Hunter Valley Training Company Finalists

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads)—At 42 years of age the Hunter Valley Training Company is Australia's oldest group training company. Begun by the Hon. Milton Morris AO and Kay Sharp AM, it has provided employment and skills training to over 40,000 people, operates from 10 regional offices and has it's flagship technical skill centre at Rutherford. The Hunter Valley Training Company proudly celebrated having six finalists at the last years Apprentice Employment Network NSW & ACT Group Training Awards. I wish to acknowledge the three Hunter based finalist. Joel Hartley who was previously a finalist for trainee of the year in Business Administration, was last year acknowledged as a finalist for Marketing trainee and currently mentors new trainees for the training company, congratulations Joel. Justin Curley was also a finalist and completed his Electrical apprenticeship with HVTC and host employer, Origin Energy in 2022, following completing a Mechanical apprenticeship in 2017, congratulations Justin. Jacob Anderson who has successfully completed his water operations traineeship and was also a finalist, congratulations Jacob. Thank you to the Hunter Valley Training Company, who employ 280 Hunter based apprentices and trainees and continue to deliver a high-quality workforce for the Maitland region.