December 18 - 24, 2024
Local agriculture students recognised for their hard work
A JOB WELL DONE: Agriculture students Jorja Duffy and Eli Beach have been recognised for their handwork and dedication at Wodonga TAFE. PHOTOS: Kurt Hickling
By JORDAN DUURSMA
TWO local students have been recognised for their hard work and dedication to their education journey at Wodonga TAFE’s annual Celebration of Achievement Awards. Wangaratta’s Jorja Duffy took home a trophy and the honour of being named School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year for completing a Certificate II Agriculture and Wangaratta’s Eli Beach was a finalist for completing a Certificate III Agriculture. The classmates have been learning the technical agricultural skills and knowledge they will need in the agriculture or agribusiness workplace if they chose to continue working in the industry. Cathedral College student, Jorja, said she was thrilled to be awarded School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year. “It was an unexpected surprise but it feels pretty good to be recognised,” she said. “I got a call one day letting me know I’d been nominated and asking if I wanted to be interviewed and take it further and I thought ‘yeah, why not’. “It was pretty cool to hear I was a finalist, because I knew there were so many people and to have Eli, the other Wangaratta student, who is in class with me, nominated that was pretty cool. “Agriculture is an industry that’s maybe not that well known or recognised so I thought it was pretty special that two agriculture students were nominated.” ■ Continued Page 6
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