TAFE Gippsland Timber Training Unit manager, Kevin Nunn, is Victoria’s Teacher/Trainer of the Year!
The Bairnsdale-based teacher was today announced as the winner of the Teacher/Trainer of the Year category in the 2020 Victorian Training Awards. The awards have been progressively announced over the past week in a virtual setting in lieu of the customary gala award night.
The news was greeted with delight by Kevin’s many colleagues and friends and TAFE Gippsland’s Chief Executive, Mr Grant Radford, said Kevin was a deserving and worthy winner in 2020.
“All of us at TAFE Gippsland are absolutely delighted and proud of Kevin’s achievement and we warmly congratulate him on this very prestigious award,” Mr Radford said.
“The VTA award is a recognition of not only his personal standing as a timber trainer within TAFE, but also as a hard working community recovery leader in East Gippsland following the summer fires.”
For Kevin Nunn himself, the award has put him into the unfamiliar spotlight, but one that is deeply satisfying.
“I’ve always been a team player and I work with a lot of really amazing people in TAFE Gippsland and in the timber and community safety response sectors,” Kevin said.
“My thanks to the people who had faith in me as a timber trainer and who put me forward for this award.
“I’m just very happy that the work we do in training future timber workers and emergency response staff to keep our community safe and the local timber industry vibrant, has been recognised.”
The Teacher / Trainer of the Year Award recognises innovation and excellence by a teacher or trainer providing nationally-recognised training to students in the TAFE and training sector.
Kevin Nunn’s superb achievement affords him the honour of representing Victoria at the Australian Training Awards on 20 November, as well as a cash prize of $5000 and a 2020 Victorian Training Awards trophy.
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For further information on TAFE Gippsland, visit: www.tafegippsland.edu.au or call 1300 133 717.
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