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The team at Westvic Staffing Solutions is saddened with the news of the passing of friend and colleague Greg Baker.
Greg was a dedicated, much loved and valued member of the Westvic Staffing Solutions Colac team. He served as group training field officer for almost 10 years, operating also as office manager for many years.
Greg passed away late Thursday night at Geelong hospital, surrounded by his very supportive and loving family and listening to his favourite music.
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Westvic Staffing Solutions is disappointed after a consortium it is involved in failed to secure a new contract to deliver apprenticeship services to the region.
However, Westvic remains committed to the regional community and will maintain its focus on other core services including planned expansion of its group apprenticeship services.
Westvic has been delivering Apprentice Centre services in Warrnambool and across Western Victoria under a Federal Government contract since 1999. It operated firstly as a subcontractor to G Force Recruitment in Geelong and later as a consortium member to G Force, which was the lead agent. Western District Employment Access (WDEA) was also a consortium member.
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Westvic horticulture apprentice Tristan Krepp is making a great impression at his workplace at Deakin University.
Spiro Fatouros, Services Manager (Contracts and Grounds) in the Facilities Services Division at Deakin University says that Tristan has earned the respect and praise of his supervisors and colleagues and has become an invaluable member of their team.
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Westvic has successfully moved into a new market with its new dual qualification - the Diploma of Management and Human Resources Management.
The course will start in March with strong demand resulting in a full enrolment of students.
Joining the first group of students will be All Fresh Seafood's office manager Judy Rantall, who was a finalist in the 2011 Westvic Staffing Solutions inaugural Return to Study award.
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The industry's 2010-11 experiment in creating a pathway for newcomers to the industry - the In2Dairy Assistant Farmhand Project - saw 11 new assistant farmhands complete traineeships, with seven of them going on to study at higher levels in the industry, and one moving into a share farming agreement.
These new dairy people have started on the farm career pathway, and the industry remains committed to encouraging many more newcomers to follow their lead.
This great result has generated a second project and In2Dairy is gearing up for a new intake of potential trainees.
Click here to read the WestVic Dairy newsletter article.
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Read all about the latest events and activities happening at Westvic. A Westvic jobseeker has been offered the brilliant opportunity of sailing on the Young Endeavour tall ship, and a Westvic host employer tells of his journey from school based apprentice to business owner. Westvic's successful In2Dairy program will again be offered to jobseekers wanting to get into the dairy industry, and Westvic's new dual diploma qualification, which combines the diploma of human resources management and the diploma of management, starts this month.
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A Portland man is about to embark on a voyage of a lifetime.
Westvic Staffing Solutions client Adam Cheyne will next month set sail on an all expenses paid trip on board the HMB Endeavour.
Mr Cheyne has been chosen as an Indigenous Australian participant on the trip but it won’t be a free vacation. Instead he will be working hard to learn to sail 18th century style just like Captain Cook did.
Click here to read the full media release.
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A Colac district dairy farmer says a traineeship program for budding farmers is an ideal entry into the industry.
WestVic Dairy designed the In2Dairy program to address staff shortages on south-west Victorian dairy farms and provide a pathway for people who want a career in dairying.
The program involves trainees doing 10 days of non-accredited training from units of Certificate II in Agriculture.
Click here to read the Colac Herald article.
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Construction is proving to be a popular trade with Colac and district school leavers.
Westvic Staffing Solutions chief executive Miles Coverdale said a quarter of the company's January intake of apprentices was in the construction industry.
Mr Coverdale said the building industry was also the most popular for the same period last year, with about 50 new apprentices in the Colac Otway and Corangamite shires.
Click here to read the Colac Herald article.
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Hamilton's employment agencies have downplayed rising youth unemployment as a seasonal variation and described the region's labour market as reasonably strong.
More than 17 per cent of people aged 15 to 19 years are looking for work - three times the overall unemployment rate.
Westvic Staffing Solutions chief executive, Miles Coverdale said most of the rise was due to seasonal variation as the latest figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics are for December 2011.
Click here to read the Hamilton Spectator article.
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