Sponsors of the 2024 Victorian Training Awards

Proud sponsor of the Employer Award for Apprenticeship Development

At Metro, We Move Melbourne

We operate 239 six/seven-carriage trains across 16 lines, 222 stations and 998 kilometres of track, seven days a week.

Metro has over 7,000 employees across diverse locations, from frontline train drivers and signallers to station staff and corporate office workers. We strive to represent the community we serve and are proud to have one of the largest groups of female drivers in the world.

Together, we work as one team to deliver safe, reliable train services, and an exceptional passenger experience for all Victorians and visitors to Melbourne. We maintain and renew the railway network to ensure assets are safe and operate reliably.

We partner with the State Government to deliver city-shaping projects and build Melbourne’s railway of the future.

Proud sponsor of the Large Training Provider Award

ReadyTech(opens in a new window) is home to the education market’s most trusted student management and skills assessment systems for tertiary, higher education and vocational education and training providers.

Bringing together a family of technologies designed to solve problems across the entire student journey, ReadyTech has created a one-stop-shop to answer today’s student engagement, management and retention challenges.

Managing your end-to-end student journey doesn’t stop there — ReadyTech’s technology also supports TAFEs, Registered Training Organisations and tertiary education providers with skills tracking, planning and assessment technology that seamlessly integrates with their student management system for an end-to-end view.

Proud sponsor of the Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award

Victoria’s VET Development Centre(opens in a new window) (VDC) provides continuous professional learning to all teaching and non-teaching staff in the VET Sector. Since 2012, VDC has provided 4000+ programs and events to over 100,000 attendees. There are no membership fees to access VDC services.

VDC Professional Learning Programs offer an extensive range of in person, online and hybrid continuing professional learning for the VET and Adult Learning Workforce. Sessions include highly engaging and interactive webinars, half and full day workshops, self-paced eLearns and special activities such the Australian VET Sustainability Fellowship, VDC News, the VET National Teaching & Learning Conference, World Teachers’ Day webinar and free Thought Leadership webinars throughout the year.

Proud sponsor of the School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year Award

MEGT is an Australian not-for-profit business that has supported employers, apprentices, and trainees since 1982. MEGT’s free services include:

• sign-up and registration of apprentices and trainees
• assistance with government financial incentives
• processing of training contracts and incentive claim forms
• online job boards
• employer and job seeker toolkits
• online access to apprentice and trainee records
• ongoing contact and support.

With a dedicated local presence in every state, there’s an MEGT(opens in a new window) office near you.

Proud sponsor of the Vocational Student of the Year Award

Victorian TAFEs(opens in a new window) offer over 950 courses for hundreds of careers as well as pathways to further education. With quality, practical training, TAFE enables students to hit the ground running once they have graduated. Free TAFE reduces the financial barrier for students wanting to train in courses that lead to the occupations that are needed most by employers in the Victorian economy.

Whether starting your career, changing to something new, returning to work, or seeking new and updated skills – TAFE will take you there.

Proud sponsor of Koorie Student of the Year Award

The Department of Education(opens in a new window) Victoria has a consolidated focus on achieving education outcomes for children and young people across Victoria.

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services. The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration.

The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

Proud sponsor of the Trainee of the Year Award

Apprenticeships Victoria(opens in a new window) (AV) is here to enable real and rewarding apprenticeships and traineeships for all Victorians, including:

• young people just starting out in the workforce
• workers aiming to re-skill and make a fresh start
• retrenched apprentices and trainees looking to get back on track with training
• women, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates.

There are many great opportunities for apprentices and trainees who are keen to earn while they learn, develop real-world skills, and get an up-close view of what their future career could look like.

Proud sponsor of the Apprentice of the Year Award

Westvic Staffing Solutions(opens in a new window) is proud to be part of the Victorian Training Awards. As an employment, training and educational specialist they are passionate about helping people reach their career goals, and the organisation has supported more than 14,000 trainees and apprentices in beginning their career journey since its inception 3 decades ago.

Westvic Staffing Solutions recognises the importance of acknowledging successful vocational education and training journeys. In doing so, they are delighted to partner with government as a sponsor of the 2024 Victorian Training Awards.

Proud sponsor of the Inclusive Training Provider of the Year

BUSY At Work - The Apprenticeship Community provides advice and support tailored to the needs of employers and apprentices throughout the apprenticeship lifecycle – all the way from pre-commencement to completion.

Proud People's Choice sponsor of the Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award

The Victorian TAFE Association(opens in a new window) (VTA) is a not-for-profit organisation that informs, supports and represents the interests of the Victorian TAFE sector, including Victoria’s 12 TAFE institutes, four dual sector universities and AMES Australia.

The VTA proudly champions the interests of public vocational education providers with a focus on sustainability, quality, and outcomes for industry, community and learners.

Proud People's Choice sponsor of the Vocational Student of the Year Award

Victorian TAFEs (opens in a new window)offer over 500 courses for hundreds of careers as well as pathways to further education. With quality, practical training, TAFE enables students to hit the ground running once they have graduated. Free TAFE reduces the financial barrier for students wanting to train in courses that lead to the occupations that are needed most by employers in the Victorian economy.

Whether starting your career, changing to something new, returning to work, or seeking new and updated skills — TAFE will take you there.

Proud People's Choice sponsor of the Apprentice of the Year Award

MEGT is an Australian not-for-profit business that has supported employers, apprentices, and trainees since 1982. MEGT’s free services include:

• sign-up and registration of apprentices and trainees
• assistance with government financial incentives
• processing of training contracts and incentive claim forms
• online job boards
• employer and job seeker toolkits
• online access to apprentice and trainee records
• ongoing contact and support.

With a dedicated local presence in every state, there’s an MEGT(opens in a new window) office near you.

Proud People's Choice sponsor of the School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year

Reece Group(opens in a new window) is a leading distributor of plumbing, waterworks and HVAC-R products to commercial and residential customers through over 800 branches in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Established in 1920 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: REH), Reece Group has approximately 9,000 employees committed to improving the lives of its customers by striving for greatness every day.