WorldSkills Australia 2023 National Championship winners announced
Joinery apprentice (TAFE Qld) Thomas Lane, Silver medal winner the 2023 WorldSkills Australia National Championships joinery competition.
On the evening of August 20, 2023, 180 young apprentices and trainees were presented with medals at a ceremony which was attended by the Honourable Minister Gayle Tierney, Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, and invited guests.
Just under 27,000 visitors attended the event, with the majority comprising school students seeking to tap into information about vocational, technological and service-oriented careers. The Honourable Minister Brendan O’Connor was given a guided tour of the halls for a preview before the event opened to the public.
The winners came from across 59 skills, including plumbing, hairdressing, cyber security, cookery and many more. Winners from the National Championships are now eligible to be selected for the National Team, who will represent Australia at the International Competition, WorldSkills Lyon 2024. The National Championships was supported by almost 300 volunteers, including judges, site crew, skill managers, assessment advisors and team leaders.
WorldSkills Australia CEO, Trevor Schwenke, said: “We were thrilled to bring our biggest and best National Championships to our hometown of Melbourne. It was terrific to see the number of participants across such a vast range of skill categories. We are looking forward to working with each state and territory to make our 2025 Brisbane competition even bigger.”
Bronze medal winner for joinery Caleb Dick, TAFE Qld
The National Championships was a filming location for the Channel 7 Better Homes and Gardens crew, with presenters Johanna Griggs, Adam Dovile and Aimee Stanton meeting Competitors and Experts across many of the skills at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) and offsite.
NSW won 21 gold medals, followed in second and third place by Victoria (19) and WA (13).
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