Scholarships and Pathways

For Australian Apprenticeship Ambassador Mary George, her determination to become a pastry chef began at the early age of thirteen where she started her own cupcake baking business. After watching...

For Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador Dusti-lee Franchi, an Australian Apprenticeship has allowed her to explore a career choice in Vehicle Painting. “I wanted to be a hairdresser and when I found...

Three WorldSkills Competitors received the Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF) overseas travel Award in a ceremony at Brisbane Parliament House on Friday 7th of March 2017. This year, the awards included...

Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador Scott Shearan knows the first-hand value in investing in an Australian Apprenticeship. “To be successful in my trade,” Scott explains, “you need to be open to learning...

Established by the Department of Education and Training in 2011, the Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors Program aims to raise the status of the Australian apprenticeships system by showcasing real success stories....

History was made last month as two extraordinary young people were announced the joint winners of the 2016 Ern MacDonald Fellowship. WINNERS: Sharlene Kidd, Perth North Region Peter Ives, Hunter...

After a farewell reception at the VIBE Hotel in Sydney tonight, 16 of WorldSkills Australia’s most talented competitors will commence the 23 hour journey to the UK to take part...

The WorldSkills Australia journey can lead competitors to many different career pathways around the world. For the sixteen highly ambitious individuals that have been selected to take part in the...

It is with great pleasure that we announce that WorldSkills Australia medallists have won three of this year’s scholarships awarded by the Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF). Established in 1976, the...

WorldSkills Australia is thrilled to announce, Sam Spong, 2015 Bricklaying Skills Squad member from Illawarra as the successful recipient of the inaugural ABBTF World Class Bricklaying Development Scholarship. The scholarship,...

Earlier in the year WorldSkills Australia in collaboration with BBM Youth Support and TAFE NSW coordinated a project to have much needed drainage installed in a play area at Giant...

On Monday the 18th of November, recipients of the 2013 BBM Skilled Futures program were recognised at the official BBM Youth Support Awards function held at Parliament House in Sydney....