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Conditions of entry

By entering the 2025 Victorian Training Awards, you agree to abide by the following conditions of entry.

All categories

  1. A nominee must not be nominated for any similar award in another state or territory in the same year.
  2. Entrants must meet all eligibility requirements for the award category they are nominating or being nominated for.
  3. All nominations must be submitted online via the Award Force portal at: https://vta.awardsplatform.com(opens in a new window)
  4. All applications must meet their specific award criteria and be factually correct for the submission to be considered a valid entry. Non-compliance with entry requirements will be sufficient reason for the Victorian Training Awards team to reject the application.
  5. Nominations will not be accepted after 23:59 pm 28 April 2025. The Victorian Skills Authority reserves the right to extend the deadline for nominations for any emerging circumstance.
  6. It is the responsibility of all nominees and nominators to ensure that they have selected the correct category.
  7. The Victorian Skills Authority reserves the right to reassign nominations lodged to incorrect categories at its discretion.
  8. By applying, nominees agree that all, or part of any non-confidential details from their nomination, photographs and recordings can be used in a range of publicity and promotional materials related to skills and training or the Australian Training Awards, such as online, in a broadcast and print media.
  9. All finalists will be required to attend a virtual interview with the judging panel.
  10. All finalists are required to attend the Victorian Training Awards related events and ceremony on 19 September 2025.
  11. Finalists and winners of the Victorian Training Awards acknowledge that they may be required to participate in media interviews.
  12. Finalists and winners of the Victorian Training Awards may be required to participate in speaking opportunities arranged by the principal partner or the major sponsors of their category.

Individual categories

  1. Where an entrant is not self-nominated, they must agree to being nominated.
  2. Victorian Training Award individual winners will be required to represent the state as finalists at the Australian Training Awards in November/December 2025.
  3. All individual winners of the Victorian Training Awards will be required to attend a 2 day professional development program to prepare for the Australian Training Awards. Further details for individual finalists attending the professional development program will be provided after the Victorian Training Awards.

Business and training provider categories

  1. All training initiatives, courses and registered training organisations (RTOs) referenced in nominations must either be registered with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority(opens in a new window) (VRQA) or Australian Skills Quality Authority(opens in a new window) (ASQA) for course delivery in Victoria.
  2. RTOs in training provider categories must have their head office located in Victoria.
  3. To be considered for selection all RTOs delivering courses must have ‘Scope of Registration’ to deliver such courses in Victoria.
  4. Organisational winners of the Victorian Training Awards, in aligned categories, will be nominated to represent Victoria as finalists at the Australian Training Awards in November/December 2025.

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