Eligibility

Apprentice and Trainee of the Year

• Nominees must have training agreements registered with the NSW Department of Education and Communities and must be able to supply their Training Contract ID (TCID) number. If you do not have the TCID number, contact your local State Training Services regional office on 13 28 11.
• Nominees may only be nominated by either their registered training provider or employer.
• Nominees must have completed or be due to complete their training contract between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012. Note that this completion refers to the completion date on the training agreement. If the nominee completed early through competency based completion, evidence of this early completion must be attached.
• Nominees cannot be nominated in subsequent years for the same training contract.
• Nominees may only have one nominator.

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Vocational Student of the Year

• Nominees may only be nominated by their registered training provider.
• The nominee may be any full-time or part-time student in a vocational education course that leads to a nationally recognised outcome or qualification, who is not eligible for the Apprentice or Trainee awards.
• Nominees must have completed or be due to complete their vocational studies between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012.
• Nominees may only have one nominator.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year

• Identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
• Meet the eligibility for any of the above student categories (Apprentice, Trainee or Vocational Student).
• Be nominated by their employer or registered training provider.
• Nominees may only have one nominator.

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School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

The NSW Australian School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year award is open to current year 12 students who have completed or are completing a certificate III, certificate IV or diploma level school based apprenticeship or traineeship.
To be eligible for this award, the nominee must be currently enrolled at school. If the nominee is no longer attending school, and has completed a school based apprenticeship or traineeship, the nominee may be eligible for nomination in another NSW Training Awards category, including Apprentice of the Year, Trainee of the Year or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander of the Year.

• Nominees may only be nominated by either their registered training provider or employer.
• Nominees must have training contracts registered with the NSW Department of Education and Communities and must be able to supply their Training Contract ID (TCID) number. If you do not have the TCID number, contact your local State Training Services regional. office on 13 28 11.
• Nominees must be current year 12 students who have completed or are completing a certificate III school based apprenticeship or traineeship. If the school based apprenticeship or traineeship if certificate II, the nominee will automatically be entered in the VET in Schools Student of the Year category.
• Nominees may only have one nominator.

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VET in Schools Student of the Year

The VET in Schools Student of the Year award is open to full-time Year 12 school students
undertaking accredited vocational education and training (including certificate II school based
traineeships) as part of their HSC program of study in 2012.

• Nominees may be nominated by their registered training provider or their employer.
• Nominees may only be nominated for one award.
• Nominees may only have one nominator.

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VET Trainer/Teacher of the Year

To nominate for the award the nominee must have been:

• a qualified* teacher/trainer employed (or regularly contracted) by a Registered Training Organisation
• delivering training which led to nationally recognised qualifications or Statements of Attainment under the Australian Qualifications Framework national training system
• a permanent resident or Australian citizen living and training in NSW

during the 2011 calendar year.

Persons that were selected as a regional winner cannot be nominated for subsequent years, a one year gap must be present. This means that if a person was awarded a regional Trainer/Teacher of the Year Award (and therefore interviewed for the State level) he or she cannot be nominated for this Award in 2012.

* The nominee must have the appropriate qualifications under the Australian Quality Training Framework.

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Industry Collaboration Award

This award will be presented for exemplary skills development collaboration between an employer or industry body and, at least, one other organisation.

To apply for the award at least one party in the collaboration must be delivering nationally recognised training or directly contributing to the outcomes of nationally recognised training which leads to nationally recognised qualifications or Statements of Attainment under the Australian Qualifications Framework national training system.

 

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Large and Small Employer of the Year

To be considered a large employer, your organisation must employ at least 40 employees in NSW (including full-time, part-time and casual equivalents). An organisation with less than 40 employees in NSW (including full-time, part-time and casual equivalents) will be considered a small employer.

Applications will not be accepted from:

• branch offices of larger enterprises (please note, franchisees may apply if their training activities are organise independently of the franchise group); and/or
• organisations whose core business is the delivery of vocational education and training (these organisations may nominate for a training provider award).

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Large and Small Training Provider of the Year

To apply, an organisation must be a Registered Training Organisation for which delivery of vocational education and training is the core business.

To be considered a large training provider, your organisation must have enrolled more than 1500 students in the 2011 calendar year. An organisation with 1500 students or less enrolled in the 2011 calendar year will be considered a small training provider.

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VET in Schools Excellence Award

The nominated program must be based on Training Packages or industry/enterprise competency standards and lead to qualifications or Statements of Attainment under the Australian Qualifications Framework.

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