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25.01.2022 Vanuatu Graduation 25 November 2020

25.01.2022 We take pride in our alumni and their successes in the industry. Congratulations to Ilisoni for showcasing his collection in the next generation show, drawing his motivation from his parent’s hometown. Well done! https://bit.ly/3lMp0JL

21.01.2022 The APTC has established a collaborative partnership with the The National University of Samoa (NUS) and the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) aimed at delivering real outcomes for Tourism workers affected by #COVID19 through higher quality TVET training, #skillsdevelopment and employment. To this end, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the APTC, NUS and the STA on Friday 23 October in Apia, Samoa . The new formalised partnership brings together the collectiv...e efforts of the three organisations, which include the upcoming #APTC training for the STA and tourism sector under the Government of Samoa's Stimulus Package, and joint program development opportunities in the pipeline with NUS in Tourism and Hospitality. APTC Chief Executive Officer, Soli Middleby, joined the partnership signing virtually from Fiji and participated in marking the collaborative milestone with attendees from the Australian High Commission, NUS, STA, Nuanua O Le Alofa, Disability Advocacy Organisation in Samoa, Samoa Qualification Authority (SQA) and other key government ministries. These efforts and focus are more critical than ever as we work to build resilience and enable recovery during the #COVID19 Pandemic for our Pacific Island Countries. This partnership demonstrates a recognition that in doing so together, we can achieve more and enhance success towards these goals, Ms Middleby said. APTC looks forward to the upcoming work to be done in partnership with the NUS and the STA! creatingskillsforlife #TVET #partnerships #PacificSkills Australian High Commission, Samoa Samoa Tourism

20.01.2022 Congratulations to 38 ni-Vanuatu nationals who graduated in Port Vila on Wednesday 25 November with Australian-standard qualifications, delivered by APTC! In her keynote remarks, Jennifer Kausei encouraged the new graduates to continue learning and to be role models in their communities. Australian High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Sarah deZoeten, also congratulated the graduates, making a special mention of the three Torba students who traveled from one of Vanuatu’s most remot...e islands in Torres to Port Vila for their 6-month training. This training opportunity was made possible through APTC and the Vanuatu Skills Partnership’s shared commitment to reaching rural communities and upskilling ni-Vanuatu workers with Australian qualifications. Despite the rainy weather, the day marked a special milestone for these talented women and men of Vanuatu. The ceremony, moderated by APTC’s Country Director for Vanuatu and Nauru, Anna Naupa, was virtually witnessed by APTC CEO, Soli Middleby, APTC Vocational Training Manager for Vanuatu and Nauru, Natasha Murray, and attended in person by partners, alumni, families and friends.

19.01.2022 Vanuatu Graduation 25 Nov 20200

18.01.2022 Winding down our Aria Restaurant’s service schedules in Papua New Guinea with a cocktail night this Friday! It’s a GESI-themed night so come in your best orange wear. We are grateful for your patronage in supporting our students journey to success in their fields of expertise.... All public health guidelines for a COVID-safe experience are being followed at APTC training locations. We hope to see you there! #creatingskillsforlife

18.01.2022 Collaboration, partnership and locally led development are integral to the way APTC works. To support these efforts, we are thrilled to welcome Isamaeli Time, who joins APTC as our Partnership and Coalition Coordinator, based at our Samoa Country Office in Apia . Isamaeli joins the APTC family with an extensive background in climate change, project management, stakeholder engagement and consultation, monitoring, evaluation and learning.... In his new role, he will be on the frontline of APTC’s various partnership initiatives, focusing on collaborating with TVET providers, the Samoan Government and development partners. Isamaeli is passionate about environmentalism and climate change. While working in the technical and policy sphere of the environment and climate change landscape in the Pacific over the years, he also contributed to the creation of the first local taro whiskey product, launched by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa in 2018. When asked about his motivation for joining APTC, Isamaeli said he was keen on providing a platform of mutual benefit for graduates. By ensuring graduates are well-equipped with skills and knowledge, employability is increased. They then support their respective industries and sectors, therefore enhancing their services and promoting economic growth, he said. His life outside of work revolves around his family and two children, with sports, particularly rugby, as his hobbies. APTC is excited to welcome Isamaeli to the APTC family. Congratulations, Isamaeli, and we look forward to working together ! #creatingskillsforlife #TVET Australian High Commission, Samoa

