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GTES 2008 Employee of the Year Awards Dinner

27 November 2008

Garden Court Restaurant, Wagga Wagga

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GTES  Employee of Year 2008 Awards Dinner

At the Garden Court on Thursday evening,  GTES held its 6th Employee of the Year Awards Dinner.  The Garden Court served as a spectacular back drop for the event and was attended by the full compliment of GTES staff, a large number of its Directors, apprentices,  trainees and host employers along with friends and family.
 
The evening was MC’d by General Manager,  Peter Anderson.  Special Guests for the evening were Mr James Barron, CEO of Group  Training Australia and Mr Charles Baker, Executive Officer of The Group Training Association of NSW.
 
Judges for the awards, were Julie Elphick, Chairman of GTES, Mike Cummins, Training Co-ordinator of Riverina State Training Services and Phillip Angel, Head Teacher of Metal Fabrication of Riverina Institute of TAFE.  All the judges attended the dinner and were united in their belief that the 18 strong field of trainees and apprentices represented a level of excellence and work ethic that was and is to be congratulated.

GTES also made a special presentation to Wagga Wagga City Council for their Outstanding Contribution towards Apprentice and Trainee Development, recognising the efforts they have made over the past two years to significantly increase the number of trained people in Wagga and their involvement in the River Restoration Project.  Council  started in early 2007 with 10 Indigenous Conservation and Land management trainees, at the end of 2007 they added 13 Apprentices and Trainees within different vocations. They have another 8 Conservation and Land Management trainees starting next week.  Business Development Manager, Tim Phelps commented that he envisages that there will be more additions as Wagga City Council has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to training and development.  The award was accepted by Deputy Mayor Lindsay Vidler and Christine Klimpsch.

The Chairmans Award, Apprentice of the Year was presented by Julie Elphick to apprentice bricklayer, Troy Barrett.  Troy’s  host employer is Bruce Kennedy Bricklaying.    Mrs Elphick stated that Troy  is a young man going places, we can expect to see great things from him in the future.

Other recipients were

Trainee of the Year    Sally Moore    Dental Assistant Trainee from Peter Street Dental Practice
1st Year Apprentice of Year    Joshua Meiselbach    Apprentice Butcher with Knight Meats
2nd Year Apprentice of Year    Mitchell Garlick   Apprentice Fitter with Rockdale Beef
3rd Year Apprentice of Year    Kurt Boller  Apprentice Electrician with Rockdale Beef
4th Year Apprentice of Year    David Mott  Apprentice Heavy Vehicle Mechanic with Hutcheon & Pearce
Bricklaying Apprentice of Year    Troy Barrett  as above.