Aptella was a finalist and runner-up in this year’s TAFE Queensland – SkillsTech Apprentice Awards for the Large Employer of the Year award. The company was nominated for its unique apprenticeship program, co-created with TAFE Queensland to build the right skills and knowledgebase for Aptella Field Technicians.
“Our Field Technicians require a mix of skills and training to be able to support our customers with high precision machine control technology on heavy earthmoving equipment,” said Bernadette Taoro Ashin, Strategic Head of People & Culture at Aptella.
“We are delighted to have received recognition from TAFE Queensland at the awards night this year – it has been great to partner with them and collaborate on a progressive, tailored program that is helping to fast-track our apprentices with the skills they need on site,” she added.
Specialising in the distribution and support of intelligent positioning solutions used in civil construction, building, mining and geospatial applications, Aptella has more than 350 employees across Australia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand.
The Field Services team is integral to the business, supporting customers with advanced survey and machine control technology used on excavators, graders, dozers and other heavy plant to accurately grade to a project design.
Aptella has seven apprentices enrolled on the course, which incorporates a Certificate III in auto-electrical as well as communications network qualifications. The apprentices, who are employed by Aptella across a number of locations including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, also benefit from a mix of online, face-to-face and on-the-job learning.
“In addition to the tailored course content, the apprentices are also benefitting from a mixed learning experience,” Mrs Ashin said. “They learn on the job with experienced colleagues in their branches, but also alongside and from one another as a team during their time on campus.”
“Our partnership with Aptella enables us to work closely with industry and modern technology to maintain currency and deliver the highest quality training that we can for TAFE Queensland and the employers,” said Shawn O’Sullivan, Business Manager at TAFE Queensland.
We source, deploy and support intelligent positioning solutions to enhance our customers’ productivity.
Aptella Pty Ltd
ABN 56 130 367 065
