Green Skills

Congatulations to Sensis and Connie Barbagallo for winning the ‘Greenskills for Sustainability’ Best Employee and Employer Green Initiative Award. The employer and employee Initiative was the successful launch of a book  on sustainable growth and how successful it was to engage a Trainee in the project from concept to implementation.       

Connie worked closely with her employer distributing the book ‘Small Business, Big Opportunity’.

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Congratulations to Sarah Derks for winning the GreenSkills Trainee of the Year! Sarah’s can do attitude, commitment and an all round sense of humor are just some of the characteristics to best describe her.

Sarah came to join WPC Group on the 27th of January where she commenced a traineeship in customer contact with her Host Employer VISY Recycling. Sarah was quick to convey her abilities in applying herself to any task at hand and committing herself 100% to both her position and studies. Her supervisor, Kate Cosford VISY Recycling’s Victorian Customer Service Manager, describes her as “an individual who provides the ultimate service for our customers and we are very proud to have her representing VISY Recycling”.

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At my first Group Training National Conference, I was delighted to be invited to chair a session titled ‘Greening Group Training’.Many organisations are interested in how they can become more sustainable and I was pleased to see Group Training Australia (GTA) demonstrating leadership by featuring a session on how group training organizations (GTOs) are responding to the needs of industry and apprentices, and also incorporating sustainability policies and practices into their own businesses.

The panel session featured excellent examples of leadership in fostering skills for sustainability and introducing sustainable business policies and practices across a range of metropolitan, regional and remote GTOs. It featured WPC Group (Nicholas Wyman), Central West Group Apprentices (Ben Bardon) and Group Training Northern Territory (Mike Harrison).

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A recent WPC Group survey completed in May 2010 showed that when looking at future employment opportunities, 64.9% of respondents would select an employer with a strong commitment to the environment and sustainability to one that did not.  Over 32.5% stated that they would consider this when making a decision about employment. Only 2.6% of respondents had no interest.
 
Over 63.7% of people who completed the survey are currently seeking an apprenticeship or traineeship. Employers should take note: “young people are interested in your companies environmental and sustainability commitment” Nicholas Wyman, CEO of WPC Group Green skills said. 

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