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Weekend West
Just do the write thing
Saturday, 12 May, 2012
With digital communications such as email now being the primary form of interaction in many workplaces, written and language skills are now arguably more important than ever for jobseekers and professionals.
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The West Australian
New door opens for training of engineers
Wednesday, 09 May, 2012
An engineering course offered by Challenger Institute has become the first in Australia to be fully accredited, a move the State Government hopes will lead to more graduates to alleviate the skills shortage in WA.
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Brunei Times
ACEPT seeks avenue into Brunei energy sector
Tuesday, 01 May, 2012
Challenger Institute is looking to be a part of Brunei's technical and vocational development to support theoil and gas sector via a public-private partnership.
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Weekend Australian
Program fast-tracks competent apprentices
Saturday, 14 April, 2012
New delivery and assessment methods in apprenticeship training in metals and engineering are giving apprentices in Perth the opportunity to accelerate their learning.
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The West Australian
Institute trainees get career head start
Thursday, 12 April, 2012
The chance to train with one of the world's largest energy companies has been an eye-opening experience for 10 Aboriginal students from Challenger Institute of Technology.
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ABC News
Challenger signs training deal with NT university
Tuesday, 20 March, 2012
Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory has joined up with Challenger Institute of Technology to provide oil and gas industry training.
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Weekend West
Just what doctor ordered
Saturday, 10 March, 2012
A new nurse training facility is hoping to produce more job-ready healthcare workers and also attract more people to a career in the field to address a growing skills shortage.
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Education and Training International
Challenger Institute of Technology Welcomes Bhutanese students
Friday, 09 March, 2012
Nine Bhutanese students have traded their remote, mountainous homeland to study at Challenger Institute of Technology, as recipients of prestigious Endeavour Award scholarships from the Australian Government.
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The West Australian
Top apprentice cooks up a successful career in kitchen
Wednesday, 07 March, 2012
Ever since she was a little girl, apprentice chef Rebecca Wilson knew she wanted to turn her love of food and cooking into a career.
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The Star (Kenya)
Kenyan student wins prestigious award in Australia
Tuesday, 21 February, 2012
Francisca Atonga who is studying for an advanced diploma of accounting at Challenger Institute of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, has won the institution’s prestigious International Student of the Year Award.
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Fremantle Cockburn Gazette
Triumph for gritty Christine
Tuesday, 17 January, 2012
For Atwell's Christine MacMillan, it took all of her strength to finish her studies in service work at the Challenger Institute of Technology in Beaconsfield.
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Weekend West
Full speed ahead for skills
Saturday, 07 January, 2012
New industry-sponsored scholarships introduced over the next three years by the Challenger Institute of Technology will aim to address a pending maritime skills shortage caused by expected increases in the number of oil and gas projects in local waters.
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Sunday Times
Compass on sea change
Sunday, 01 January, 2012
Scholarships to help ease future skills shortages in the resources and oil and gas sectors will give maritime students special opportunities this year.
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Perth Now
X Factor star picks hard rock at Challenger
Monday, 05 December, 2011
Perth X Factor finalist Jessica Duchesne has the music and modelling worlds at her feet, but she isn't aiming for the stars. Instead, the 18-year-old is heading underground by taking on an engineering career in mining.
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Science Network WA
Challenger demonstrates aquaponic viability
Sunday, 20 November, 2011
A successful trial of an aquaponic production system has been undertaken by Challenger Institute. The system is a combination of aquaculture and hydroponic systems and uses no artificial fertilisers or insecticides, while reducing water consumption.
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Sunday Times
Something in the water at Challenger
Sunday, 20 November, 2011
Barramundi, lettuce and basil are the latest products from aquaculture and horticulture students at Challenger Institute of Technology. What may sound like a tasty meal is the result of an award-winning aquaponics system at the institute's Murdoch campus.
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Weekend Courier - Rockingham
"Weld to Life' a winner
Friday, 18 November, 2011
THE successful Weld to Life program at Rockingham PCYC has won another award, this time winning a category of the 2011 Premier's Awards for Excellence announced recently.
