South Regional TAFE students across Great Southern awarded at gala night earlier this month

Great Southern TAFE students have been recognised at the recent South Regional TAFE awards ceremony.

The awards, held on March 10 at the Albany Entertainment Centre celebrated the highest achieving students TAFE students from across the region.

Students from Albany, Denmark, Mt Barker, Katanning, Narrogin and Esperance attended the gala where certificates of excellence were awarded across learning areas, as well as major regional awards.

Outstanding students were named overall winners in their categories, the highest achievements possible for South Regional TAFE students.

Among the winners was Benjamin Kernaghan, who was awarded apprentice of the year Great Southern and best electrotechnology apprentice.

Mr Kernaghan, who completed his apprenticeship at ABA Security and Electrical, said he intended to continue studying and adding to his skill set.

“It’s such a broad industry really, like you can go anywhere with it. . . it’s really good being able to have that option to jump between different things,” he said.

“It’s an amazing way to start off your career, especially if you’re not 100 per cent sure about what you want to do, at least if you do something like that you come through and you’ve got a really solid set of skills that you can apply for work and then in your life as well.”

South Regional TAFE managing director Darshi Ganeson said all the students should be very proud of their achievements.

“Finalists were selected from thousands of students who completed a qualification, so being a TAFE award recipient is a huge accolade,” she said.

“It demonstrates to employers that these students have excellent skills and are dedicated to achieving outstanding results.”