The Apprentice Employment Network WA (AEN WA) Awards For Excellence, showcases the educational excellence achieved by our members’ very best apprentices and trainees and acknowledges the host and group training employers that support them.

Congratulations to all our Award category winners and their Group Training Organisation Employers: Apprentices and Trainees you represent our Network’s training excellence in your respective fields. We wish you the very best for the future. Congratulations also to SANDVIK, who won the Host employer of the Year award. Your commitment to the support and development of apprentice talent over their skill journey is invaluable in shaping their success.

The stories shared by our finalists throughout the night highlighted the remarkable journeys of the apprentices and trainees, making the event a memorable celebration of vocational excellence.

A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us and made the evening an unforgettable occasion. The success of the event was made possible by the generous support of our sponsors.

           

We were honoured to have as our keynote speaker, the Honourable Amber-Jade Sanderson, Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; and the Pilbara. Most importantly, it was wonderful to have the Minister’s support in congratulating our finalists and winners on stage, which added great significance to their achievements.

2024 Apprentice of the Year
DAN BULMAN
MEGT employee

2025 Trainee of the Year
JOEL YATES
MEGT employee

2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Apprentice of the Year
JOSHUA PEPPER
WPC GROUP

2025 Woman in Building & Construction Industry Apprentice of the Year
KAYLA UPTON
Directions Workforce Solutions employee

2025 School Based Apprentice of the Year Award
NATASHA HEATH
Maxima Training Group employee

Accepting the award on behalf of Natasha is Janine MacDonald, her mentor.

2025 Host Employer of the Year
SANDVIK

Award accepted by Heath Mashford

GTO Partner – Directions Workforce Solutions

Thank you sponsors and partners for your generosity and support for our award event. Special thanks to Australian Super for their long standing corporate sponsorship of our Newtork and to the Karrinyup Rotary Club, who this year offered our award winners additional prizes to assist them further their careers. Your partnerships are very important to us and much appreciated by the Network.

Special thanks to our charity partner, Karrinyup Rotary Club, who present a selection of our finalists with Special Recognition accolades accompanied by generous donations to help support their continued education. We wish them all the best in their future careers and trades.