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About WorldSkills
Categories & Application Forms
CLIP Program
Competitions & Results - Historical Records
Employers and WorldSkills
Regional Committee
WorldSkills at UB TAFE
Further Information


About WorldSkills


WorldSkills is a unique, not for profit, international membership organisation. Its mission is to raise the status and standards of vocational skills and training world-wide in an innovative and forward looking way.

WorldSkills Australia is an organisation that conducts skill competitions in over 52 trade and skill areas.

Established in 1982 WorldSkills Australia has helped thousands of young Australians improve themselves through challenging competitions.

Every two years WorldSkills Australia conducts Regional and National competitions. Regional competitions are held all over Australia in 29 regions. These competitions are usually held at TAFE and other educational or industry institutions.

Winners from each Region form a regional team and progress onto the National competition. National competitions are held in host cities, such as Melbourne in 2006 and Sydney in 2008.

 

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Categories & Application Forms


Categories

There is a large variety of WorldSkills competition categories.

The categories listed to below represent some of the WorldSkills categories previously contested in the Ballarat/Wimmera region. 

  • Architectural Computing

  • Autobody Repair

  • Automotive Mechanics

  • Bricklaying

  • Business Services

  • Cabinet Making

  • Detailed Joinery

  • Hairdressing

  • Plumbing

  • Printing & Graphic Art

  • Retail Bread Baking

  • Sheetmetal Work

  • Turning

  • Welding

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Competitions & Results - Historical Records


There are three levels of WorldSkills competitions which are held over a reoccurring two year period:

  • Regional

  • National

  • International

The Ballarat/Wimmera region has been involved in WorldSkills competitions since 1981. Additional and previous years will be added to the following lists in the future. If you would like to donate any photos or information to the following records please email Nola Burgess - n.burgess@ballarat.edu.au

 

 

Regional Competitions


Region, Year
 
Ballarat/Wimmera  1981
Ballarat/Wimmera  1983
Ballarat/Wimmera  1985
Ballarat/Wimmera  1987
Ballarat/Wimmera  1989
Ballarat/Wimmera  1991
Ballarat/Wimmera  1993
Ballarat/Wimmera  1995
Ballarat/Wimmera  1997
Ballarat/Wimmera  1999
Ballarat/Wimmera  2001
Ballarat/Wimmera  2003
Ballarat/Wimmera  2005
Ballarat/Wimmera  2007
Ballarat/Wimmera  2009
Ballarat/Wimmera  2011
 

 
National Competition

Year, Host City
 
Ballarat/Wimmera  1982
Ballarat/Wimmera  1984
Ballarat/Wimmera  1986
Ballarat/Wimmera  1988
Ballarat/Wimmera  1990
Ballarat/Wimmera  1992
Ballarat/Wimmera  1994
Ballarat/Wimmera  1996
Ballarat/Wimmera  1998
Ballarat/Wimmera  2000
Ballarat/Wimmera  Newcastle 2002
Ballarat/Wimmera  Brisbane 2004
Ballarat/Wimmera  Melbourne 2006
Ballarat/Wimmera  Sydney 2008
Ballarat/Wimmera  2010
 

International Competition 
Competitions, Year, Host Countries
 
1st 1950: Madrid, Spain
2nd 1951: Madrid, Spain
3rd 1953: Madrid, Spain
4th 1955: Madrid, Spain
5th 1956: Madrid, Spain
6th 1957: Madrid, Spain
7th 1958: Brussels, Belgium
8th 1959: Modena, Italy
9th 1960: Barcelona, Spain
10th 1961: Duisburg, Germany
11th 1962: Gijón, Spain
12th 1963: Dublin, Ireland
13th 1964: Lisbon, Portugal
14th 1965: Glasgow, United Kingdom
15th 1966: Utrecht, Netherlands
16th 1967: Madrid, Spain
17th 1968: Bern, Switzerland
18th 1969: Brussels, Belgium
19th 1970: Tokyo, Japan
20th 1971: Gijón, Spain
21st 1973: Munich, Germany
22nd 1975: Madrid, Sp ain
23rd 1977: Utrecht, Netherlands
24th 1978: Busan, Korea
25th 1979: Cork, Ireland
26th 1981: Atlanta, USA
27th 1983: Linz, Austria
28th 1985: Osaka, Japan
29th 1987: Sydney, Australia
30th 1989: Birmingham, United Kingdom
31st 1991: Amsterdam, Netherlands
32nd 1993: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
33rd 1995: Lyon, France
34th 1997: St. Gallen, Switzerland
35th 1999: Montreal, Canada
36th 2001, Seoul, Korea
37th 2003, St Gallen, Switzerland
38th 2005, Helsinki, Finland
39th 2007, Shizuoka, Japan
40th 2009, Calgary, Canada
41st 2011, London, United Kingdom
 
