AMID the buzz of drills and workplace hard hats across south-west Victoria is the smiling face of Jen Best who has the task of helping new apprentices settle into their career paths.

The Warrnambool-based mother-of-three is a mentor support officer with Westvic Staffing Solutions covering a vast district from the South Australian border to Apollo Bay and Colac and north to Hamilton.

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Last year Tyler O’Sullivan-Kirchner was nominated for a South West TAFE Outstanding Student Award. Tyler was signed up by Westvic's Paul Frusher into a traineeship with Leonards Gateway Plaza.

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As a lifestyle therapist at Colac's Mercy Place, Patricia Woodhead aims to put a smile on residents' faces.

Ms Woodhead said she was honoured to be the Westvic Staffing Solutions employee of the month.

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Jen Best has been appointed as Kickstart mentoring officer.

Jen’s role will be to work with employers and apprentices engaged in the Kickstart program to assist both parties to achieve successful employment and training outcomes.

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The latest edition of Westvic's corporate newsletter is now available.  In this edition are articles on how we are working for and with our community to improve employment and training opportunities.  There is information on a range of our programs, services and success stories.

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A new Westvic Staffing Solutions program is giving job seekers access to work experience and community groups access to volunteer helpers.  Westvic Staffing Solutions is entering the work experience phase of its Job Services Australia contract and is looking for community groups to host job seekers.

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A new pilot project in south-west Victoria aims to develop 20 job-ready assistant farmhands over the next six months.  WestVic Dairy, Westvic Staffing Solutions and the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA) have joined forces for the In2Dairy Assistant Farmhand project which is designed to address skills shortages on south-west farms.

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Once a week, Westvic Regional Office Manager Greg Baker attends a mentoring program at Colac College.  He works with other mentors to assist a group of young students get another outlook on life.

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Students in the Glenelg and Southern Grampians regions will benefit from new workplace learning placements in a new $500,000 project.  Westvic Staffing Solutions has won a tender to deliver the Workplace Learning Coordinators Program in the Glenelg Southern Grampians LLEN region from July this year.

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