The NT Training Awards are a wonderful opportunity to recognise the success in the NT's vocational education and training (VET) sector. Sponsors are valued and ensure that category winners are recognised and well rewarded for their achievements. As many category winners will go on to represent the Territory at the Australian Training Awards, your support will mean that every opportunity to prepare finalists for the national competition is well recognised. For more information about NT Training Awards sponsorship opportunities please contact Jayne Gray on mobile 0401 119 742 or awards@grayconsulting.com.au.
Major Media Sponsors
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About the sponsors
Major sponsors
Apprenticeships Australia
Apprenticeships Australia provides a professional apprentice and trainee recruitment, employment and management service to employers in the Northern Territory and throughout Australia.
For nearly 20 years Apprenticeships Australia has demonstrated a track record of delivering the best outcomes for individuals and business by supporting apprentices and trainees to become skilled and safe workers for the local and national economy.
However, workforce development is more than filling a skills need. It’s a comprehensive coordination of people, training and industry that ensures economic competitiveness and social inclusion.
Apprenticeships Australia provides flexible, industry-relevant and effective solutions to manage recruitment and selection, learning and development, health and safety and human resources.
Brought to you by the people who understand business, Apprenticeships Australia is an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI).
The Chamber of Commerce NT
The Chamber of Commerce NT – the voice of Territory business – is the largest employer association in the Territory and a foundation member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). ACCI is the largest single organisation giving a united voice for industry and commerce in Australia. The Chamber’s mission is to promote an economic environment suitable for the continued development of trade, commerce and industry. As the only truly Territory-wide representative body, the Chamber’s thirty plus staff populate offices in Alice Springs, Katherine and Nhulunbuy with a training arm at Monterey House, Casuarina.
ConocoPhillips 'Energising Communities in the Territory'
Over the last two decades ConocoPhillips has invested extensively in the Territory with the development of the Bayu-Undan and Darwin LNG projects.
ConocoPhillips’ contribution to the Northern Territory’s prosperity has been significant, with more than $360m worth of contracts awarded to Australian businesses during the construction of Darwin LNG.
We remain committed to working with businesses in the Territory and supporting community-based organizations and environmental initiatives to create a more vibrant and sustainable future for all Territorians.
East Arnhem Shire Council (EASC)
East Arnhem Shire Council is a Local Government body delivering a large and unique range of municipal and community services in East Arnhem Region of the Northern Territory.
Driven by an elected Council, the Shire recognises the importance of facilitating the development of all employees and seeks to create a ‘Learning Organisation’, defined as “one in which all people, individually and collectively are continually increasing capacity through employment based training programs and incentives”.
EASC was the first Northern Territory based entity to introduce a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) which aims to build positive relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous people. As one of the largest employers in Arnhem Land, EASC recognises the values and contribution of local Yolgnu people with 68% of the 450 strong workforce being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
Gil Court Memorial Fund
Sponsorship of the Austin Asche Apprentice of the Year award is in honour of the late Mr Gil Court who sadly died several years ago after battling cancer.
Gil worked tirelessly within education and training for more than forty years. In late 1981, he joined the Ranger Mine where he worked for ten years as the training manager, before joining the vocational training advisory network and establishing the Mining Industries Training Advisory Board in the Northern Territory.
An insightful and considered man, Gil gave personal and professional assistance in a manner which influenced many people’s lives over the years.
Sponsorship of the Austin Asche Apprentice of the Year award is in memory of Gil and his contribution to industry.
Group Training NT (GTNT)
GTNT is a local, Territory wide company specialising in workforce development, management and planning. GTNT can assist you attract and retain people to build your business, industry and / or region.
Operating for more than 20 years, GTNT is the largest employer of apprentices in the Northern Territory with more than 500 apprentices / trainees and supported by more than 150 host employers. GTNT screen, recruit and employ apprentices / trainees and then place them with ‘host’ employers, usually from small to medium sized enterprises.
Through monthly mentoring programs, GTNT aim to have course completion rates at more than 80%. If you are looking for an apprenticeship / traineeship or are seeking an apprentice / trainee, GTNT are here to help.
INPEX Corporation
INPEX Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with more than 70 projects across 26 countries.
INPEX is ranked in the top global petroleum companies and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
INPEX has been part of the Australian business community since 1986 and is involved in a number of projects in the Timor Sea and in the Carnarvon, Browse, and Bonaparte basins, offshore Western Australia and the Northern Territory. These include the large scale Ichthys Project, Bayu-Undan Development and Darwin LNG as well as development of the Van Gogh, Ravensworth and Kitan oil fields.
McArthur River Mining
McArthur River Mining (MRM) is a large equal opportunity employer in the Territory and has a strong presence in the training and injection of new skills in the Territory.
MRM is committed to building careers and creating opportunities for all its employees and respects diversity: 21% of our workforce are of Indigenous origin, of which, 20% are women.
MRM shows its strong commitment and the value it places on training outcomes in the Territory, through ongoing site training, accredited training with registered training organisations, solid working partnerships with the Department of Business and Employment and working with local job service providers. These initiatives ensure the continued development and growth of employees within the company.
Supporting the Northern Territory Training Awards is another way MRM shows its support as an employer in the Territory.
Territory Technology Solutions
Territory Technology Solutions employs 75 staff; a far cry from the humble beginnings of a single–person operation in 1999. Their staff have always been important to them. Territory Technology Solutions’ commitment to supporting and growing the IT industry in the Territory is demonstrated by their active support of an apprenticeship scheme that currently employs ten trainees. These staff occupy a variety of roles in the business including accounts, help-desk and technical workshop. They are trained in all aspects of these roles by in-house mentors and progress through the business accordingly. Territory Technology Solutions’ commitment to training has received recognition through being awarded the Group Training Host Employer of the Year in 2008. In 2010 they were proud to see one of their staff receive the NT Training Award for Trainee of the Year.
Major Media sponsors
Southern Cross Television - 7TWO & 7mate 'We've got the Territory covered'
Southern Cross Television arrived in Darwin in 1997 delighting Territorians with a long awaited choice of Television viewing. Southern Cross Television continues to grow in the Territory providing top 7 Network Entertainment to our viewers.
In 2012 we are again proud to announce our support of the NT Training Awards.
Associate Sponsor
Gove Operations, Pacific Aluminium
Pacific Aluminium is a fully integrated business producing over 1 million tons of aluminium each year. We are a business unit of Rio Tinto, the world’s premier mining and resources company. Our operations in Australia and New Zealand employ more than 5,000 people across operations, maintenance, technical roles, and administration.
We are committed to encouraging local employment and retain highly capable, enthusiastic people who enjoy their work and contribute positively to the business.