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WInter 2018
energysafe issue 51
ESV TAFE Instructors
Excellence Award 2018
By Laurie Devitt, Gas Safety Officer,
Gas Operations
ESV is proud to announce the presentation
of the second RTO/TAFE Instructor’s
Excellence Award.
At the recent Plumbing Sheetmetal
Coppersmith Instructors Association (PSCIA)
conference, Paul Harris, ESV Manager Gas
Operations, and Darren Tilley, ESV Team Leader
Gas and Pipeline Strategy, presented the award
to Gary Waters from Master Plumbers/PICAC.
The award is intended to acknowledge the
efforts of all RTO/TAFE plumbing teachers involved
in plumbing and gasfitting training, and nominees
have to display an exceptional commitment to
providing excellence in teaching plumbing and
gasfitting apprentices.
ESV received six nominations, all of whom
met ESV’s criteria—Gary Waters from Master
Plumbers/PICAC, Selwyn Hikuroa from Chisholm
Institute (Frankston), Andrew McCracken from
Melbourne Polytechnic, Ross Wilkinson from
GOTAFE Shepparton, and Warren Lewis and
Paul Baulch from Victoria University. Each were
nominated for their commitment to tutoring
plumbing and gas fitting apprentices, and
particularly in gas-related streams including
CERT III and CERT IV in gas, and Type A
Appliance Servicing and Type B Servicing.
After careful consideration, Gary Waters,
nominated by Master Plumbers/PICAC’s Brendan
Gould, was chosen due to his consistently high
standard of teaching apprentices over a long
period of time and the strong endorsements from
Top of class: ESV’s Paul Harris (left) and Darren Tilley (right) with ESV TAFE Instructors Excellence 2018
award recipient, Gary Waters.
his students. They spoke of his promotion of
free thinking and problem solving, consideration
for his students’ different learning needs, his
use of personal life experience to balance the
theory. The genuine enthusiasm he showed in his
teaching and encouraging his students was also
commended.
ESV’s Paul Harris and Darren Tilley presented
Gary with his award and a Bunnings voucher
valued at $750 in front of RTO/TAFE teachers from
all over Victoria. ESV would like to congratulate all
2018 nominees and their dedication to the industry
in helping educate and shape future practioners.
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