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Tamworth Community College
Issue 14 July 2009

Community College News

228 Marius Street, Tamworth—Phone: 6766 4775 Fax 6766 6523
Tamworth NSW 2340 Quirindi—Phone: 6746 4150
www.tamworthcc.nsw.edu.au admin@tamworthcc.nsw.edu.au

TRAINEESHIPS
The term 3 program features on the front cover the first trainee for the Tamworth
Community College. Cherkira Rogers from Opportune Home Loans is currently
undertaking her Certificate III in Business Administration. Cherkira hopes to
complete the nationally recognised VET qualification this year and she will follow her
chosen pathway toward a Certificate IV in Business in 2010.

Traineeships offered through the College

BSB30107 Certificate III in Business
BSB30307 Certificate III in Micro Business
BSB30407 Certificate III in Business Admin
BSB31207 Certificate III in Frontline
Management
BSB40207 Certificate IV in Business
BSB40407 Certificate IV in Small Business
Management
BSB40507 Certificate IV in Business
Admin
BSB40807 Certificate IV in Frontline
Management
BSB40907 Certificate IV in Governance
ICA20105 Certificate II in Information Cherkira Rogers and the College’s Executive Officer
Technology Patrick Foley
Funding for traineeships is available through the Department of Education and
Training (DET) for both existing workers and new entrant workers. Recognising the
skills of your workforce through traineeships or other forms of training and
recognition is beneficial to the skilling of Australia and the self satisfaction of your
employees that they have gained qualifications acknowledging the work that they
do. For additional information or staff eligibility please ring the College.

Charity Ride—Mountain Bike Bash

Pat is again riding to raise funds for the local
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

The ride in 2009 is from Glen Innes to Tamworth

via Bundara, Walcha and Nundle and Pat will be
cycling for over 600km. Your organisation can
sponsor Pat for $250 or $500 and this will include
advertising on support vehicles and logos attached
to ride clothing or he also has $2.00 raffle tickets
available for purchase at the College.
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6th Annual College Art Show

Maria Henry, Margaret Hemmings and Terese
Johnston will again be showing off the
wonderful art that the College students create.
The exhibition will be held at the College on
Friday 4th September. Art will be on display
from midday with the official opening of the
exhibition will be at 6:30pm.

College Program
Enjoying a champagne and art at the annual art show
The program is distributed through the
Tamworth Times and is also located at a
number of organisations throughout the district
including Carlo’s IGA’s, coffee shops, Libraries
and at both Tamworth And Quirindi Productivity Places Program
Campuses. To have a program delivered
directly to you every term, become a member The NSW Productivity Places Program is
of the College for $10.00 per year and receive part of the Australian Government’s Skilling
the program a few days before others via for the Future Initiative.
direct mail.
The program will boost by 175,000 the
number of funded qualifications for
jobseekers and workers in NSW in the
period to the end of 2012. The total
comprises:

58,000 job seeker qualifications

2009 NSW Training 117,000 existing worker qualifications
Awards
Patrick Foley and Peter
Johnston attended the Who will it provide training for?
Regional Training Awards
on Friday night and we Jobseekers – qualifications that will help
are very proud to gain a job (from Certificate II to Diploma)
acknowledge one of the
award winners had some Workers – higher level qualifications that
involvement at the will enhance career opportunities (from
College. Eloise Brown Certificate III to Advanced Diploma)
from Bingara won the
VET in Schools traineeship award. Eloise had Employers – more qualified recruits and a
spent a week at the College during her better skilled workforce
mandatory work placement for the HSC earlier The program offers prioritised full
in 2009 and she made an outstanding qualifications for industry, including:
contribution to the College in only one week.
If your organisation isn’t involved with school those experiencing skills shortages, e.g.
based work experience it is time you had a Community Services and Health
look at helping students gain some valuable
experience at work and you might even find industries of strategic importance, e.g.
your next employee. For additional Advanced Manufacturing, Finance.
information phone the Careers Network on
6765 9334 and the staff will get you all the info
you need.