FINALISTS for 2024

VET in Schools Student of the Year

Madeline Rohr

Certificate III in Agriculture

Trained by Tamworth Public Schools

Macintyre High School

Isabella Thompson

Certificate III in Agriculture

Trained by Tamworth Public Schools

Macintyre High School Inverell

Gabriella Ward

Cert III in Health Services Assistance

Trained by TAFE NSW

Peel High School Tamworth

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander of the Year

Jasmin Briggs

Certificate III in Health Services Assistance

Trained by TAFE NSW

Employer NSW Health – Bingara Multi-Purpose Service Hospital

Michaela Copeland

Certificate III in Business Administration

Trained by Public Schools Tamworth

Employer Services NSW

Hank Flett

Certificate III in Conservation and Ecosystem Management

Trained by TOCAL College

Employer NSW Local Land Services

School Based Apprentice/ Trainee of the Year

Erica Bizant

Certificate III in Health Services Assistance

Trained by TAFE NSW

Quirindi High School

Hunter New England Local Health District

Jedd Mansfield

Certificate III in Health Services Assistance

Trained by TAFE NSW

St Mary’s College Gunnedah

Hunter New England Local Health District

Philippa Schoup

Certificate III in Health Services Assistance

Trained by TAFE NSW

Warialda High School

Hunter New England Local Health District

Vocational Student of the Year

Pauline Bush

Certificate III in Business

Trained by ARC Training

Employer Home Nursing Group HealthCare Australia

Sarah McLachlan

Cert III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Trained by International Childcare College

Employer Inverell District Family Services Ltd

Megan Stanton

Diploma of Counselling

Trained by Joblink Plus

Employer Centrecare New England North West

Trainee of the Year

Andrew Friend

Certificate IV in Wool Classing

Trained by TAFE NSW

Employer Jemalong Wool Brokers Pty Ltd

Sarah Janson

Certificate III in Horticulture

Trained by JobLink Plus Ltd

Employer Tamworth Regional Council

Jayden Townsend

Certificate IV in Community Services

Trained by Joblink Plus Ltd

Employer Tamworth Family Support Services

Apprentice of the Year

Mitchell Hamblin

Certificate III Engineering – Fabrication Trade

Trained by Axial Training Pty Ltd

Employer Many Fabrications and Engineering Pty Ltd, Gunnedah

Damon Marshall

Certificate III in Mobile Plant Technology

Trained by TAFE NSW

Employer Hunter Valley Training Company

Maules Creek Coal Pty Ltd

Mitchell Nairn

Certificate III in Electrotechnology – Electrician

Trained by TAFE NSW

Employer Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd

VET Teacher / Trainer of the Year

Lettitia Dean

Early Childhood Education and Care Field of Study

Employer Joblink Plus Ltd, Tamworth

Ian Rutherford

Construction Field of Study

Employer TAFE NSW in Armidale

Simone Williams

Health and Nursing field of Study

Employer TAFE NSW in Tamworth