17.01.2022 It’s all heads down to work smarter for the APTC team in Papua New Guinea following the launch of the Sub National Growth Investment (SNGI) Project to expand and develop the delivery of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country. Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Mr Jon Philp launched the initiative at the Bougainville Technical College (BTC) in Bougainville last month. The initiative provides #APTC the opportunity to work in coll...aboration with three TVET higher education institutions in PNG. APTC will be embarking on a TVET strengthening project with the Bougainville Technical College, Mt. Hagen Technical College and the Highlands Agriculture College in Western Highlands Province. https://bit.ly/3nARdUt #creatingskillsforlife #TVET #PacificSkills #PNGAusPartnership Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea

16.01.2022 APTC in partnership with the IFC - International Finance Corporation will launch a 12-day competency-based training program to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV) as a workplace issue and promote workplace response to GBV. The course will be piloted in Suva from next month to Human Resource (HR), Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) professionals. It is expected that APTC will offer the course in the Pacific regularly and be ...localised for other regions. Workplace responses to GBV support individuals that are affected by violence, create more respectful and safer workplaces and improve business bottom lines. Click here to read more: https://www.fijitimes.com/ifc-aptc-partner-to-offer-traini/

15.01.2022 APTC Vanuatu staff and students danced the #JerusalemaChallenge to encourage everyone to #SayNoToViolence as the annual 16 Days of Activism commences on the 25 November! Watch here https://bit.ly/2UYPUSM

15.01.2022 As we move forward after the celebration of #Diwali , let us remember to focus on the key themes of the Festival of Lights, which signifies good over evil, victory over defeat, light over darkness, and awareness over ignorance. While #creatingskillsforlife is at the heart of APTC's work, we are also committed to embracing cultural diversity and festivity to foster the spirit of union to work as a team, and strengthen a shared sense of belonging. Seen here is the APTC family ...in Suva, Fiji that got together to celebrate Diwali at the office last week. Let's continue to light up our lives with happiness, joy, unity and peace. #creatingskillsforlife #Diwali2020

13.01.2022 Congratulations to our trainer for Certificate III in Applied Fashion Design & Technology (MST30816), Arunesh Sami for her AVS designs featuring resort wear collection . Her choice of fabric is a mixture of Pacific Island pattern, designed to represent the ocean, land and people. She says that her collection reflects values such as respect, love, humility and calmness. Also an alumnus of APTC, Arunesh acknowledges her mentor and trainer, Ms Karlene Dangerfield. Way to go Arunesh! https://bit.ly/3nAkKh1

11.01.2022 APTC alumni in Lae and Mt Hagen in Papua New Guinea were recently part of the Labour Mobility Track (LMT) awareness and survey. With the aim to find out about alumni interest in the LMT participation, APTC PNG Communication, Alumni and Events officer, Elaine Vaina, travelled with the recruitment drive team to Lae and Mt Hagen to conduct the awareness sessions. Alumni in Lae were fortunate to have a representative from the Australian Consulate General’s office to speak to ...them and invite them to visit their office to register their interest for the Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme. Meanwhile, alumni in the Highlands region have shown interest in the Labour Mobility Track and the opportunities available to them as APTC alumni outside of Port Moresby. Thanks to our alumni in Mt Hagen and APTC's growing partnership with other TVET institutions such as the Mt Hagen Technical College, alumni representatives, who are also trainers at the institute, provided support in organising the session. APTC alumni from as far as Yalibu in the Southern Highlands Province and Jiwaka Province came to attend the awareness session that was held at the Mt Hagen Technical College in Western Highlands Province. The visit also provided an opportunity to hear of some of the challenges faced by the alumni from outside centres, including their inability to connect with each other, and discuss ways to ensure everyone is part of the bigger Alumni network. #creatingskillsforlife #APTCAlumni #labourmobility Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea

