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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …