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Third year carpentry apprentice, Ashley Walker was awarded the prestigious Apprentice of the Year Award on Friday night, at the Queensland Master Builders’ Housing and Construction Awards.  This recognition of achievement comes from the Downs and Western branch of the Queensland Master Builders Association. As a child, Ashley would help her mother with renovation and […]

Chais competed in the Worldskills Competition at the end of May and against stiff completion and a very difficult metal fabrication exercise, finished in third place. The competition required the fabrication of a small oil wagon with tank and folded chassis. This exercise had to be completed without the use of grinder or files and […]

Recently, we heard from a past trainee who is kicking some major goals!  Rebecca completed her traineeship in 2001 and now runs her an amazing business called The Tradie Lady Admin Assistant.  Below, Rebecca shares how completing a traineeship helped set her future career.  I just wanted to talk about how doing a traineeship through […]

On 21st September 2018, Golden West Apprenticeships is celebrating 30 years in business.  Established in Roma in 1988, Golden West is one of the largest not for profit Group Training Organisations operating in Queensland.  “We are very proud to be celebrating this milestone” said Camille Johnson, CEO of Golden West Apprenticeships.  “Over the past three decades, […]

Our region’s talented apprentices and trainees were on show at the Darling Downs and South West region’s Queensland Training Award last Friday night.  Local trainee, Tayla Dennis had an extremely successful night taking out two awards, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year and Equity VET Student of the Year award categories. […]

Following the announcement of the finalists for the 2018 Darling Downs and South West Regional Queensland Training Awards, Golden West Apprenticeships is thrilled to have four apprentices and trainees named as finalists.  “We are proud to be celebrating the ongoing achievements of our apprentices and trainees through the Queensland Training Awards” said Camille Johnson, CEO […]

After completing a Skilling Queenslander’s for Work program, Tayla Dennis’ future is now much brighter.

After completing a Skilling Queenslander’s for Work program, Melitta Grant’s future is now much brighter.

For our 30th Anniversary, Golden West Apprenticeships spoke to some of our past apprentices and trainees to find out what they are doing now. This is Christian’s Story.

For our 30th Anniversary, Golden West Apprenticeships spoke to some of our past apprentices and trainees to find out what they are doing now. This is Kody’s story.