Entry is…
Didasko Learning Resources partners with Worldskills Australia
Leading online education content provider Didasko Learning Resources is proud to announce they have become the Platinum partner of WorldSkills Australia. Didasko’s commitment to WorldSkills Australia as a Platinum Partner will support the WorldSkills Championships at a regional and national…
An Historic Partnership: TAFE Queensland and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will be the largest sporting event Australia will see this decade and the biggest sporting spectacular the Gold Coast has ever seen. With just under a year to go until over 6,600 athletes…
The World Comes to Newcastle in July
Newcastle will become a global centre for skills excellence in July when the city plays host to the WorldSkills Australia Global Skills Challenge – a four-day training exercise for young people from 15 nations to showcase their skills. The 2017…
2017 Skillaroo Team Uniform to be Designed by WorldSkills Past Participant
A past WorldSkills competitor, Ashleigh Huntley, has been selected to design the Team Australia’s uniform for the WorldSkills International event in Abu Dhabi in October 2017. WorldSkills Australia invited young designers from our national training institutions and TAFEs to design…
Australians to participate in Technical and Vocational Training International Youth Forum
Hundreds of young people from across the WorldSkills community will come together in Abu Dhabi to as part of the 44th International Competition to “Think Future” about vocational education and training. The first International TVET Youth Forum will be held from…
Dylan Bolch – Welding his Way to a Secure Future
Twenty-two year old welder Dylan Bolch has big dreams and a firm plan as to how he is going to achieve them with step one being “get named as a member of the Skillaroos team going to Abu Dhabi”. With…
Axalta and WorldSkills Australia Renew Partnership to Advance Refinish Professionals
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, announced a new two-year alliance as a Gold Partner with WorldSkills Australia, a non-profit organisation focused on skills excellence in vocational, technological, and service-oriented careers in…
National Volunteer Week Profile – Barbara Hawkins
Dedication, consistency and genuine care for those around her – these are just some of the qualities that make up one of WorldSkills longest serving volunteers, Barbara Hawkins. Barbara began volunteering with WorldSkills in 1986 when she was a TAFE…
National Volunteer Week Profile – Jody Ridgeway
Positions: Centre Director, Trades and Resources TAFE Queensland East Coast/Team Leader of the Official Skillaroo Supporters Tour State: Queensland Jody Ridgeway first heard of WorldSkills when it was Work Skills all the way back in 1988. A hairdresser by trade…
National Volunteer Week Profile – Rachel Sullivan
Position: Current Team Leader Skillaroos (since 2003) State: Tasmania As far as dedication and commitment goes, Rachel Sullivan continues to go above and beyond as an instrumental volunteer of WorldSkills Australia. Rachel has been involved with WorldSkills since her own…
Letter of thanks to our volunteers
Dear Volunteers, THANK YOU On behalf of the Board, staff and competitors of WorldSkills Australia we’d like to say THANK YOU for everything that you do. The countless hours you freely give to organising and running competitions, as well as…
WorldSkills Joins Mission to Strengthen Education Ties With India
A delegation from WorldSkills Australia and the Federal Government recently traveled to India for a two-day to mission to strengthen education and skills collaboration between the two countries. WorldSkills Australia CEO Brett Judd said the visit was a prime opportunity…
New Board Members Bring Wealth of Experience To WorldSkills Australia
WorldSkills Australia has appointed three new board members – the head of workforce development at the Australian Industry Group, a former federal politician and a TAFE CEO. Chair of the WorldSkills Australia Board, Brian Wexham, welcomed the three new directors,…