TARNISHA WINSOR

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads)—I would like to congratulate Tarnisha Winsor, for winning 'Trainee of the Year' in the 2023 Apprentice Employment Network Awards, for her outstanding work in The Hedweld Group. While still at school Tarnisha completed a Cert II in Business Services, where she achieved the honour of being named the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Trainee of the year for Training Services NSW in 2018.She went on to study a Cert IV in Sales Admin and Marketing and Tarnisha, a proud Kamilaroi businesswoman, joined the Hedweld Group in February 2022. A proven quick learner and dedicated to her position, Tarnisha soon became a true asset to her whole team. Her excellence was recognised at the HunterNet Chairman's awards where she was named Trainee of the Year 2022.Tarnisha is now a VET Ambassador through NSW Education's NSW Training Awards. As an Ambassador, Tarnisha promotes VET training as a career pathway for students. Tarnisha is particularly passionate about participating in programs aimed at Rural and Indigenous youth and has recently travelled to Lightning Ridge as well as other rural communities to promote VET training to school students. Congratulations Tarnisha for your incredible achievement.