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Welcome

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is Australia's largest Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program in the Pacific & Timor-Leste.

It is focused on supporting inclusive skills development and ensuring training meets the needs of national and regional labour markets.

Who we are

APTC was established in 2007 and is in its third phase, scheduled to conclude in March 2025. TAFE Queensland implements the program on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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42.7k

completions
(Since 2007)

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44.5%

women trained
(20,915)

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2,618

employed through Labour Mobility
(Since 2019)

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51

TVET Partners

Impact Stories

Aged care training equips locals with knowledge for overseas employment opportunities

Aged care training equips locals with knowledge for overseas employment opportunities

30 Jul 2024
Welding course transforms Sisilia’s life

Welding course transforms Sisilia’s life

31 May 2024
Over 200 Papua New Guineans gain TVET qualifications

Over 200 Papua New Guineans gain TVET qualifications

01 Jul 2022
Cheryl fulfills her dream through upskilling and APTC training

Cheryl fulfills her dream through upskilling and APTC training

26 Feb 2021
Vanuatu education sector boosts its leadership capacity nationwide

Vanuatu education sector boosts its leadership capacity nationwide

15 Oct 2020
Solomon Islands youth workers to gain Australian qualification

Solomon Islands youth workers to gain Australian qualification

15 Oct 2020

Latest News

APTC equips 25 i-Kiribati with skills to drive economic progress
APTC graduates in Kiribati after receiving their certificates at the graduation ceremony on 25 September, 2024.

APTC equips 25 i-Kiribati with skills to drive economic progress

13 Oct 2024
Regina drives change, empowering women in the TVET sector
Regina Murang, a proud alumna of APTC, is now a Senior Trainer at the Mount Hagen Technical College in Papua New Guinea.

Regina drives change, empowering women in the TVET sector

18 Sep 2024
Building Safer Roads: Australian Investment Enhances Safety Standards in Fiji

Building Safer Roads: Australian Investment Enhances Safety Standards in Fiji

03 Jul 2024
74 Solomon Islanders graduate with job-ready skills

74 Solomon Islanders graduate with job-ready skills

22 Mar 2024
APTC’s Microcredentials to Boost Skills for PALM Workers

APTC’s Microcredentials to Boost Skills for PALM Workers

13 Feb 2024
88 Papua New Guineans build TVET careers with Australian qualifications

88 Papua New Guineans build TVET careers with Australian qualifications

30 Oct 2023
"...our commitment as a region to a Blue Pacific brings many challenges. In saying this, education remains key to many of these challenges and essential to our economic and social development as individual states and a region. APTC, therefore, clearly has a role in all of this and will no doubt continue to have relevance to being a key educational institute to support and strengthen local and regional institutes and a tool for Australia’s foreign policy in economic and social empowerment of the region."
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H.E. Ms Hinauri Petana

High Commissioner of Samoa to Australia

"I would like to express again our appreciation to the Government of Australia for the foresight in the creation of the APTC and for its continued support of an institution that is fast becoming a very valuable asset in the development of Samoa and island countries of the Pacific."
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Honourable Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

Prime Minister of Samoa

"I would like to conclude by wishing the continuation of the good work of APTC and the partners, who have collectively worked hand in hand to respond to the human capacity and skills needs throughout Fiji’s sugar industry."
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Mr Corrado Pampaloni

Deputy Head of EU Delegation

"The high quality of technical and vocational skills training provided by APTC helps meet the demands of the labour market, which is crucial to the development of the Tongan economy. We look forward to working with APTC on training opportunities that would bring industry stakeholders and communities together."
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Mr Claude Tupou

CEO - Tonga Ministry of Education and Training

"I can tell you now that the APTC certificate is one of the most prestigious and sought-after qualifications we look for as employers. I’m currently recruiting for some senior chefs and have prioritized the applications from APTC graduates as the ones I want to read first. Why? Because APTC graduates have spent time learning a new skill at an advanced international level. Most of the hard work I would normally do to train a new graduate has already been done. The APTC management and trainers have done part of the job."
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Mr Lance Seeto

Culinary Ambassador for Fiji Airways and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism’s ‘Fiji Grown’ campaign

"Coral Seas Hotels, over the last four years, have had a very good relationship with APTC. We have put our staff through Certificate III in Hospitality, Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and Certificate III in Hospitality (Housekeeping). The benefits, we saw included an improvement in grooming standards, especially in the kitchen; an improvement in the confidence of our Food & Beverage staff; a reduction in Food & Beverage staff turnover by 20 percent; promotion to supervisory and line manager roles and taught Housekeeping staff to confidently interact with guests."
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Ms Gayl Iramu

Group HR Manager, Coral Seas Hotels