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 apprentice and trainee winners. You represent our Network’s training excellence in your respective fields. We wish you the very best for the future. Congratulations to ILuka Resources Ltd, as the winner of the Host Employer of the Year award for their longstanding commitment as a trainer of high quality apprentices for the resources sector.

Thank you to Australian Super for your sponsorship of the event and to all our gold sponsors for their generosity and support. Especial thanks to the Hon. Simone McGurk, Minister for Training and Workforce Development; Industrial Relations; Water; for her keynote address and for her assisting in the presentation of the certificates.

The Karrinyup Rotary Club has partnered with AEN WA for the past three years to donate additional prizes to our apprentices and trainees. Thank you for your generosity.  This year’s worthy Special Recognition recipients will benefit greatly from the prize money you provided to assist them in furthering their studies/training and careers.

2024 Apprentice of the Year
JESS HAYDON
MEGT employee

2024 Trainee of the Year
BIRGITTA VERSTER
MEGT employee

2024 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Apprentice of the Year
TAJ DERSCHOW
Maxima Training Group employee

2024 Woman in Building & Construction Industry Apprentice of the Year
LILY TRAINOR
The Apprentice and Traineeship Company employee

2024 School Based Apprentice of the Year Award
SHANIAH ANGEL
Maxima Training Group employee

2024 Host Employer of the Year
ILUKA RESOURCES LTD – Pictured, Rhys Hitching

GTO Partner – The Apprentice and Traineeship Company

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.

The Karrinyup Rotary Club and AEN WA congratulate the following recipients of the Special Recognition accolades and wish them all the best in their future careers and trades.