WorldSkills National Competition 2008 Winners

The results are in for the 2008 National Competition of WorldSkills, held over the weekend at the Convention Centre at Darling Harbour, Sydney.
 Congratulations to those successful and to all who participated, demonstrating the wealth of skills and talent of our young Australians.The winners from each category will form the Australian team 'The Skillaroos' who will be jetsetting to Canada next year to compete against 48 other global teams of skilled tradies, apprentices, students and trainees in the International WorldSkills Competition in Calgary. Best of luck Aussies!

Quick-Jump to Industry Winners:

Auto-Electrical
Autobody Repair Automotive Mechanics Beauty Care Bricklaying Business Services Cabinetmaking CAD Mechanical Carpentry Carpentry Team Computer Assisted Machining (CAM) Construction Steelwork Cookery
Electrical Control Electrical Installation Fitting Floristry Garment Production Hairdressing Heavy Vehicle MechanicsIT Programming IT Software Applications IT PC Networking Support Jewellery Joinery Landscape Construction Meat Retailing
Painting & Decorating Plumbing Printing & Graphics Refrigeration Restaurant Service Retail Baking - Bread Retail Baking - Pastry Sheetmetal Work Signcraft Turning Vehicle Painting Wall & Floor Tiling Web Design Welding VET In Schools

2008 WorldSkills Australian National Winners  AUTO ELECTRICAL
Christopher Crouch (New England)A1 Auto ElectricsNew England Institute of TAFE
AUTOBODY REPAIR
Aaron Samphier (Sydney - West)AAA Malibu Paint & PanelSouth Western Sydney Institute of TAFE - Campbelltown
AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS
Perrin Bouna (Brisbane)Hastings DeeringSkillsTech AustraliaBracken Ridge
BEAUTY CARE
Jessie Gladwell (North Queensland)Cairns Beauty Academy
BRICKLAYING
Nigel Croke (Macquarie)W J SearleWestern Institute of TAFEBathurst
BUSINESS SERVICES
Nikita Block (South East SA)Forestry SATAFE South AustraliaMt Gambia
CABINETMAKING
Rolf Barfoed (Canberra)Design Craft Furniture Pty Ltd.Canberra Institute of Technology Bruce
CAD MECHANICAL
Troy Savage (Sydney - West)Antec Engineering/Fowlerex TechnologiesWestern Sydney Institute of TAFE - Mt Druitt
CARPENTRY
Daniel Moelder (Tasmania)Stubbs ConstructionTAFE Tasmania - Burnie
CARPENTRY TEAM
Warwick Sidman (Sydney - West)South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE - Campbelltown Jeff Brown (Riverina Murray)J & P SpinelliRiverina Institute of TAFEAlbury Marc Nicholls (Region)  COMPUTER ASSISTED MACHINING
Kyle Butler (Sydney - West)BroensSydney Institute of TAFEUltimo
CONSTRUCTION STEELWORK
Shane Ashton (Illawarra)K & R FabricationIllawarra Institute of TAFEWollongong
COOKERY
Nenad Djuric (Sydney)HTNNorthern Sydney Institute - Ryde  ELECTRICAL CONTROL Benjamin Dean (Ballarat/Wimmera)Laser Electrical BallaratUniversity of Ballarat TAFE
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
Gavin Press (Macquarie)Central West Group Apprentices AJS ElectricalWestern Institute of TAFEDubbo
FITTING
Chris Walker (Central Queensland)Boyne Smelters Pty LtdCentral Queensland Institute of TAFE - Gladstone
FLORISTRY
Stacey Lee Pitman (Western Australia)Balshaw's FloristChallenger TAFE - Murdoch
GARMENT PRODUCTION
Abbie Ditton (Sydney - West)South Western Sydney InstituteMacquarie Fields
HAIRDRESSING Megan Kuhn (Mid Coast)Vanessa Hair FashionNorth Coast Institute of TAFE Port Macquarie
HEAVY VEHICLE MECHANICS
Nathan Newham (Sydney - West)MTU DDASouth Western Sydney Institute of TAFE – Wetherill Park
IT PROGRAMMING
Richard Rachowski (Sydney)Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby  IT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
Nick Davies (Sydney)Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby
IT PC NETWORKING SUPPORT
Aaron Talbot (Riverina Murray)AT Technology Riverina Institute of TAFEAlbury
JEWELLERY
Joshua Fimognari (Sydney - West)Western Sydney InstituteEnmore
JOINERY
Mitchell Edwards (Hunter)Ivan Johnny MesaricHunter Institute of TAFE Newcastle
LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION
Daniel Kaiser (New England)New England Institute of TAFE
MEAT RETAILING
David Bleathman (Tasmania)Coles SupermarketsTAFE Tasmania - Hobart
PAINTING & DECORATING
Kyle French (Macquarie)Central West Group Apprentices Wayne Wilson Painting
PLUMBING
Tyson Knight (Riverina Murray)A Murray & SonsATEL - Riverina Institute of TAFE - Albury
PRINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS
Melissa Guiney (Victorian Country)Tap PrintingRMIT University - Melbourne
REFRIGERATION
Nash Mason (Hunter)Hastie M&H Air ConditioningHunter Institute of TAFE - Newcastle
RESTAURANT SERVICE
Heh-Nian (James) Sun (Sydney)ArisunNorthern Sydney Institute - Ryde
RETAIL BAKING - BREAD
Craig McVernon (Sydney - West)BrumbiesWestern Sydney Institute of TAFE - Nepean
RETAIL BAKING - PASTRY
Carlee Bamford (Western Australia)GlobeSwan TAFE - Bentley
SHEETMETAL WORK
Daniel Karanges (Brisbane)StoddartSkills Tech Australia
SIGNCRAFT
Joshua Tunbridge (Illawarra)Tunbridge DesignsIllawarra Institute of TAFEWollongong
TURNING
Luke Davies (Sydney - West)Eddie Dobbin & Sons EngineeringWestern Sydney Institute of TAFE - Meadowbank  VEHICLE PAINTING Justin Laidlaw (Hunter)Novercastrian Smash RepairsHunter Institute of TAFEGlendale
WALL & FLOOR TILING
Peter Steinweiss (Sydney)MetzSouth Western Sydney Institute of TAFE - Macquarie Fields
WEB DESIGN
Daniel Jones (Sydney)Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College
WELDING
Joshua Harris (Northern Rivers)McKeeco Pty LtdNorth Coast Institute of TAFEWollongbar
 2008 WorldSkills Australian National Winners VET in Schools (VETiS) Competition  VETiS AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES Sam Webb (Tasmania)Rosney College
VETiS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Tia Provost (NSW)Ulladulla High
VETiS COMMERCIAL COOKERY
Rebecca Altes (Western Australia)Palace Hotel KalgoorlieCurtin VTEC - Kalgoorlie
VETiS CONSTRUCTION
Tom Yates (Tasmania)Launceston College
VETiS ELECTROTECHNOLOGY
Cameron Maher (Victoria)Ballarat Secondary College
VETiS FOOD & BEVERAGE Kate Crocker (NSW)Asquith Girl High School
VETiS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

David Watson (NSW)Dubbo College Senior Campus
VETiS METAL & ENGINEERING
Brad Davidson (NSW)ATC Port Macquarie
VETiS PRIIMARY INDUSTRIES
Richard Callaway (NSW)Tumut High School
VETiS RETAIL

Angela Reynoldson (NSW)Corowa High School
VETiS TOURISM

Mitchell Faint (NSW)Armidale High School