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Commentary: Gen Why Do We Underestimate Australia’s Youth?
A story published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 June titled ‘GEN WHY BOTHER? – Bosses despair as apprentices find work too tough’ has ruffled a number of feathers within trades and skills professions. Based on data from a recent…
Former Plumbing Skillaroo paying it forward to South African communities in need
WorldSkills Australia competitors have enjoyed several overseas opportunities over the years, including humanitarian missions such as the Diepsloot Sanitation Project. Part of the international Sanitation Studio programme, the project was assembled by Healthabitat, Sticky Situations and the Water Amenities Sanitation…
Skillaroo honoured with three Melbourne Polytechnic awards
Skillaroos have been honoured and recognised time and time again for their outstanding talent and dedication to their respective professions. Last month, recognition came thrice over for 2015 Skillaroo Jyothi Forman when she received three prestigious awards from her training…
Brightest sparks meet WorldSkills Australia welder
At 24, Aaron Purdy is something of a WorldSkills veteran. With three WorldSkills Australia National Competition experiences under his belt, it was no surprise that when he was recently invited to speak about his experiences at a high school he…
Australia’s best and brightest heading to Brazil for the 43rd WorldSkills Competition
After undergoing months of intensive training, WorldSkills Australia is pleased to announce the names of the 25 Skillaroos that will represent Australia at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition in Brazil on 11-16 August: John Reminis, Bakery Sam Spong, Bricklaying Karl Geue,…
Skillaroo takes out top engineering prize at TAFE NSW Riverina Institute
If the past few months are anything to go by, 2015 is going to be an amazing year for Michael James. After months of intensive training, Michael won the bronze medal in Construction Metal Work at the inaugural WorldSkills Oceania…
Try’aSkill events inspiring the next generation of trades and skills stars
Young people across the country are seeing what it takes to work in a trade professional through WorldSkills Australia’s Try’aSkill program. Primary and secondary school students can try their hand at a variety of trades and skills ranging from floristry…
2015 BBM Skilled Futures Program
The WorldSkills Australia journey can lead competitors to many different career pathways around the world. For the sixteen highly ambitious individuals that have been selected to take part in the 2015 BBM Skilled Futures Program, the next step of the…
Mentor Spotlight: David Berger, Floristry
WorldSkills Australia mentors play a vital role in fostering the next generation of skilled tradespeople. One of the organisation’s highly valued mentors is David Berger, an award winning florist and TAFE instructor from Sydney. David was always destined to become…
WSA competitors win three out of four scholarships awarded by QOF
It is with great pleasure that we announce that WorldSkills Australia medallists have won three of this year’s scholarships awarded by the Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF). Established in 1976, the QOF scholarship provides recipients with the opportunity to work at…
THE RESULTS ARE IN!!
Members of the Skills Squad are proud of their performance following four days of tough competition at the inaugural WorldSkills Oceania Competition in New Zealand. Most competition categories were down to the wire to complete their projects that they had…
At the halfway mark!
The WorldSkills Oceania Competition is well underway in Hamilton, New Zealand where the Skills Squad are performing extremely well and bringing the Australian spirit to its neighbouring country. Day one saw 102 competitors pour out of buses onto Wintec Institute…
Skills Squad journey to NZ!
Nerves and excitement filled the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 late Sunday afternoon as WorldSkills Australia’s Skills Squad jetted across the Tasman Sea to compete in the inaugural WorldSkills Oceania Competition. “The team travelled really well, we are really very…
Australia’s Skills Squad to compete in inaugural WorldSkills Oceania Competition
Media Release WorldSkills Australia is sending 28 of the country’s best and brightest trades and skills stars to Hamilton, New Zealand, on 14 April to compete in the first ever WorldSkills Oceania Competition. WorldSkills Australia is the nation’s premier platform…
WSA welding gun jumps the puddle to compete stateside
One of the most rewarding parts of working at WorldSkills Australia is watching our competitors achieve new heights in their professions. Countless pathways and challenges – both anticipated and unexpected – give them valuable experiences that will shape their futures….
Keith Buckley – The Accomplished Audio Apprentice
When a person ponders what the ultimate WorldSkills Australia experience would entail, Keith Buckley’s journey can easily be a contender. After winning gold in the IT Software Solutions (now Programming) for the Computing and Business cluster at both the 2011…
Let’s talk Turkey
To mark 2014 World Wood Day, three WorldSkills Australia representatives travelled to China in March as guests of the International Wood Culture Society (IWCS) to participate in the inaugural International Furniture Making Invitational. This 8-day trip was an experience of…
Nation’s Top Bricklayer headed for success, thanks to ABBTF
WorldSkills Australia is thrilled to announce, Sam Spong, 2015 Bricklaying Skills Squad member from Illawarra as the successful recipient of the inaugural ABBTF World Class Bricklaying Development Scholarship. The scholarship, established in March 2014 by the Australian Brick and Blocklaying…
Getting ready for Regional Competitions
2017 marks a new cycle of competitions and this year we know it’s going to be a big one for the Perth South Region. It’s been 2 years since the last round of Regional Competitions so here is a quick…
Competition Preparation Week!
Competition Preparation Week (CPW) has officially kicked off the countdown to the 43rd WorldSkills International Competition to be held in less than 191 days. CPW will see a cohort of international guests including Chief and Deputy Chief Experts, Technical Delegates…