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Success Stories

Success Stories is an initiative that celebrates the success of individuals and businesses who have embraced vocational education and training.

These are their stories.

  • School-based Apprenticeship Fashions a Career

    A School-based Apprenticeship was the career start that Melinda needed to pursue her passion for fashion. When Melinda graduates from VCE, she will have the qualifications and skills she needs to secure higher level training and a job in the fashion industry.

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  • Waste Disposal Deliver Training Right on Target

    'Education costs ... lack of education costs more!' Lara-based Sweeney Todd Waste Disposal has built a strong relationship with the Gordon Institute of TAFE to deliver targeted training for its staff. 

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  • Own Your Own Business: the Apprentice Becomes Master

    An apprenticeship in carpentry was the training that Clayton needed to achieve a lifelong ambition - owning his own successful construction business.

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  • Diploma Makes a Difference to Community in Need

    After returning from an inspirational experience in Nepal, Kirk pursued his interest in positive community change through a Diploma of Community Development. Kirk believes that the Diploma was the starting point he needed to make his ambitions a reality.

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  • Adult Learning Taken Back to the Community

    Judy first contacted The Avenue Neighbourhood House in 2000 looking for help with reading and writing skills – a big step for someone whose previous experiences of education had been of failure and negativity.

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Skills Victoria

  • recognises the outstanding achievements of individuals who have excelled in training to create their own pathway to success
  • recognises the successful combination of VET training and on-the-job experience by Victorian businesses to become leaders and innovators.