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Federation University Australia students have excelled once again in the annual WorldSkills Australia National Competition.

A total of 10 FedUni apprentices from Ballarat and the Wimmera competed in 10 categories in the competition with five awarded medals at the ceremony in Melbourne last week.

One apprentice – Trystan Sammut was awarded a gold medal in bricklaying. There were also four VETiS students who performed particularly well with two receiving medals – a silver and bronze, one a FedUni/Ballarat Christian College student, the other a Phoenix P12 Community College student.  

“On behalf of the University, I would like to congratulate all of our students and award winners in this year’s WorldSkills Competition,” Barry Wright, Executive Director of FedUni TAFE, said.

“Their exceptional performances are testimony to their training involving University TAFE staff and their employers. The students competed well in a very tough environment.

“We look forward to maintaining our performance and participation at WorldSkills for many years to come.”

Below are the award winners and their discipline, employer and medals awarded. The final four names are VETiS students.

• Tom Ward, Plumbing, Scott Wakeling Plumbing, Bronze
• Anthony Harwood, Welding, Lloyds Metal
• Alexander Slinger, Retail Baking / Bread, Vue Du Mond, Silver
• Grace Martin, Cookery, Grossi Florentino
• Michelle Wilson, Retail Baking / Bread, Lancefield Bakery
• Tyler Atkinson, Cabinetmaking, Ballarat Furniture Company, Silver
• Trystan Sammut, Bricklaying, MEWMAC Bricklaying, Gold
• Jayden Chandler, Sheetmetal work, L G Edmonds Engineering
• David Tuppen, Construction Steel, Ice Engineering
• Zak Biggin, Engineering Team Challenge, Ceramet / BGT, Silver
• Jack Owen, Electrical Installation, T J Coutts
• Olivia Spagnolo, VETiS Hairdressing, Ballarat High School
• Tom Eastman, VETiS Electrotechnology, Phoenix P12 Community College, Bronze
• Nicholas Davies, VETiS Construction, Phoenix P12 Community College
• Brendan Thomas, VETiS Metals and Engineering, Ballarat Christian College, Silver