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Sunday Times
Challenger skills are on the menu
Sunday, 06 November, 2011
The hands-on experience available at Challenger Institute of Technology's training restaurant is giving hospitality, tourism and events students an opportunity to develop skills in a fun and rewarding way.
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Mining Chronicle
Women line up to snap up scholarships
Tuesday, 01 November, 2011
Eighteen women have been given a unique chance to gain rewarding careers in the resources and oil and gas sectors thanks to new industry-sponsored scholarships at the Challenger Institute of Technology in Perth.
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Sound Telegraph
Young mechanic takes out gold
Tuesday, 01 November, 2011
Challenger Institute of Technology apprentice Andrew Leece, 19, of Safety Bay, won the gold medal in the Light Automotive division at the WA WorldSkills competition.
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Weekend West
Study engineers a career change
Saturday, 29 October, 2011
Challenger Institute and Chevron are working together on a new engineering scholarship program, in order to attract more women to study engineering and enter the resources sector.
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Joondalup Weekender
Fish and vegies grow together
Thursday, 27 October, 2011
Challenger Institute has a commitment to growing chemical-free produce sustainably using aquaponics. The pilot commercial aquaponics system has been built and designed in partnership with both horticulture and aquaculture specialists.
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Kalamunda Reporter
Catering students rise to the challenge
Tuesday, 25 October, 2011
Local students put their hospitality skills to the test in a regional cooking and food and beverage service competition. Challenger Institute hosted the WorldSkills Australia Vocational Education and Training in Schools competition on September 30.
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The West Australian
2011 Gold Plate winners announced
Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Challenger's Quinlan's Training Restaurant in Beaconsfield claims a Gold Plate Award.
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Koori Mail
Course a confidence boost
Wednesday, 19 October, 2011
Fifteen Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers WA (AIEO) from around Fremantle and Rockingham in Western Australia have experienced a boost to both their confidence and their formal qualifications.
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Sunday Times
Women engineer a career
Sunday, 16 October, 2011
To provide opportunities for people who might not otherwise get the chance, 18 women have taken up the challenge of pursuing a career in the resources and oil and gas sectors through scholarships at Challenger Institute of Technology.
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Weekend West
Cream team for CHOGM
Friday, 07 October, 2011
They are known as the A team of their Challenger Institute hospitality training courses and they will be in the heat of the action when more than 50 world leaders sit down to dine with Julia Gillard in Perth.
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world.edu
There’s something fishy about Challenger Institute’s vegetables
Thursday, 06 October, 2011
Challenger Institute of Technology’s commitment to growing chemical-free produce sustainably utilising aquaponics has seen them win a Seafood Environment Award.
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Mandurah Mail Online
Showcase for Peel learning options
Thursday, 22 September, 2011
Peel campus held its open day for prospective students last week to attract students to its new education pathways. More than 180 potential students and their families attended and learnt more about education and career possibilities.
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Guardian Express
Young florist's future continues to bloom
Tuesday, 06 September, 2011
Mt Lawley florist Jessica McGilvray has placed second in the 2011 WA Interflora Florist of the Future competition.
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Drum Media
Have You Studied At: Challenger Institute of Technology
Thursday, 01 September, 2011
This full page Q&A in one of Perth's most prominent youth street-press magazines provides a thorough insight into Challenger Institute's course offerings, and much more.
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The Weekend Australian
Car-building project puts Challenger students on road to engineering success
Saturday, 27 August, 2011
Students undertaking the advanced diploma of mechanical engineering at Perth's Challenger Institute of Technology are honing their skills by designing and building an electric car.
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Weekend West
Lecturers in demand
Saturday, 27 August, 2011
Flexible working hours and improved chances of career development are seeing many workers with professional and trade experience turn to teaching at universities and other tertiary institutions to supplement an income or kick-start a career change.
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Weekend Courier - Rockingham
Deaf Jessica graduates in IT
Friday, 26 August, 2011
Jessica Maher recently graduated from an IT course at Challenger in which she was one of only two female students and the only one who finished the whole course without hearing a single word from the lecturers.
