2016 Meat Industry Training Awards
The 2016 Meat Industry Awards are now open. This year there are six awards to be won:
1. Meat Industry Training Initiative Award
The Meat Industry Training Initiative Award will recognise a leading edge program or product developed and implemented for the purpose of providing high quality education and training in the meat industry. The principal nominee will be one organisation (or part thereof) which initiated or implemented the development of the program or product.
2. Meat Industry Employer of the Year Training Award
The Meat Industry Employer of the Year Training Award will be presented to an enterprise with 20 or more employees that demonstrates outstanding commitment and excellence in providing training to their employees.
Organisations which are RTOs providing services to the meat industry are not eligible for this category. Enterprise RTOs may nominate under this category.
3. Meat Industry Training Provider of the Year
To be eligible for this award, an organisation must:
- be a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) with one or more qualifications from the MTM11 or AMP Australian Meat Industry Training Package on its scope of registration
- have as its core business the delivery of vocational education and training
- have provided training and assessment services to a meat industry company within the last twelve months.
4. Meat Industry Trainer of the Year
The Meat Industry Trainer of the Year Award recognises innovation and excellence demonstrated by individual’s providing vocational education and training to meat industry students.
5. Meat Industry Vocational Student of the Year
This award is for a person who has undertaken an accredited vocational education and training qualification, relevant to the meat industry, within the last twelve months, either as a full-time or part-time student.
6. Meat Industry Cert II or III Student of the Year
This award is for a person who has completed an accredited vocational education and training qualification at Certificate II or III, relevant to the meat industry, within the last twelve months.
The awards will be presented at the MINTRAC Paddock to Plate National Training Conference in April. All prize-winners will receive an individual plaque as well as recognition on the Training Awards Honour Boards at MINTRAC. Some may also receive prizes from award sponsors.
Application forms are available on the MINTRAC website
Nominations close on March 18 2016.
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Aaron Murphy, 2015 Meat Industry Vocational Student of the Year
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