Try a Trade

Try a Trade

'Try a Trade' is a hands on initiative that is bringing trade skills to school students across NSW and giving them the chance to try a trade directly. The unique project involves a large self-contained truck rolling up to localPlay Video

First Job

First Job

How do you find a first job? What do you do to find one that is perfect for you? CareerOne editor, Kate talks us through finding your first job out of school, advice on apprenticeships plus resources to address commonlyPlay Video

Options Abound at the National Careers Expo

Options Abound at the National Careers Expo

Sydney High school student Mark Ferguson wants to pursue acting but is keen to take up an apprenticeship in carpentry to pay the bills. We follow Mark as he canvases career options at the National Careers & Employment Expo.

Finding your passion at the NCE Expo

Finding your passion at the NCE Expo

Daniel Talbot is in his final years of schooling at the Sutherland Shire Christian School. Although his parents would like him to be a doctor, Daniel is planning on studying physiotherapy at university and perhaps one day being a personalPlay Video

Maths Deadlys

Maths Deadlys

Making maths fun! This was the Fifth Maths Deadlys to be held, with Nepean Community & Neighbourhood Services partnering with services such as Schools Industry Partnership and Cranebrook High School. Cranebrook High School students and teachers run the event withPlay Video

Moo Baa Munch – Get Down To The Farm!

Moo Baa Munch – Get Down To The Farm!

The inaugural Moo Baa Munch event, held in conjunction with Corinda State High School, brought agriculture to the suburbs of Brisbane. AgForce partnered with the school and its spectacular farm facilities to showcase beef cattle, chickens, horses, sheep and plantsPlay Video

A Chef with a Purpose

A Chef with a Purpose

Jason McMillen is a qualified chef who decided that he wanted to give more back to the community. Seven years ago he started running Café Horizons, a café run in association with the Salvation Army. The focus of this piecePlay Video

Trade Schools taking off in NSW

Glendale Technology High School (GTHS) is the latest school in NSW to become a Trade School, as part of the State Government's $18 million plan to address skill shortages. Last year NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced the planned establishment ofRead More

3 Stars for the North Coast Institute

3 Stars for the North Coast Institute

SkillsOne is on the scene when the North Coast Institute of TAFE is awarded 3-Gold Star award rating by the Institute Of Trade Skills Excellence! About The Star Rating Scheme: North Coast TAFE Institute Director, Elizabeth McGregor said the ThreePlay Video

Western College: The Community College

Western College: The Community College

  Western College is a not-for-profit, community-based, ACPET registered training organisation that has been serving the educational and training needs of the western region of NSW for more than half a century. Based in Dubbo, Western College has evolved –Play Video

The 2012 International Great Waiters Race

The 2012 International Great Waiters Race

The Great Waiters Race (La course des Garcons de Cafe) is based on the traditional race from Paris dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. It started in 1904 and it is possible to find old archive footagePlay Video

Austal: Leading the world in ship building

Austal: Leading the world in ship building

Austal is leading company in the design and construction of customised aluminum commercial and defence vessels. They started off as a small ship building company and have now expanded into the international market. Ship building is competitive so it's essentialPlay Video

In Focus: Challenger TAFE, Fremantle

In Focus: Challenger TAFE, Fremantle

Challenger TAFE is unlike any other educational institution - it is a Maritime Training Centre, based in Western Australia, which delivers training in aquaculture, marine studies, marine operations and an array of courses associated with the sea. We chat to severalPlay Video

Rising to the Challenge Part 1

Rising to the Challenge Part 1

It's not just Australian athletes who have the opportunity to represent their country and compete on the global stage. In fact, every two years our best young tradespeople line up to take on participants from 48 member countries in anPlay Video

Rising to the challenge Part 2

Rising to the challenge Part 2

It's not just Australian athletes who have the opportunity to represent their country and compete on the global stage. In fact, every two years our best young tradespeople line up to take on participants from 48 member countries in anPlay Video

