Skilling the Best - Townsville & Bowen 3rd June 2011

The 27^th Annual TORGAS Awards was a sell out event were apprentices and trainees were recognised for their outstanding success and achievements over the past year.

There were 29 awards presented, including the prestigious Owen T Jones TORGAS Queensland Apprentice of the Year, which was won by Townsville’s 4^th Year Electrotechnology [Systems] Apprentice Jackson Linley.

In front of a packed Townsville Jupiters Grand Ball room Jackson paid tribute to his four host businesses and to TORGAS. Having rotated between four different host businesses, each employer has been able to provide specialised training for Jackson enabling him to diversify his skills in fire alarm technology, switch board mechanics, air field lighting and industrial electrotechnology.

It has been a very successful week for Jackson who has also been selected as one of twenty-one ambassadors from around Australia to participate in the Group Training Australia’s Todays Skills Tomorrows Leaders program for group training apprentices and trainees in Canberra later this year.

Jackson has also been selected by the Electrical Safety Office to provide presentations to TAFE apprentices in class, sharing his experiences of being an Electrical Apprentice.

Sunsuper's Mr Mark Haines, Jackson Linley and Mr Owen T Jones

Click here for information on the Brisbane Awards - 17th May 2011

Click here for information on the Mackay Awards - 18th May 2011

Townsville Winners & their Host Business for 2010

Owen T Jones TORGAS Queensland Apprentice of the Year - Jackson Linley,  hosted by Qld Airport Lighting
TORGAS Trainee of the Year -  Cherie-Lee Flanagan, hosted by Water Dynamics
TORGAS Indigenous Apprentice of the Year- Laubry Saylor, hosted by  Mineforce
TORGAS Women in Non-Traditional Trade - Georgina Brown, hosted by Cummins South Pacific
TORGAS Women in Non-Traditional Trade - Bronwen Evans, hosted by Department of Main Roads
TORGAS Rising Star Award - Nerissa McKenzie, hosted by Three Loaves Bakehouse
The Castle Hill Lions Club Wayne Allan Award -Dane Seymour, hosted by Downer EDI Engineering & Electrical
Locker Group Award -Most Outstanding 1st Year Boilermaker - Chase Burraston, hosted by Pacific Coast Engineering
Most Outstanding School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year - Rebekah Wieben, hostd by  ANZ Hughenden
Most Outstanding Trainee of the Year - Business Administration &Retail - Cherie-Lee Flanagan, hosted by Water Dynamics
Most Outstanding Trainee of the Year - Civil Construction - Michael Hickey, hosted by Roadtek
Most Outstanding 1st/ 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year - Automotive - Zachary Tierney, hosted by MTU Detroit Diesel Australia - Townsville
Most Outstanding 3rd Year Apprentice of the Year - Automotive - Matt Woods, hosted by Flinders Shire Council
Most Outstanding 4th Year Apprentice of the Year - Automotive - Adrian Casella hosted by MTU Detroit Diesel Australia - Cairns
Most Outstanding 1st Year Apprentice of the Year - Building & Construction - Samuel Attwood, hosted by Taylor Builders
Most Outstanding 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year - Building & Construction - Kerryn Norman hosted by  Flinders Shire Council
Most Outstanding 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year - Building & Construction - Clinton Von Dees, hosted by t A J McLean Constructions
Most Outstanding 3rd/4th Year Apprentice of the Year - Building & Construction - Jordan Nugent, hosted by Taylor Builders
Most Outstanding 1st Year Apprentice of the Year - Electrical - Jacob Pensini, hosted by  Midwest Refrigeragtion & Air-conditioning
Most Outstanding 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year - Electrical - David Reaston, hosted by John Clarke Electrical & Wayne Elliott Electrical
Most Outstanding 3rd Year Apprentice of the Year - Electrical - John Birt, hosted by  Minelec Pty Ltd
Most Outstanding 4th Year Apprentice of the Year Electrical - Jackson Linley, hosted by Queensland Airport Lighting
Most Outstanding 1st/2nd Year Apprentice of the Year Hospitality Aidan Loughery, hosted by Bohle Barn Hotel Motel
Most Outstanding 3rd Year Apprentice of the Year - Hospitality - Samantha Leake, hosted by Mater Hospital
Most Outstanding 4th Year Apprentice of the Year - Hospitality - Tamara-Lee Robins, hosted by Bohle Barn Hotel
Most Outstanding Apprentice of the Year - Refrigeration & Air-conditioning - Justin Scott , hosted by Airconditioning by Darren Barr
Most Outstanding 1st Year Apprentice of the Year - Engineering - Chase Burraston, hosted by Pacific Coast Engineering
Most Outstanding 2nd/3rd Year Apprentice of the Year - Engineering - Stephen McAnally, hosted by Pacific Coast Engineering
Most Outstanding 4th Year Apprentice of the Year - Engineering - Troy Lubicz-Zaorski,  hostd by Dalrymple Sheetmetal
 

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