Terry Saxby Wins NSW GTA Award

Winner – Group Training Awards 2011 – Trainee of the Year – Disability
Terry is a deaf Aboriginal man who is currently undertaking a traineeship through MEGT Australia’s Indigenous Apprenticeship and Traineeship Network and the Office of Environment and Heritage’s Land Alive Project.

And he has just won the 2011 Group Training Awards  – Trainee of the Year – Disability.

Terry was working at the Batabah Aboriginal Land Council under the CDEP program prior to undertaking his Certificate III in Conservation and Land Management and was very keen to gain skills enabling him fulltime employment.

His traineeship involved him working on Aboriginal land in the Blacksmith and Swansea area while he studied for his qualification.

MEGT’s IATN Department supported him throughout the year to make sure he was able to turn the training into real workplace skills.

Terry believes the example he has set through his traineeship will help to close the gap in education and employment outcomes and create better opportunities for Indigenous people and their communities. His hearing impairment, for an Indigenous man in his 50’s has not stood in the way of pursuing his goals of being an active member of the local community.

Terry LOVES his work and is extremely reliable. He is early every day in order to be ready to get the team started. He is second in charge of the crew and enjoys this responsibilty. He is well liked and respected by the other team members. He is someone who just gets on with the job at hand.