Apprentice Program Powers Up

INTEGRAL Energy continued its commitment to skills development in the power industry yesterday by calling for applications from its 2008 apprentice intake.

Excellence In Non-traditional Areas

KAREN Hourigan has been named the region's leading apprentice while Steele Adams won the award in the traineeship category.

Proud Role In Building Hunter's Skills Base

HGT Australia Ltd, a not-for-profit group-training organisation, is proud of its contribution to skilling the workforce of the Hunter Valley.

Chef Crisis Reaches Boiling Point

Michael Cousley had hardly ever set foot in a kitchen when he decided to become a chef's apprentice. Yet that did not stop 12 of Sydney's top restaurants and cafes offering him a job.

Electrical Field Generates Interest For Girls

LYNIE Herbert and Jessie Saulge have successfully tackled the HSC and are now ready to battle the status quo.

Host Employer Of 2004

Blue Circle Southern Cement is proud to keep the apprentice tradition alive.

Apprentice Powers On

IF you're contemplating an apprenticeship or traineeship next year, Naomi Cathcart and Aaron Carle have got advice for you: go for it.

Ahead Of The Rest, Hairdressers Enjoy Futures Set In Growth Industry

Michael Franco doesn't fit the traditional mould of a hairdressing apprentice. Not only is he a man in a trade that still comprises about 80 per cent women, he's got a few years on the school leavers who usually choose hairdressing as their career. The 35-year-old is in the fourth year of his apprenticeship at Head Over Heels salon in Newtown, after giving the flick to his previous career as a jewellery importer. ``I decided I wanted to do something creative," Mr Franco said. ``I just had to try it.

Change Of Career The Right Move For Naomi

TOP apprentice Naomi Cathcart has proved herself a bright spark since she embarked on her new career path.

Winner From A Strong Field

Mark Hale is the Australian Industry Group's Illawarra apprentice/trainee of the year. An apprentice electrical fitter-mechanic with BHP Oil and Gas Pipe, Kembla Grange, Mark won from a strong field of entrants, six of whom were selected as award finalists. Recently married, Mark will comple

`lost Youth' May Be In For A Future Shock

THERE are fewer school-leavers starting apprenticeships in Victoria than at any time in 50 years. In the past two years alone, the number of first-year apprentices in this state has more than halved. The 15-year-old apprentice, who goes straight from school into a full-time career in a chosen tra

Worksafe Shows Its Expertise In Diversified Studies

Scientific research into occupational health and safety issues is an important activity in which Worksafe Australia has unique national expertise. More than 30 occupational health and safety research projects, with far-reaching applications for workers' health, are under way. A recen

Apprentice Dropout Rate Causes Concern

The Department of Employment, Education and Training is trying to work out why more than 50 per cent of apprentices in the motor vehicle and building trades drop out before they complete their training. The shortage of qualified mechanics, vehicle painters, panel beaters and auto-electric

Railway Songsters Steam On At 45rpm

Ray King and Ron Russell are Sydney's own Eveleigh brothers. These two all-singing but non-dancing performing partners first met at the Eveleigh State Rail Authority workshops as apprentice mechanical fitters back in the 1960s. Yesterday, they released their first single. It has a suitab