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Brendon Murphy is a success story of his own making. Brendon completed a Certificate III in Water Supply Operations through Water Training Australia Pty Ltd as part of WPC Group’s trainee program. As a successful fire fighter and footballer, his passion and drive to constantly achieve excellence held him in good stead for a successful career in the making.

In 2010 Brendon was nominated for Trainee of the Year in the Today’s Skills, Tomorrow’s Leaders program. He was identified as being a highly capable and skilled trainee achieving the accolade of being awarded ‘Runner Up’ in this prestigious competition.

As a result of his excellent performance throughout his training and the work placement at Melbourne Water – Tarago Water Treatment Plant he was offered a permanent role as Water Supply Operations, Maroondah Team – Lead Operator.

Brendon has been included into the Greenskills Reference Group. Brendon has become a valuable contributor the program and he sits alongside a range of extremely experienced experts and Government representatives that provide leadership in Employment and Training for the Greenskills Program.

WPC Group CEO Nicholas Wyman was presented with the 2012 Park Family Churchill Fellowship by The Governor of Victoria Alex Chernov recently.

Nicholas is particularly interested in the challenges companies face in finding and developing skilled employees.  Nicholas will be researching and reporting on youth unemployment and the transition between school and the world of work in Australia, Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands. He also intends to see how these countries have embraced Sustainability in Apprenticeships and Traineships.  Other Churchill fellows for 2012 include Mr William Thomas who will investigate sustainability education and sustainability practice with emphasis on water, waste, energy and biodiversity – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland.

The Churchill Trust was established in 1965 to honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill by awarding overseas research Fellowships known as ‘Churchill Fellowships’. Later this month, The  Honourable Alex Chernov AC QC will present the award at Government House. 

Nicholas’ research focus will be comparing and contrasting two mid range and two low range European Union Countries who face similar challenges to Australia. Nicholas is looking for a New Approach to Engaging Young Australians in Skilled Careers. Nicholas said ‘It’s through the generosity of The Park Family, who share a passion for the study of issues relating to vocational training that make fellowships like this available’. To find out more about the The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust please visits www.churchilltrust.com.au

Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced today that Toll plans to employ 700 new workers nationally as part of the Jobs1001 Campaign. Many of these positions will be Apprenticeship and Traineeship vacancies.

Jobs 1001 is one of Australia’s largest community inspired employment drives in the nation’s history. Interest in the jobs campaign has been overwhelming; WPC Groups Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Wyman said “In the first 4 weeks, we have had over 1200 new jobs created and over 5,000 job seekers sign on. As well as 700 articles published at community level.

CEO of WPC Group Nicholas Wyman says “the highlight of the campaign has been that many small businesses have offered full time opportunities to entry level workers. ‘These jobs are being created in not only metropolitan areas but also country and regional areas.  Large employers have also signed on with Nissan Motor Co announcing a mentored apprentice technician program and sales cadet program which also created 400 jobs, Employers should take a long range view, offer entry level positions and train people up to meet specific needs”.