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Sunday Times
Timor talent in frame
Sunday, 21 August, 2011
SIX East Timorese ACEPT trainees have made an aluminium crocodile, which has cultural significance in their homeland, as part of their process and maintenance training at Challenger Institute of Technology.
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Sound Telegraph
Options for all at SkillsWest Expo
Wednesday, 17 August, 2011
Residents of all ages in the Rockingham area are encouraged to attend a major event aimed at filling the big skills shortage in the State.
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Sound Telegraph
Institute on display in career showcase
Wednesday, 10 August, 2011
Challenger Institute of Technology staged its biggest ever presence at this year's SkillsWest Expo in Perth.
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Weekend West
Back to the classroom
Saturday, 23 July, 2011
With eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, a 79-year-old pensioner recently completed a Certificate III in Aged Care at the Challenger Institute's Peel campus.
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Weekend Courier
Mum living designer dream
Friday, 22 July, 2011
This Secret Harbour mother of five is just a few stitches away from completing a Challenger Institute Applied Fashion Design and Technology Diploma.
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MedIndia Online
Technology to the rescue of undersized fish
Thursday, 21 July, 2011
Australian scientists partnered with Challenger Institute have evolved a device that could help undersized fish make their way back into the ocean.
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Mandurah Mail
Age no barrier for Eulys
Thursday, 07 July, 2011
Seventy-nine-year old Eulys Tedford has proved age is no barrier when it comes to getting a new career.
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The West Australian
New dimension for oil and gas at Challenger Institute
Wednesday, 06 July, 2011
A new 3-D animated modelling system designed by feature movie experts is giving Challenger Institute of Technology students hands-on experience which will help them get jobs at real-world oil and gas processing plants.
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Mandurah Mail
Auto apprentice on road to success
Thursday, 23 June, 2011
Andrew Ashford's career has put the pedal to the metal since completing the Certificate I in Automotive (pre-apprenticeship) through Challenger Institute, while he was a student at Mandurah Senior College.
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Mandurah Mail
Trainee trio work a treat
Thursday, 23 June, 2011
A Mandurah finance brokerage has paid the ultimate compliment to Challenger Institute's business courses, employing three recent graduates.
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Mandurah Coastal Times
Training works well for students
Wednesday, 22 June, 2011
A unique Challenger Institute of Technology training program is giving inexperienced young people the chance to enter the workforce as a trainee or apprentice.
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The West Australian
$28m to boost skills to address skills shortages
Wednesday, 01 June, 2011
Almost $28 million will be provided to Challenger Institute of Technology in Rockingham for a major upgrade to double its capacity from 500 students in 2009 to 1000 by 2018.
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PerthNow
Challenger's $1.3m oil and gas training tower
Wednesday, 01 June, 2011
An Australian first aimed at increasing oil and gas workers' skills has been unveiled at Challenger Institute of Technology.
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Broome Advertiser
Challenger to provide training for huge Shell LNG project
Thursday, 26 May, 2011
Challenger will join the Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Training Consortium to provide oil and gas training to Shell employees at its Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training (ACEPT) facility.
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Science Network WA
WA-China thinktank recommends artificial reefs
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Artificial reefs are being discussed as one solution to WA’s coastal industrial projects and their infliction on sites traditionally used by recreational fishers.
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The West Australian
Indigenous maternity wing open at KEMH
Friday, 29 April, 2011
A mural destined for the walls of the State's main maternity hospital, aptly called Bridging the Divide, sums up a new attempt to improve the outcomes of Aboriginal women and their babies.
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Oil and Gas Gazette
Oil and gas training gets animated
Sunday, 10 April, 2011
In a training first for Western Australia, animated modelling is allowing students to take the lid off oil and gas processing plants and gain a unique insight into the workings of complex machinery.
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The Australian
Training the key to plugging labour gap
Saturday, 09 April, 2011
Challenger's ACEPT training facility is playing a key role in alleviating labour shortages in Australia's liquefied natural gas industry.
