Large Training Provider of the Year

This award recognises large registered training organisations (RTOs) that offer a range of training products and services, and that demonstrate excellence and high-level performance in all aspects of vocational education and training.

Meet the finalists in the Large Training Provider of the Year category for the 2024 South Australian Training Awards – some truly brilliant organisations!

Adelaide Training & Employment Centre

The mission of the Adelaide Training & Employment Centre (ATEC) is to contribute to employment growth and skills development in support of the South Australian community.

A not-for-profit industry-led training organisation, ATEC specialises in providing skills training to over 4,000 currently enrolled school students, school leavers, apprentices, jobseekers, businesses, and existing workers.

Qualifications are offered in mechanical engineering, metal fabrication, engineering production, general construction, and electrical engineering; workplace safety is the focus for individual units of competency offered.

ATEC’s progressive approach includes a rolling intake system, identifying and responding to emerging training needs, customising solutions for learners and employers, collaborating with industry partners, regularly measuring success for improvement, investing in skilled trainers with industry expertise, and emphasising quality throughout the organisation.

The outcomes of the customised construction and engineering training, designed for and delivered to indigenous youth in the APY Lands Trade Training Centre, demonstrates how ATEC’s positive ethos inspires success.

MTA Training and Employment

The Motor Trade Association’s (MTA’s) registered training organisation, MTA Training and Employment (MTA T&E), delivers leading vocational education and training to more than 1,000 learners across 9 automotive trades.

Informed by MTA’s 1,200 members, MTA Training and Employment ensures apprentices are trained to high standards and exposed to current industry technology. Having launched South Australia’s first dedicated electric vehicle (EV) training centre and upgraded its advanced training centre, MTA Training and Employment is a leader in EV training.

In an Australian first, MTA Training and Employment offers new dual-trade apprenticeships, combining light or heavy vehicle apprenticeships with an automotive electrical apprenticeship that will prepare apprentices for a rapidly evolving automotive industry with increasing numbers of zero and low emission vehicles.

In response to growing industry skill requirements, MTA Training and Employment also offers upskill training pathways for businesses and technicians.

MTA Training and Employment’s School Pathways Program and Automotive Mentor Program reinforce its reputation as a leader in trade training.

TAFE SA

TAFE SA plays a crucial role as the public provider of vocational education and training in South Australia, ensuring South Australians have access to quality vocational education and skills training that addresses skills shortages and increases the skilled workforce.

TAFE SA delivers to diverse student cohorts across the state, ensuring current and future generations have the skills they need.

Courses are aligned with industry requirements, ensuring TAFE SA remains responsive and future-focused.

Education staff are passionate and dedicated industry professionals whose close connection to employers, ensures they deliver the latest sought-after skills, provide best-practice outcomes, and produce job-ready graduates.

TAFE SA is enhancing its industry partnerships by collaborating in innovative ways and fostering cooperation with education providers across Australia to share knowledge, resources, and information.

TAFE SA is focused on increasing access and choice to quality education and training opportunities through innovation, infrastructure upgrades, and greater use of digital delivery.