17 February 2026
It’s that time of year! Applications are now open for the 2026 WA Training Awards.
The WA Training Awards is WA’s premier awards program recognising excellence in vocational education and training and the outstanding achievements of our students, apprentices and trainees. Winners come away with $3000 to put towards further training or to kick-start their career!
NMTAFE students have had great success at the awards, including two winners in 2025 – Amina Umer (WA Cultural Diversity Award) and Arabella Poole (WA Vocational Student of the Year)! Arabella also went on to represent WA at the national Awards and received the Australian Vocational Student of the Year award in Darwin in December last year.
There are eight individual categories that students can self-nominate for in the WA Training Awards:
- WA Apprentice of the Year
- WA School-based Apprentice of the Year
- WA Trainee of the Year
- WA Vocational Student of the Year
- WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year
- WA Cultural Diversity Training Award
- WA International Student of the Year
- WA Trainer of the Year
Watch our online information session here(opens in a new tab) . We cover individual award categories, eligibility criteria, inspiring success stories and what makes a stellar application.
Hear from 2025 Cultural Diversity Training Award winner, Amina Umer.
Applications close 5:00pm, Friday, 10 April 2026. Please note that for most categories you need to have completed, OR due to complete your training by 1 October 2025 – 30 September 2026.