Jim Trandos – Trandos Farms

Jim Trandos – Trandos Farms

Trandos Farms is based in Western Australia, and focuses on production of corn and beans. Jim discusses the process of planting and harvesting for beans and corn - Trandos have multiple farms along the coast of WA which seed andPlay Video

Rising to the challenge Part 3

Rising to the challenge Part 3

It's not just Australian athletes who have the opportunity to represent their country and compete on the global stage. In fact, every two years our best young tradespeople line up to take on participants from 48 member countries in anPlay Video

Rising to the challenge part 4

Rising to the challenge part 4

It's not just Australian athletes who have the opportunity to represent their country and compete on the global stage. In fact, every two years our best young tradespeople line up to take on participants from 48 member countries in anPlay Video

Rising to the Challenge Part 5

Rising to the Challenge Part 5

It's not just Australian athletes who have the opportunity to represent their country and compete on the global stage. In fact, every two years our best young tradespeople line up to take on participants from 48 member countries in anPlay Video

Visual Merchandising at RMIT

Visual Merchandising at RMIT

RMIT’s Visual Merchandising program is where creativity meets commercial design. The program has strong industry links and draws vitality from its current and graduate students. Their design based curriculum is ‘hands-on’ and is monitored and delivered by professional visual merchandisersPlay Video

Agriculture Today

Agriculture Today

Horticulture Australia is a national research development and marketing organisation. We work in partnership with the horticulture sector to invest in programs that provide benefit to the Australian horticulture industry. Established in 2000, Horticulture Australia has members who are notPlay Video

Distopic Runway

Distopic Runway

SkillsOne heads to Fashion Week! We go behind the scenes at 2008 Rosemount Australian Fashion Week and meet designer Daniel Avakian, make up artist Nicola Burford and event director Jarrad Clark. At Fashion week, we meet young emerging fashion designer,Play Video

Little Possums

Little Possums

Margot and Alan Spalding are owners of Jimmy Possum, a large business based on carpentry and designing and building furniture. They believe the majority of their success is due to the hard working employees and apprentices - from their firstPlay Video

A Caring Career

A Caring Career

Skills shortages affect our lives in ways most people don't realise. Disability, aged care and childrens' services are growing areas and this story reveals the rewarding nature of care-based careers. The Spastic Centre in NSW is a registered training organisationPlay Video

Job Training Institute at Skillex NSW, 2011

Job Training Institute at Skillex NSW, 2011

JTI is an Australian based institute that provides vocational training. We aim to give students the best chance of getting a job by gaining a qualification recognised Australia wide.

Australian Training Awards 2007

Australian Training Awards 2007

The 2007 Australian Training Awards were held in Hobart, Tasmania, to recognise Australia's top trainees, apprentices, teachers, businesses and training organisations. Hosted by the ABC's James O'Loghlin, SkillsOne were there along with the Hon. David Bartlett (Minister for Education, Tasmania),Play Video

Steering the Riviera

Steering the Riviera

Wes Moxey started a small boat building business in 1981. He's now the CEO of The Riviera Group is now Australia's leading luxury boat manufacturer with an international reputation for building quality boats and training quality apprentices. Training Manager GaryPlay Video

Coffs Harbour Showcase Highlights

Coffs Harbour Showcase Highlights

All the highlights from the Skills & Thrills showcase in Coffs Harbour! Speaking appearances featured the wonderful SALT ambassador Rebecca Muir who focused on myth busting the notion that VET is only for less academic students. A representative from thePlay Video

National Skills Week 2016: National Launch Elliott Grayling

National Skills Week 2016: National Launch Elliott Grayling

Elliott Grayling - Australian Training Awards, finalist 2015 Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year Award, at the National Launch of National Skills Week 2016. The launch was held at Queen Victoria Markets, Melbourne on August 24.

An Interest in Aquaculture

An Interest in Aquaculture

The Drake brothers – Robert, Ted and Len – have been running Drakes Oysters for decades. In the early 90s, a virus attacked oyster crops along the eastern coast of Australia, crippling the industry. Many farmers decided to quit thePlay Video