WODONGA TAFE has taken out the Victorian large training provider of the year crown for the first time since 2008.
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Wodonga pipped Box Hill for the honour and will be hoping to replicate its state success at national level later in the year.
The last time Wodonga completed the double was also 2008.
A Wodonga delegation fronted a judging panel in late June to pitch its case for the state award which included addressing its practices in vocational education and training, strategic planning processes, client and market focus, human resource capability and community partnerships.
Wodonga TAFE chief executive officer Mark Dixon and board chairman Ulf Ericson accepted the award on behalf of the institute.
“This is a truly outstanding result for all at Wodonga TAFE," Mr Ericson said.
"Our team has worked tirelessly to ensure we deliver the highest of quality of service, and it is thanks to all at Wodonga TAFE that we have now won this award.
"This truly was a team effort.
“To go up against a large metropolitan TAFE like Box Hill Institute and win this award is demonstrative of how well our TAFE is regarded across the industry and beyond.
"To be recognised in this way formally is a true testament to the amazing work we do
with our students, industry and the community.
“As a community, we should be proud to have an Institute like Wodonga TAFE in our back yard, and we can only hope more and more people benefit from the amazing work done here.”
The Australian training awards will be held in November.
The award coincides with the recent appointment of Mr Dixon as chief executive.
He was a graduate of the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1985 and holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Cranfield University and has recently completed the Cranlana Institute's executive leadership program.
Mr Dixon spent more than 30 years as a British and Australian Army officer, serving in a variety of leadership positions all over the world, including operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has a strong vocational training and education background, including time as a teacher in the UK and as both chief of staff and commanding officer at the Army's Logistic Training Centre in Bandiana.
For the past two years, he has been a director within the defence materiel organisation, responsible for the urgent procurement of equipment to support military operations overseas in addition to asset and performance management of the army's equipment fleets.