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TRAINING | Nominations Open for the 2021 AGWA Apprentice of the Year Awards
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE 2021 AGWA APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARDS
MELISSA BAKER National Industry Development Manager, Australian Glass & Window Association
Apprentices are the future of the glass and window industry. They play an integral role and make an enormous contribution to the businesses that employ them. By recognising the best apprentices at both a state and national level we, as an industry, let apprentices know we are looking for professional tradespeople and will recognise their excellence through these awards.
The Apprentice of the Year Awards will be judged at a state level and state winners will be announced in August, 2021. The State Apprentice of the Year winners will then go on to be judged at a national level by competing in a practical CAPSTONE showcase where the national award winner will be determined.
Nominations opened on 1 June and will close on 30 July, 2021. Nominees must have been enrolled in formal apprenticeship training between 1 June, 2020, and 31 August, 2021, and nominees must be employed by a financial AGWA member or be an Apprentice Glazier member of the AGWA.
Categories for nomination are as follows:
RISING STAR
This award is presented to an outstanding apprentice, in the first or second year of their apprenticeship, who consistently demonstrates quality workmanship. To be eligible for this award, the apprentice must have been 21 or younger when they commenced their apprenticeship.
COMMERCIAL FABRICATOR / INSTALLER
This award is presented to a third or fourth year apprentice who can demonstrate a high level of capability in commercial fabrication or installation work.
RESIDENTIAL FABRICATOR / INSTALLER
This award is presented to a third or fourth year apprentice who can demonstrate a high level of capability in residential fabrication or installation work.
GLASS PROCESSOR
This award is presented to a third or fourth year apprentice who can demonstrate a high level of capability in glass processing work.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Nominees must complete a nomination form (available from the AGWA website or associated RTOs) which requires:
• A general work history of the nominee (18 marks).
• A portfolio of a project of work that the nominee has completed (22 marks).
• RTO endorsement of nominee (30 marks).
• Employer endorsement of nominee (30 marks).
Nominees will then be invited for a Zoom interview with the AGWA Apprentice Awards Panel where they will be asked a further six questions (60 marks). The highest scoring apprentice in each category will be the winner.
OVERALL AWARD CATEGORIES
STATE APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
This award is presented to the highest scoring third or fourth year apprentice from the above Commercial, Residential or Processor categories. To be eligible for this award, the apprentice must have been 21 or younger when they commenced their apprenticeship and must not have completed their apprenticeship prior to 1 June, 2020.
NATIONAL APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Each State Apprentice of the Year winner goes on to compete in the CAPSTONE assessment for National Apprentice of the Year. In 2021, the CAPSTONE assessment will be held in Sydney with State Apprentice of the Year winners being flown to Sydney by AGWA to compete in the prestigious event. The National Apprentice of the Year will be awarded to the highest scoring apprentice in the assessment of practical and theoretical skills.
2020 AGWA National Apprentice of the Year, Jye Kimpton (left), with Peter Den Boer at the Western Australia Golf Day.
