All the latest news from across the Ai Group Apprentice & Trainee Centre network.
An additive manufacturing specialist announced as a winner at the TafeSA 2022 Honour Awards last month has credited his Ai Group apprenticeship for launching his successful career. Dale Goldfinch, who works in the fast-moving and emerging area of additive manufacturing for the Defence Department’s Defence Science and Technology Group, was recognised for being a high achieving alumnus of TafeSA […]
An Ai Group apprentice who scooped a Women in Trades Award this week credits her apprenticeship for changing her life. Abbey Evans, hosted to Marand Precision Engineering, was named the winner of the Inspiration Award: Women in Trades at the Apprentice Employment Network’s (AEN) 2022 Awards in Melbourne on Wednesday night. The 21-year-old, in her 4th year of a Mechanical […]
An Ai Group Apprentice and Trainee Centre (Ai Group ATC) apprentice was named 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year last night. Peter Fontaine, who is completing a Fabrication apprenticeship with GM Poles, was also named Engineering & Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year at the TAFE Queensland SkillsTech Apprentice Awards. Fellow Ai Group ATC apprentice Joshua Stewart — hosted to VIP Packaging […]
Our Trainee of the Month for October is Sophie Payne! Sophie commenced a traineeship in Business Administration in March 2022 and joined the team at Lendlease in Adelaide. According to Sophie’s supervisor at Lendlease – Jacqueline Meaney (pictured below left), “Sophie is an extremely well-liked and respected member of our team who is always readily […]
Looking for a great apprentice in the busy period coming up? We are now entering the busy end of the year for acquiring apprentices, with the relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions hopefully leading to more opportunities. There are some great candidates out there looking for apprenticeships, including school leavers and pre-vocational students. Finding quality candidates is […]
Ai Group Apprentice and Trainee Centre has been approached by TAFE Qld Acacia Ridge to again jointly run a Pre-Vocational Certificate II in Engineering Pathways 9-week program to start in the second week of March 2023. The program will also involve 2 weeks of free work experience at its conclusion, with our member and host […]
Ai Group Apprentice & Trainee Centre apprentices, Maddie Ward and Darcy White recently featured in some promotional videos for our Women in Solar program. Thanks to Solar Victoria for the development of these videos and our host company Total Solar Solutions for being a part of them too, and for allowing the filming to be […]
Ziyaz Unus Ziyaz commenced his Certificate III in Automotive (Heavy Vehicle) in December 2020 and has progressed outstandingly through to second stage in his apprenticeship to date. Zizaz is currently placed with Iveco Trucks in Wacol (Brisbane) where he is demonstrating a great appetite for learning. As Ziyaz himself mentioned when being acknowledged for this […]
Responsibility for leading weekly safety meetings has given an Ai Group apprentice a passion for workplace safety. Anthony Thomas, a 2nd stage apprentice fitter machinist, said he was inspired by host company Hardchrome Engineering’s positive culture in the workshop and the way they embraced “continuous improvement”. Melbourne-based Hardchrome encourages its apprentices to not only contribute […]
Ai Group Apprentice & Trainee Centre ran a campaign in 2021 for our apprentices and trainees to ‘Refer a Friend’. It’s a great way for our apprentices and trainees to talk to their friends and family about the great opportunities they have secured for their careers, as well as promote to them about joining our […]
The Ai Group Apprentice & Trainee Centre (Ai Group ATC) has partnered with Clough Group to set up traineeships for three First Nations workers in Geraldton, WA. Ai Group ATC Employment & Training Consultants Luisa Terribile and James Pracilio have been working with host company Clough and local Indigenous employment services agencies to create a range of […]
Lucy Roberts Lucy started her Certificate III in Business Administration Traineeship earlier this year with our host organisation Stowe Australia in Canberra. The team at Stowe were thrilled to hear that Lucy would be recognised for her great work. Nathan McKenna, Contract Administrator – Sydney Construction Division, said: “Lucy has become an integral part of […]
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