11.01.2022 Congratulations and well done to 15 locals from Boera in the Central Province in Papua New Guinea , who proudly graduated from APTC with internationally recognised Certificate II in Construction (CPC20112). Among the graduates were three women and 12 men, who recently received their certificates at Edai Town outside of Port Moresby. Chairman of the Boera Holdings Limited, Sir Moi Avei, thanked APTC for the partnership , saying it was his vision to see his people in B...oera Village access education to improve their livelihoods. He congratulated the graduates for receiving their Australian qualifications. APTC PNG’s Country Director, Dr Brad Shaw, thanked the Edai Town Development and Boera Holdings Limited for organizing the event. It is important for students to finish the student journey from program orientation to graduation. Due to #COVID19, APTC has organised a virtual graduation for our 2020 completed students, but this Edai Town cohort are the lucky ones because Edai Town has sponsored and organised this for you," Dr Shaw added. He also commended one of the female graduates, Keke Namona, and her male colleague for successfully progressing to take up Certificate III in Carpentry (CPC30211) with the APTC. #creatingskillsforlife #TVET #PacificSkills #PNGAusPartnership Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea

10.01.2022 LIVESTREAM ALERT: VANUATU GRADUATION #creatingskillsforlife #OneStoryManyLives

09.01.2022 Join us on Wednesday 25 November at our Visions Restaurant in Apia, Samoa for a Table d'hôte dinner session. There are delicious meals to choose from. From 6pm, we invite you to come and experience the services provided by our talented Commercial Cookery and Hospitality students. Please call us on +685 26844 or email [email protected] to make a booking. See poster below for details.... All public health guidelines for a COVID-safe experience are being followed at APTC training locations. We hope to see you there! #creatingskillsforlife

07.01.2022 Solomon Islands APTC Alumni got together on Thursday, 4 March, to meet their Alumni Chapter Leadership Committee and welcome the newest cohort of alumni members who graduated in 2020 and February 2021. The Alumni Umi Stori Tugeda event aimed to inform the alumni of their annual work plan and professional development plan for 2021. Members suggested an information session on Australia and New Zealand Award Scholarships for their next meeting. Chairperson, Ender Rence, than...ked the alumni for coming to the meeting and encouraged them to stay connected via their Facebook page for updates on alumni activities and upcoming opportunities. "Taggio Tumass APTC for the continuous support towards our alumni programs and activities. We also acknowledge our members for their suggestions and recommendations to improve our leadership and planning," Ms Rence said. #creatingskillsforlife #APTCSolomonIslandsAlumni #Umitugedacreatingskillsforlife #APTCAlumni Australian High Commission, Solomon Islands

06.01.2022 APTC is pleased to be part of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a worldwide initiative launched by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at its first Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991. Violence against women and girls takes many different forms in the Pacific and as such, we at APTC believe that all people have a right to live a life free from violence or the threat of violence. We must all play our role in working together i...n eliminating violence against women in our region, not only because it is their human right but also because of the impact is has both directly or indirectly on our staff and our students. In the 16 Days of Activism ahead of us, and beyond into the new year, we urge all to renew our stand against all forms of violence. It is with these little steps decisions that we can make in our everyday lives that we can all contribute towards eliminating violence completely. #SayNotoViolence #16DaysofActivism

05.01.2022 Are you passionate about skills and human development? Are you interested in working as part of a dynamic team contributing to Pacific prosperity through a skilled, inclusive and productive workforce? The Australia Pacific Training Coalition is a center for training excellence and collaboration, and works across the Pacific with a range of partners. APTC is currently recruiting for the following vacancies:... 1. Communications, Alumni and Events Officer - Port Vila, Vanuatu (Applications due: 22 November 2020) 2. Director Academic (TVET) - Port Moresby, PNG (Applications due: 23 November 2020) 3. Director Operations - Port Moresby, PNG (Applications due: 23 November 2020) 4. Executive Director - Port Moresby, PNG (Applications due: 23 November 2020) 5. Trainer- Agriculture Honiara, Solomon Islands (Applications due: 9 December 2020) Learn more about APTC and these exciting roles: https://bit.ly/2OWkSXp #creatingskillsforlife

