2019 News Archive

Students and alumni of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) education support and early childhood education and care training helped spread the magic of picture books and distributed ‘buckets of learning’ to celebrate Kindy Day in Port Vila and Santo.

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) carpentry students in Vanuatu translated their classroom learning into community work by installing pelmets as part of the roof structure in the local community hall in Mele-Waisisi. Pelmets are often an overlooked part of a building structure that provide a smooth finish to construction, concealing curtain rods and the like.

Achieving dreams was the theme of the Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC)’s first-ever graduation ceremony held in Santo on Friday, 17 May, 2019.

The Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) witnessed this week, another historical moment, the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Motu Koitabu Assembly in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and the National University of Samoa (NUS) renewed their ongoing partnership to support Samoa’s priorities in education through meaningful collaboration at a formal signing ceremony in Apia on Friday 24 May 2019.

Women graduating in non-traditional trades were the highlight of the day at the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) graduation ceremony in Suva on Friday, 17 May, 2019.

Seventeen i-Kiribati students graduated in eight different technical and vocational programs from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in a graduation ceremony held at the Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) on Wednesday 15 May 2019.​

On Wednesday 24 April, the Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT) and the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) organised a storian to jointly agree and shape a renewed APTC and VIT Partnership for 2019-2022.

A one-month plumbing training delivered in Santo, Vanuatu doubled as a community development project with the construction of an amenity block at Bombua High School, which currently accommodates Londua Technical College after the Ambae Volcano eruption.

Fiji’s construction sector will soon benefit from strengthened and standardised National Qualifications in Carpentry after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Australia-Pacific Training Coalition (APTC), the Fiji National University (FNU), the Fiji Higher Education Commission (FHEC) and the Construction Industry Council (CIC).

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition witnessed its 23rd graduation ceremony on Friday 5 April, which saw 188 students graduate with certificates in various technical and vocational courses after completing six months of training.​

The Fijian Government’s commitment to older persons and persons living with disabilities is proclaimed under Fiji’s 2013 Constitution which provides for a wide range of socio-economic rights.

Fifty-six Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) students including two Fijian nationals became the newest graduates after receiving Australian qualifications during the graduation ceremony in Apia, Samoa on Tuesday 26 March 2019.

Forty-nine Tongan nationals were awarded internationally recognised qualifications during the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) graduation ceremony held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday 6 March 2019.

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) continues to support the skills development of Solomon Islanders through Australian standard training.

A total of 11 Kiribati nationals have commenced work under the Aged Care sector in Australia to work under the Pacific Labour Scheme.

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Anna Naupa as the new Country Director for Vanuatu and Nauru.

Over 80 Vanuatu nationals graduated with internationally recognised qualifications in 14 technical and vocational programs from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in Port Vila today.

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jovesa Saladoka as the Country Director for Fiji and Tuvalu.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Honourable Scott Morrison MP, paid a visit to the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) joint training centre for Certificate III in Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration at the Fiji National University (FNU) Derrick Campus in Suva on Friday 18 January 2019.