“You need to be adaptable. You need to be open to new ideas. You need to be open to learning something new,” said keynote speaker David Crowther, managing director of Colour Graphic Services.
“The one constant you can expect is change – I cannot emphasise that enough.”
Around 150 students, teachers, relatives and sponsors attended the Sydney Institute TAFE awards ceremony on 9 August.
The winner at this year’s LIA-Heidelberg NSW Graduate of the Year Awards, pre-press apprentice Brett Foran, added to his medal haul with five awards at the TAFE ceremony.
Crowther, who began his apprenticeship in 1975, said young printers needed to remain open-minded as they would have to adapt to different roles throughout their careers.
He said the printing industry was a major employer, but was threatened by a lack of fresh blood, as seen in RMIT’s recent announcement that it would exit print training.
Ultimo College associate director Alison Wood called on companies to get behind the Sydney Institute so that its hands-on training remained relevant to industry needs.
WINNERS LIST
Bob Anderson – Macarthur Press Memorial Award (outstanding merit in graphic arts)
Brett Foran
Annual Kodak Award (outstanding achievement in graphic arts)
Samuel Moss (2011 student of the year)
Offset Alpine Printing Tropy (Stage III sheetfed and web-offset application and improvement)
Andrew Babic
Printing Industries Association of Australia Medals (best pass throughout the course)
Erica Mast (print finishing)
Brett Foran (graphic prepress)
Dion Horne (printing)
Murray Grant (screen printing)
Screen Graphics Imaging Association of Australia Award
Corey Morse (most enthusiastic apprentice Year 1)
Adam Lloyd (most enthusiastic apprentice Year 2)
Aimee Besgrove (most enthusiastic apprentice Year 3)
David Eglitis (best trainee)
Murray Grant (best overall result)
South Sydney Graphic Arts Club Frank Kelly Award (dedication and commitment in graphic arts)
Mark Conway
South Sydney Graphic Arts Club Memorial Award (Stage III leading apprentice in graphic prepress)
Brett Foran
South Sydney Graphic Arts Peace Award (adult apprentice encouragement award)
Chi Ho Cheung
South Sydney Graphic Arts Ernie Fairbrother Award (outstanding achievement in printing trade)
Dion Horne
Billy Green AMWU Printing Division Adult Apprentice Award (student most actively involved in promoting the welfare and interest of printing students at TAFE and in the workplace)
Vincent Oblea
Rural Press Award (best web coldest print printed by a sheetfed printer)
Dion Horne
Printer Magazines Group Award (application and improvement)
Rano Va (print finishing)
Santana Wilson (graphic prepress)
Steven Chor (printing)
Robert Kerr (screen printing)
Erica Mast (Outstanding Graphic Arts Student Trophy)
Heidelberg Australia Award
Erica Mast (Stage III first in print finishing)
Dara Nuth (Stage II first in print finishing)
Arts Communications Financial Industries Properties Services Award (outstanding research assignment over all sections of graphic arts)
Stephen Reid
ProPrint Awards (consistent efforts throughout the course)
Phong Cao (print finishing)
James Wesley (graphic prepress)
James Kocholatharayil (printing)
Media Super Award (special merit rewarding excellence in Stage III of flexography and label)
Colin Hendry
DIC Australia Award (Stage III first)
Dion Horne
BJ Ball Award (sheetfed printing special award)
Jarrod Morrison
Currie Group Award (most inspiring student throughout the printing course)
Minh Toan Tran
Brissett Rollers Award
Ayhan Senol (Stage III second)
Jarrod Morrison (Stage III third)
McPherson Bookbinding Award (Stage III print finishing leading apprentice)
Erica Mast
Print Finishing Award
Corey Hemans (Stage III second)
Grant Roberts (Stage III special merit)
Shanmuganath Vadiveloo (Stage II first)
Ba Nguyen (Stage II second)
Luke Georgiou (Stage II special merit)
Matthew Wallis (Stage I first)
Troy Kelso (Stage I second)
Adrian Watson (Stage I special merit)
Screen Media Technology Award (Stage III first)
Brett Foran
Desktop Magazine Award (Stage III second)
Mardi Lowe
DG Design Award
Nerida Cunneen (Stage III third)
Samuel Moss (Stage II first)
Nathan Smith (Stage II second)
Oliver Brambley (Stage II third)
Desktop Magazine Award (Stage III second)
Santana Wilson (Stage II special merit)
Hannah Kissell (Stage I first)
James Wesley (Stage I second)
Andrew Agostino (Stage I third)
Desktop Publishing Certificate II
Jane Roman (first)
Graphic Prepress Award (graphic prepress 2011 apprentice of the year)
Brett Foran
Graeme Gould Award (most improved Stage I student in practical sheetfed offset printing)
Benjamin Hone
Printing Award (forscriptionse)
Andrew Mavrikis (Stage II second)
Minh Toan Tran (Stage II third)
George Gorges (Stage I second)
Suliana Morris (Stage I third)
Flexography and Label Award (forscriptionse)
Dante Sarmiento (Stage III first)
Timothy Joughin (Stage III second)
Philip Rosie (Stage III third)
Benjamin Buzelin (Stage II first)
Albert Ukardi (Stage II second)
Romeo Abellana (Stage II third)
Ngoc Son Le (Stage I first)
Ronnie Schembri (Stage I second)
Laurence Mascarenas (Stage I third)
Printers Guild Shield (outstanding achievement in printing)
Dante Sarmiento
Aldus Award (consistency and improvement in label and packaging)
Joshua Zammit
Alan Slaughter Memorial Award (most improved Stage III student in sheetfed offset printing)
Alex Skulski
Frank Whitford Memorial Award (special merit in printing, label and packaging)
Philip Rosie
Ferrostaal Award (Stage I first in printing)
David Purtell
ASSTA Award (top apprentice in final year of label printing)
Dante Sarmiento
Screen printing/stencil preparation trade course
Mary Louise Whelan (Stage III first)
Chi Ho Cheung (Stage III second)
Aimee Besgrove (Stage III third)
Mark Conway (Stage II first)
Patricia Teo (Stage II second)
Adam Lloyd (Stage II third)
Corey Morse (Stage I first)
Daniel Patterson-Hyde (Stage I second)
Dylan Fellmoser (Stage I third)
GJS Screen Printing Award (student most likely to succeed in screen printing)
Mark Conway
Image Magazine Award (consistent effort in screen printing)
Mark Lafferty
Auto Film Australia Award (most inspiring screen printing course student)
Mark Conway
Digital and Screen Printing Awards Australasia (gold medallists)
Darren Ankrett
Aimee Besgrove
Chi Ho Cheung
Mark Conway
Murray Grant
Carla Guerra
Robert Kerr
Mark Lafferty
Jerome Loosli
Michelle Ogilvie
Mary-Louise Whelan
Janine Whittaker
Jennifer Jervis
Hugh Fowler
Stephen Smith
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