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School students graduate with job-ready skills

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Certificates: Greater Shepparton Secondary College Year 11 Skill Up graduates. Photo by Contributed

Last Thursday, October 27, two groups of Year 11 and Year 12 Greater Shepparton Secondary College students graduated from the Skill Up program run by the Industry Training Hub and Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE.

The Skill Up program is an introductory training program that aims to get students job-ready in the fields of civil construction, engineering, agriculture, manufacturing and general trades.

The program saw the students complete accredited units, which included how to work safely in these industries, basic procedures and techniques, operating certain machinery and first aid.

Students were also given the opportunity to partake in immersion tours to Furphy’s Engineering, Jarvis Delahey Contractors and Goulburn Valley Water’s farms and water treatment plant, hearing from employers and industry representatives about pathways and skills required for the industries.

Here’s a few pictures from the graduation ceremony.

Finding their passion: Year 12 Skill Up graduate students Joe Lindrea, Jamil Sasa, Christian Njobe and Zeeshan Khadimi. Photo by Contributed
Proud: Natasha Gorringe with daughter Hayley Gorringe, who graduated from the Year 11 pool. Photo by Contributed
Ready for work: Greater Shepparton Secondary College Year 12 Skill Up graduates. Photo by Contributed
Family: Brothers Billy and Nick Tsiatsos, who both graduated from the Skill Up program. Photo by Contributed
Congratulations: Graham Thomson Motors general manager Gerard Michel, student Hayley Gorringe and GV Water regional operations manager Daryl Bennett. Photo by Contributed