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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.

Posts by APTC Media

PNG graduation celebrations

Twenty-six students graduated in a ceremony at the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) campus at Port Moresby Technical College on Monday, 10 December 2012.

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12 December 2012

Australian Learning Experience for APTC Carpentry Teachers

A large university building site in Queensland was one of the projects visited by APTC carpentry teachers from Suva on a professional development trip.

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7 December 2012

Port Moresby Technical College takes initiative towards improvement

Forty-one staff including the Principal of POMTech Mr Alan Tira, have participated in a Workplace Health & Safety training program spanning over four weeks. The training which was taken in their own time on Friday afternoons provided an opportuni …

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5 December 2012

Official Opening of APTC Centre for Professional Development

The official opening of the APTC Centre for Professional Development (CPD) and Corporate and Student Service office in Namaka, Fiji was held on Thursday 22nd November. The event was attended by local industry guests, government representatives, train …

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23 November 2012

Graduation on a resort island

An unusual graduation ceremony took place on Saturday 17 November when 29 Australia-Pacific Technical College hospitality students receive their qualifications at Castaway Island Resort, off the west coast of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu.

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19 November 2012

APTC responds to Cyclone Evan

There was a lot on my mind on Thursday as the winds of Cyclone Evan were howling all around us. I was most concerned for the staff and students of the Australia Pacific Technical College (APTC). Our international students have come to Samoa from acro …

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16 November 2012

Healthy nutrition for children in Fiji

In a country such as Fiji with a large population of very young children, good nutrition is vital. One place it can most effectively be taught is in early-childhood learning centres – kindergartens. This means the future teachers of very young childr …

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9 November 2012

APTC’S new CEO takes charge

The new Chief Executive Officer of the Australia-Pacific Technical College, Ms Denise O’Brien, has taken up the reins of her new job.

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24 October 2012

APTC Vanuatu improving support to young people in the Pacific

The Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) in Port Vila has begun the delivery of the first Certificate IV in Youth Work training program. Twenty youth workers from Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands have commenced a five-month program, which when s …

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19 October 2012

APTC students to graduate in big Namaka Ceremony

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fiji, Professor Mahendra Kumar, was the guest of honour when more than 80 APTC students graduate in Namaka. Students of the Australia-Pacific Technical College graduated in a big ceremony in Namaka, Fiji, on F …

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21 September 2012

APTC Graduation in Apia

The Honourable Prime Minister of Samoa, Afioga Fatialofa Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi was the keynote speaker when 45 students graduated at the Australia-Pacific Technical College.

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14 September 2012

Samoan plumbers consider healthier sanitation option

In April this year (2012), Wayne and Hilton Gilinsky of Aqua Nova of New Zealand kindly offered to donate an Aqua Nova demonstration unit to the Australia Pacific Technical College (APTC) in Samoa so it could be used as a training aid. Aqua Nova is o …

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7 September 2012