Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ms Deborah Stokes, has officially opened the Hospitality Training Facility of the Australia Pacific Technical College (APTC), Port Moresby campus. Ms Stokes told the opening that the APTC is the Australian Government’s major investment in Technical and Vocational Education Training across the Pacific. “APTC offers a wide range of vocational courses in the areas of Hospitality, Community Services, Trades and Technology, and Training and Assessment. Since 2007, 1,501 Papua New Guineans (403 females and 1,098 males) have graduated from APTC in Port Moresby and across the Pacific,” Ms Stokes said. “APTC is more relevant to PNG now, then ever before. PNG is benefitting from its vast natural resources but it will be its human resources that ultimately drive, shape and mobilise those benefits. PNG needs more educated women and men in order to fulfil its tremendous potential and to provide its young and growing population with opportunities.” Ms Stokes said the new training facility provides a number of exciting opportunities - importantly for women as of all the technical trades, hospitality is an area where there are fewer barriers to employment for women. The facility will provide the opportunity for more women, and men, to receive training at Australian trade level qualifications in commercial cookery, commercial catering, bakery, patisserie and hospitality operations. The student accommodation, dining and recreation areas have all been designed to provide a good environment for study, and to meet industry standards for their employees. For more information see Ms Stokes’ speech at: png.embassy.gov.au
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:59:44 +0000