04.01.2022 Join us for our final Visions session for 2020! This Friday 27 November, we have our Buffet Lunch session in Apia, Samoa and we invite you to experience the amazing talents of our Commercial Cookery and Hospitality students. Please call us on +685 26844 or email [email protected] to make a booking. We look forward to hosting you!... #creatingskillsforlife

03.01.2022 In partnership with Fiji National University and Fiji Higher Education Commission, our Fiji Country Office convened a workshop to draw experiences of TVET remote learning during the COVID-19 closure and ways to strengthen TVET delivery in crisis and emergencies. With an independent consultant to facilitate the discussions, we also involved our students and those from FNU and USP to listen from them as well, on the challenges and opportunities of remote delivery of TVET.... We thank our valuable partners for a productive Friday of discussions and anticipate that a proposed Guideline on TVET Remote Delivery will emerge from today’s discussions. #RemoteLearning #creatingskillsforlife

03.01.2022 SOLOMON ISLANDS VIRTUAL GRADUATION: On Wednesday 18 November 2020, we will be celebrating our graduates in the Solomon Islands . Tune in to the radio broadcast via Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) at 2pm Honiara Time! The virtual graduation video will be available on Facebook simultaneously. #creatingskillsforlife #OneStoryManyLives

03.01.2022 Join us on Tuesday 17 November at our Aria Restaurant in Port Moresby, PNG for lunch or dinner. There are delicious meals to choose from. Please call 7640 5600 or email [email protected] to make a booking. See posters below for details. We appreciate your patronage and support that enables us to give our students the best hands-on training to enhance their #skills in event catering, fine dining and food production across our regional training restaurants.... We hope to see you there! All public health guidelines for a COVID-safe experience are being followed at APTC training locations. #creatingskillsforlife

01.01.2022 Congratulations to 11 locals in Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea , for completing their Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways (FSK20113) Diesel Fitting, with APTC. The certificate program equipped five women and six men from Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) with basic literacy and numeracy skills, office behaviour and etiquette, and technical skills in Diesel Fitting. The training was made possible through a partnership between APTC and the ...LOTIC Bige Limited (LBL) in 2018. Part of the agreement was to upskill unemployed youth in the Western Province for employment opportunities with OTML. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for OTML, Musje Werror, challenged the graduates to leave behind legacies beyond mining life. Acknowledging the partnership between LBL and APTC to provide training and upskilling opportunities to the locals, Mr Werror said the graduates’ invaluable skills would go a long way in developing the Western Province and PNG as a whole. He encouraged the graduates to develop the right attitude and be professionals in their career pathways. APTC Country Director, Dr Brad Shaw, acknowledged and congratulated the graduates for completing the course despite the COVID-19 disruptions. He called on local funding agencies and development entities such as the Ok Tedi Development Foundation (OTDF) to support youth in the mining communities to engage in training opportunities. LBL also announced job offers to a female and a male graduate at the certificate presentation on 19 February, 2021. Congratulations and best wishes to all the graduates! #creatingskillsforlife #TVET #PNGAuspartnership #skills Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea

01.01.2022 In response to the impact of COVID-19, APTC collaborated with UNDP in the Pacific, the Pacific Tourism Organisation and the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association to develop and contextualise two micro-credential courses. The objective is to provide relevant training opportunities to identified Pacific Island businesses and workers who have been adversely impacted by the economic disruption resulting from the pandemic so that they will be well-positioned to regain employment and... reopen businesses as the economy recovers. The project will also engage with Pacific TVET partners to support the ongoing delivery across affected Pacific countries to further develop new skillsets and build employment opportunities to support Pacific Island economic recovery from COVID-19. To date over 2100 applications have been received from participating Pacific countries. Click here to read more: https://www.uncdf.org//online-courses-on-new-technologies-