Rory Milner, winner of the 2019 Apprentice of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about changing from a desk job to getting hands on with the tools.

A former civil engineer, Rory took up an apprenticeship in carpentry and has seen his career skyrocket, picking up several awards and taking on a supervisor position with his employer.

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Taylor Williams, winner of the 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about the self-belief and courage she built through her VET pathway.

In 2017, Taylor started the Australian Public Service Indigenous Apprenticeship Programme with the Department of Defence, graduating 12 months later with a Diploma in Government and a full-time job. Taylor has now become the first person in her family to attend university, a milestone she is proud to have achieved.

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Mick and Amanda Astill, owners of Astill's Electrical Services, are the winners of the 2019 Medium Employer of the Year Award. They talk with Scott Cam about the value that VET can provide to businesses of all sizes.

Astill's Electrical Services started from a small home office in Wondai and hired their first apprentice after three months. The business has kept growing and growing, now well established in Kingaroy with over 20 staff, and VET training is a key part of their business.

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Matt King, runner-up for the 2019 VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about how much he loves teaching a pre-apprenticeship in Electrotechnology.

Matt believes that studying VET in school gives students a chance to gain hands on experience, try out something new and start their career journey. As a bonus, they develop invaluable life skills that serve them in any future career. 

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Shaona Imaru, winner of the 2019 Vocational Student of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about how VET helped her to start following her passion.

Growing up in a Tanzanian refugee camp, Shaona saw how important and fulfilling a career in healthcare could be. After coming to Australia, she found out how VET could help her achieve that goal, land a job as soon as she graduated, and set her up for the future.

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Jake Carter, finalist for the 2019 Apprentice of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about the choice to dive into a mature-age apprenticeship in order to prepare for his future as an electrician.

Jake, who has taken on a leading hand role at work, has come full circle by training a new apprentice. He is full of praise for the flexibility of the VET system and how it accommodates for people from of all different walks of life.

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Arcadia Meldrum, winner of the 2019 Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year Award, talks with Scott Cam about how a school-based apprenticeship was the right fit for her.

Arcadia encourages parents to get out there and have a look at schools that offer VET pathways to see if it’s a learning experience that will benefit their kids.

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Brendan left the army with his eyes on an apprenticeship, but things weren't as easy as he'd hoped. Through resilience and determination, he managed to land an Electrical Instrumentation Apprenticeship after 12 months of experience as a trades' assistant.

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When Hanna went to the first class of her Diploma of Marketing, something sparked within her. She knew that she wanted to bring her family's business of 22 years, Bungendore Country Butchery, into the modern world and quickly realised that her vocational training was the right decision for the future.

Hanna wanted to get straight into the workplace and get ahead quickly using VET, completing a Cert III in Agriculture, a Cert IV in Marketing and a Diploma of Marketing.

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Matt is warm, fun, a self confessed foodie, and a father of two. Matt has

notched up an interesting list of careers, from a musician in the Australian

Navy to media and marketing for the Federal Government.

Matt's journey led to him following his passion for food, taking up a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, and started work as a head chef not long after.

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