Michael Bellamy – Recipient of the AEN Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Bellamy commenced his journey in the group training sector in July 1988, when he joined the then emerging Wimmera and Grampians Group Training Company (which later became WorkCo and is now known as Skillinvest). Being only the 3rd member of the team, Mike quickly established himself as a networker, sharing his passion for the…

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1000 Jobs in 5 Years Community Campaign Launches

Over the last 4 years, Westvic Staffing Solutions have received tremendous support from our communities and have created a total of 743 apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities during our Community Campaigns. As we enter our fifth Community Campaign, we believe with the strong, continued support of our local industry and communities, we can create a total…

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2019 Trades Award Winners

Westvic Staffing Solutions is excited and proud to showcase all our winners in the recent South West TAFE 2019 Trades Awards! Congratulations everyone and thanks to our supportive host employers.

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New SafetyFirst Video

This week the Apprenticeship Employment Network (AEN) released a new video aimed at apprentices and trainees, highlighting the OH&S performance results collected over the past 5 years by AEN members including Westvic Staffing Solutions.   So what have the survey results shown? The greatest at risk are 1st year apprentices aged between 15-24 years of…

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200 Jobs in 100 Days Community Campaign off to a great start

The Westvic Staffing Solutions 200 Jobs in 100 Days Community Campaign launch was off to a flying start last night with over 200 people attending our event to find out what employment opportunities we already have on offer, as well as getting careers advice from our dedicated field consultants and chatting with host employers about…

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Campaign to create 200 jobs for young people ready to kick off

Westvic Staffing Solutions in partnership with South West TAFE are again campaigning to find 200 jobs in 100 days for young people in our local community. The campaign will be launched on Thursday at City Bowls Club, Cramer St Warrnambool between 5pm and 7.30pm. Approximately 20 different employers will be there, along with education providers…

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2000th Multi-Industry Pilot Program Participant Celebrated at Baimbridge Secondary College

Congratulations to the students of Baimbridge Secondary College in Hamilton, who helped celebrate the 2000th participant milestone in the Multi Industry pilot program. Students were awarded their certificates by the Hon. Dan Tehan, Federal Minister for Education. The Multi Industry Program allows students to experience multiple career pathways through training, work experience and industry presentations…

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Youth Jobs PaTH Employability Skills Training (PaTH) – One Year On

Twelve months ago, Jonathon Trigg gained an apprenticeship, with a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and employment at the Mid City Motel in Warrnambool through the Youth Jobs PaTH Employability Skills Training (PaTH) program. Through PaTH, Westvic Staffing Solutions has been able to provide Jonathon with the support and employability skills to succeed in his new career. One…

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Toby’s Apprenticeship Success Story

Toby Hawkins began his school-based apprenticeship (Cert III Engineering Fabrication) with host employer Tasweld Engineering in 2014.  In mid-2015, Toby was offered and took up a full time position at Tasweld Engineering part way through his Year 12. Toby said “leaving school mid-way through year 12 was a difficult decision but I was ready to…

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