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WA Business News
Challenger wins PNG training deal
Wednesday, 30 March, 2011
A major player in the oil and gas industry in Papua New Guinea has turned to the expertise of Challenger Institute of Technology to provide training for their Papua New Guinean national workforce.
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ABC News
Farmed fish hit the shelves
Tuesday, 08 March, 2011
Fish bred at Challenger Institute of Technology and transported to Geraldton are part of the first harvest of a Midwest fish farm.
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The West Australian
Plumber flushes away gender stereotypes
Monday, 17 January, 2011
Few career deviations can quite match that of Challenger student Kelly Discombe who has swapped pedicures for pipe wrenches.
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X-Press Magazine
Apprenticeships offer chance of new career
Thursday, 23 December, 2010
Challenger Institute’s diverse range of courses offers wealth of opportunity for the experienced and inexperienced alike.
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X-Press Magazine
Student-designed electric car charges to design award
Thursday, 23 December, 2010
Student engineers from Challenger Institute of Technology design and build an award-winning electric vehicle using a unique steering system to conserve energy and maintain speed.
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Intersector
Alkira cops a taste of office life
Friday, 17 December, 2010
Cooloongup teenager Alkira Willmot is trading the classroom for the office to fulfil her ambition of becoming a police officer.
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The Weekend Australian
Maritime Centre director search gains national attention
Saturday, 11 December, 2010
Challenger's WA Maritime Training Centre casts its new far and wide in search for new training director.
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The West Australian online
Fashion Forward; Challenger hits the runway
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Challenger students showed off their fashion flair in preparation for their annual runway extravaganza. To watch the online video report from The West Australian, simply click on the image that appears when you 'Read More'.
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The Fashion Catalyst
Challenger's fashion cut
Thursday, 25 November, 2010
Perth's fashionistas flock to the Fremantle Town Hall for Challenger Institute of Technology's annual fashion show and awards night.
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Sunday Times
Women engineer a career change
Sunday, 21 November, 2010
An engineering program designed to attract more women into male-dominated fields, awards recipients of the inaugural Women in Engineering Scholarships.
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WA Business News
LPG course fuels automotive training
Thursday, 07 October, 2010
Automotive technicians in Western Australia can now receive qualifications in the repair and servicing of LPG-equipped vehicles under a specialised training program offered only by Challenger Institute of Technology.
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The West Australian
Blooming big sculptures in Kings Park
Saturday, 25 September, 2010
Challenger's WA Horticulture and Environmental Science Skills Centre plays a major role in annual Kings Park gardening and flower show.
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The West Australian
Tailor well suited to teaching
Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
A Rockingham man who served a brief stint in prison wants to help prisoners integrate back into society after completing community welfare services training at Challenger Institute of Technology.
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Oil and Gas Australia
Woodside backs Challenger training initiative
Sunday, 15 August, 2010
New safety system partnership places Challenger at forefront of oil and gas process workplace training.
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Sunday Times
Helping ex-inmates get an even break
Sunday, 08 August, 2010
After serving two stints in prison, a Rockingham man turns to study to inspire other inmates.
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Go Dubai
UAE engineering students graduate in Abu Dhabi
Thursday, 05 August, 2010
More than 70 United Arab Emirates students are awarded certificates in engineering and electrotechnology, as graduates of an exciting international education collaboration with Challenger Institute of Technology.
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The Australian
Food training program cultivates a fresh idea
Thursday, 22 July, 2010
This page three report in Australia’s national daily highlights one of Challenger Institute’s pioneering aquaponics programs.
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The West Australian
Simulated plant prepares job-ready operators
Saturday, 03 July, 2010
Training for oil and gas caters for workers seeking to upgrade their skills, as well as those striving to enter the industry.
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The West Australian
Meet SimMan, a perfect patient
Wednesday, 26 May, 2010
Diagnostic dummy, SimMan, allows enables nursing students to master their new skills on an uncomplaining patient.
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The West Australian
Tiny barramundi make a big splash
Wednesday, 05 May, 2010
Challenger Institute's aquaculture researchers perform an Australia-first, transporting 180,000 miniscule live barramundi juveniles thousands of kilometres without a casualty.
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