Caring for citizens of the future

Professional training in the art of caring for the citizens of the future who are still in early childhood is an investment in a country's future. The Australia-Pacific Technical College is helping the government of Vanuatu achieve its goal of traini …

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9 December 2011

An ambition to teach

With visitor numbers to Papua New Guinea steadily growing, Australia-Pacific Technical College graduate Alphonse Foimae is set to make his own special contribution to the country's tourism industry.

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2 December 2011

Training the leaders of tomorrow

Adult education in the Pacific is in good hands with educators like Sarina Tamakin of Nauru.

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25 November 2011

Castaway Island Resort Chefs celebrate success

On Saturday 20 August, ten chefs from the kitchen at Castaway Island received their Certificate III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) award in a small but celebratory graduation ceremony in the presence of the owner of Castaway Island Resort, Mr Ge …

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11 November 2011

APTC students support Samoa tourism

Apia awoke on Tuesday morning to the arrival of the beautiful ship Dawn Princess. Based in Australia this ship is a member of the Princess Cruises fleet and brought nearly 2000 passengers to Samoa for the day as part of its Pacific cruise.

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4 November 2011

APTC graduates at Samoa Shipping

The new Samoa Shipping Corporation's (SSC) Marine Engineering and Fabrication Services (MEFS) at Vaitele is totally staffed by graduates of the Australia Pacific Technical College. The skills that they have learned in their APTC courses are at intern …

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28 October 2011

APTC Students get hands on fire experience as part of their training

For part of their unit "Follow Health, Safety & Security Procedures" Fiji's Rakiraki fire brigade instructed the students on safety procedures, prevention of fire hazards and extinguishing different types of fires. Not only is this part of their …

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21 October 2011

Diploma Community Services Work celebrates Bula Friday!

The Suva Campus of the APTC was very excited to welcome and meet the new group of Diploma of Community Services Work students on Monday 1 August 2011. These students have come from PNG, Solomon Islands and Fiji with many years experience in a variety …

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14 October 2011

APTC and Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel - working together to improve hospitality training for the Pacific region.

Another semester of hospitality studies has successfully commenced with the Certificate IV in Hospitality (Supervision) and Certificate III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) at the Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel campus. This unique facility provides an oppor …

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7 October 2011

APTC Suva Children's Services program: building partnerships for success

APTC Suva has welcomed the newest group of Early Childhood students to the Gordon Street campus. This semester there are students from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, as well as locally from across Fiji, including Labasa, the Yasawas, and …

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30 September 2011

APTC Kiribati Alumni welcomes new principal to KIT

The APTC Kiribati Alumni Chapter recently welcomed former APTC GM Antoine Barnaart back to the Kiribati in his new role as Principal at Kiribati Institute of Technology and Deputy Team Leader for the AusAID funded TVET Sector Strengthening Program. I …

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24 September 2011

Vanuatu Tour Operators Association (VTOA) Welcomes New Secretary

Former APTC student, Warren Gama from Edge (Vanuatu) has been appointed as Secretary to the Vanuatu Tour Operators Association. Warren completed the APTC Certificate III of Tourism in 2010 in Port Vila.

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23 September 2011