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The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is a training excellence and collaboration centre. It was announced as an Australian Government initiative at the Pacific Islands Forum in 2006 and welcomed by the Pacific Island leaders. As Australia’s flagship Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) investment in the region, APTC collaborates with national governments, development partners, the private sector, organisations for people with disabilities, civil society organisations, and Pacific TVET institutions in ten countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. APTC also works closely with industry representatives around the region to ensure its training programs are relevant and aligned with current and future career opportunities for graduates – careers where skilled employees are in high demand. APTC offers Australian qualifications from Certificate II to Diploma level in various vocational areas. Highly regarded and qualified trainers deliver courses, and graduates will enjoy the benefits of an internationally recognised and accredited Australian qualification. APTC is an Australian Government initiative implemented by TAFE Queensland (RTO 0275) in partnership with the Pacific and Timor-Leste.

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Play, laugh, learn and repeat – Happy Kindy Day!

David Malouf, an Australian Indigenous Literacy Foundation Ambassador, once said, “Reading is a form of magic. It gives us access to a world that has no limits and where everybody is welcome and can be at home.”

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24 June 2019

APTC graduates realise dreams of further learning

Achieving dreams was the theme of the Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC)’s first-ever graduation ceremony held in Santo on Friday, 17 May, 2019.

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13 June 2019

Australia Pacific Training Coalition signs Agreement with the Motu Koitabu Assembly

The Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) witnessed this week, another historical moment, the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Motu Koitabu Assembly in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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4 June 2019

APTC and NUS sign Partnership Arrangement to equip Samoans with skills for life

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and the National University of Samoa (NUS) renewed their ongoing partnership to support Samoa’s priorities in education through meaningful collaboration at a formal signing ceremony in Apia on Friday 24 …

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27 May 2019

APTC graduates include women in ‘non-traditional’ trades

Women graduating in non-traditional trades were the highlight of the day at the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) graduation ceremony in Suva on Friday, 17 May, 2019.

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17 May 2019

17 APTC students graduate in Kiribati

Seventeen i-Kiribati students graduated in eight different technical and vocational programs from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in a graduation ceremony held at the Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) on Wednesday 15 May 2019.

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17 May 2019

VIT and APTC to renew partnership for skills training in Vanuatu​

On Wednesday 24 April, the Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT) and the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) organised a storian to jointly agree and shape a renewed APTC and VIT Partnership for 2019-2022.

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9 May 2019

Success for partners in plumbing on Santo, Vanuatu

A one-month plumbing training delivered in Santo, Vanuatu doubled as a community development project with the construction of an amenity block at Bombua High School, which currently accommodates Londua Technical College after the Ambae Volcano erupti …

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8 May 2019

Fiji construction sector to benefit from strengthened and standardised national qualifications

Fiji’s construction sector will soon benefit from strengthened and standardised National Qualifications in Carpentry after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Australia-Pacific Training Coalition (APTC), the Fiji National …

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11 April 2019

188 Papua New Guineans graduate from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition witnessed its 23rd graduation ceremony on Friday 5 April, which saw 188 students graduate with certificates in various technical and vocational courses after completing six months of training.

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8 April 2019

Treat senior citizens with respect and care

The Fijian Government’s commitment to older persons and persons living with disabilities is proclaimed under Fiji’s 2013 Constitution which provides for a wide range of socio-economic rights.

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3 April 2019

56 APTC students become new graduates in Apia

Fifty-six Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) students including two Fijian nationals became the newest graduates after receiving Australian qualifications during the graduation ceremony in Apia, Samoa on Tuesday 26 March 2019.

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1 April 2019