 

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CLIP Program


CLIP is a Continuous Learning & Improvement Program developed by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum for use by WorldSkills Australia to assist National competitors to prepare for a "personal best" performance and to help develop key skills that will assist competitors to succeed in their chosen career.

CLIP Coordinators

Andrew Dower
Allyson Dovaston

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Employers and WorldSkills


Employers are our most important team of supporters. We would like to thank the employers for their support over past years and we look forward to your continued support in the coming years.

 

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Regional Committee 


There would not be WorldSkills competitions within the region without the continued effort and skill of a WorldSkills Committee.

The following people have shown leadership, dedication and volunteered many hours of their own time to support these worthy competitions.

Ballarat/Wimmera Region WorldSkills Committee Members

Grant Petch
Peter Morey
Gerrie Dorn
Allyson Dovaston
Andrew Dower
Peter Jardine
Trudy Cunningham
Megan Henley
Heather MacLeod

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WorldSkills at UB TAFE


Teachers 

At UB TAFE we proudly recognise the effort and dedication of our teachers and workplace assessors in relation to the organisation of WorldSkills Regional competitions and the training of the competitors.

"We found WorldSkills a very worthwhile program for our students. They really worked together on the day and educationally it was great for the students to have a short - 1 day deadline for their graphic design work. The 2 students from Diploma of Arts - Graphic Arts who competed in the nationals in Brisbane came back full of praise for the competition and for the University for giving them the opportunity. They both found it both motivating and educational. We'd love to be involved in the future." Gavin Nash, Arts Academy

Message from the Deputy Vice Chancellor

Worldskills is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the skills of our Apprentices and Trainees as they compete against their peers locally, nationally and internationally.

Worldskills challenges young people, their teachers, trainers and employers to achieve world class standards in the workplace and to promote the status of vocational education and training across Australia.

UB TAFE Apprentices and Trainees have competed in every national competition since 1981 and have been very successful winning eight National Gold Medals and one International Gold. UB TAFE representatives have travelled to Switzerland to three competitions, Japan, France and Canada to represent Australia. Peter Bailey won the Gold Medal for Welding in 1997 in Switzerland.

In 2005 Daniel Collings represented Australia in Helsinki in Automotive Mechanics.

This success reflects the quality training given to Apprentices and Trainees by the hard working staff of the UB TAFE.

Our staff have also been rewarded by being chosen as judges in National Competitions. For the first time we had an international judge with Grant Petch being appointed as the Australian Expert in Auto Mechanics at the Helsinki competition in June 2005.

I encourage Apprentices and Trainees to take up the Worldskills Challenge and wish everyone who participates, success.

Terry Lloyd 
Deputy Vice Chancellor 
University of Ballarat

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Further Information


WorldSkills - Regional Contact

BALLARAT/WIMMERA, VIC 
Allyson Dovaston
Telephone: (03) 5327 8268
Mobile: 0448 278 260
Email: a.dovaston@ballarat.edu.au
Website: http://www.ballarat.edu.au/vfed/apprenticeships/worldskills.shtml

WorldSkills - National Office

WorldSkills Australia 
National Office (PO Box 321, Maitland NSW 2320) 
Cnr Junction Street & Simpsons Lane TELARAH NSW 2320
Telephone: (02) 4932 4349 
Facsimile: (02) 4932 0858 
Email: info@worldskills.org.au
Website: http://www.worldskills.org.au/

WorldSkills - International Office

WorldSkills International
Keizersgracht 62-64
1015 CS Amsterdam
The Netherlands 
Phone: +31 23 531 1071
Fax: +31 23 531 0816
Website: http://www.worldskills.org/site/public/index.php

 

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