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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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Fiji’s airline welcomes its new plane - with APTC help

The arrival of the first of three new A330 aircraft for Fiji’s airline was an event of national importance and Australia-Pacific Technical College students and staff played a big part in it.

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20 March 2013

Vicky Vanva paints her way to success with artistic flair

Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) staff and students work together and provide each other continued support. Recently the Vanuatu Campus Manager, Kathryn Gray and Director for School of Trades and Technology, James Knynenburg caught up with …

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15 March 2013

Tea and professionalism

Early childhood teachers from the Nadi district in Fiji got to know the Australia-Pacific Technical College students who’ll be working with them in the nicest possible circumstances – as guests at a delicious afternoon tea.

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8 March 2013

Graduation at Marshall Islands and Palau

It was a wonderful experience for the recent graduations that took place in Palau and Marshall Islands.Both the ceremony was shared amongst the close family and friends.

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20 February 2013

APTC plays host to AusAID in Fiji

The APTC team in Suva had the privilege of hosting staff from AusAID in Suva on Friday 8th February. The AusAID team, comprised mostly staff who managed Fiji bilateral programs, took the opportunity to visit the operations of one of the largest activ …

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12 February 2013

Youth helping youth

Students in the Australia-Pacific Technical College’s (APTC) Youth Work program simulated a workplace youth support service as part of their involvement in a provincial youth meeting in Rewa province, Fiji.

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8 February 2013

Radio ambassador for the APTC

When ABC Upper Hunter local radio in New South Wales heard that Simon Manuel, an Australia-Pacific Technical College graduate in refrigeration from Fiji, was living and working in the Hunter region they invited him to do an interview. Simon found him …

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1 February 2013

Vanuatu College of Nurse Education starts training

His Excellency Jeremy Bruer, Australian High Commissioner to Vanuatu and the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Mr Howard Aru opened the Vanuatu College of Nurse Education (VCNE), which was part of Stage II of the project, in Port Vila Vanua …

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31 January 2013

Carpentry students from Kiribati continue training at APTC

An accord between the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) and the Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) has brought a group of i-Kiribati students to Fiji to continue their vocational training in the APTC’S School of Trades and Technology.

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25 January 2013

APTC staff recognised for quality of work

An Australia-Pacific Technical College students’ services team and two teachers have had the quality of their work recognised from among 2000 staff of the Box Hill Institute.

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18 January 2013

Teachers from around the Pacific confer in Fiji

Australia-Pacific Technical College training staff are meeting at the college’s Namaka campus to update their teaching in a range of important areas.

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11 January 2013

Workshop with TV Crew for Vanuatu Youth Work students

An exciting opportunity had been encountered by the APTC Vanuatu Certificate IV Youth Work students and their teacher Annie Dares, who participated in a three day workshop hosted by one of the South Pacific leading youth services, Wan Smol Bag . An e …

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21 December 2012