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North Coast Institute voted Australia’s Best Large Training Provider

Friday 19 November

Logo - Australian Training Awards - 2004 Large Training Provider of the Year

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In the 2004 Australian Training Awards at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Centre last night, TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute won the award for Australia’s best large training provider over competitors from Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.

The awards are hosted and organised by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), and they “identify and reward training providers who are leading us to a high skill, high productivity future,” according to ANTA Chairman David Hind. “Australia’s key to keeping ahead of international competitors is world-class training providers who meet the skill needs of businesses and individuals. Providers like the North Coast Institute are breaking new ground in delivering quality training when, how and where business, students and the community want it,” said Mr Hind. The awards, which are supported by the Federal Department of Education, Science and Training, judge aspects like vocational education practice, client and market focus, contribution to enterprise and community development and strategy and planning processes.

The Director of the North Coast Institute, Neil Black, said that he was absolutely delighted to receive the award “on behalf of the incredibly hard-working and passionate teachers and all other staff throughout the Institute.” Mr Black said that the Institute had started a few years back on a pathway to becoming Australia’s highest-performing training provider, and that the award was recognition of the commitment of our staff to high-quality customer service and continuous improvement. “We are continually striving to become more learner-centred and responsive to industry and community learning needs, and we’re confident that we have the systems, processes and, most importantly, the culture in place to achieve these goals.”

The awards also celebrated the achievements of apprentices, trainees and students around Australia, and Ballina High School was recognised for its excellence in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools.

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Large Training Provider of the Year award

Photo - Chrishna Dixon, Geoff Baldry, Amanda Simm, Lorelle Champion, Neil Black with the award

Chrishna Dixon, Geoff Baldry, Amanda Simm, Lorelle Champion, Neil Black

Contact:
Neil Brown, Manager Media and Public Relations
North Coast Institute of TAFE NSW
6586 2224 0438 624 804