Jarrad Vanderhor, a 3rd stage Engineering Apprentice, working with Host Employers Haden Engineering has won the Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Apprentice Competition at WorldSkills!!  Congratulations Jarrad!

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This Workplace Health and Safety news update has been highlighted by The Apprenticeship Company as useful information for Host Employers and Apprentices/Trainees....

Forklift use continues to be a workplace health and safety issue in Queensland and across the country. Each year in Queensland there are on average 750 workers' compensation claims involving forklifts, with almost 300 of these involving serious injury.

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Downs Group Training & The Apprenticeship Company celebrated the Official Re-Opening of the 295 Ruthven Street Office on November 24th 2011.  The Honourable Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland and Chairman of Directors Horst Brosi declared the newly refurbished office open.

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This Workplace Health & Safety information has been highlighted by The Apprenticeship Company as useful information for Host Employer and Apprentices/Trainees....

A campaign by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and other Australian work safety authorities has found that 41 per cent of scaffolding did not comply with appropriate standards (AS/NZS 1576) and/or jurisdictional regulations.

Read more: Workplace Health & Safety: Construction Scaffolding Campaign...