SWUG Apprentice of the Year
Nominations for the 2012 SWUG Apprentice of the Year award are now being called for.
This is a great opportunity to reward and recognise your apprentices.
The SWUG Apprentice of the Year will receive a $5,000 trip to visit printing plants and supply company factories to the print industry on the east coast of Australia.
Nominations must be in writing and include supporting documentation of training, achievements and experience. All entries must be authorised and signed by the applicant’s employer or senior manager.
The SWUG Apprentice of the Year is open to all indentured apprentices from all trades who are employed in the newspaper printing industry within Australia including both single and double width presses.
All nominees will be required to attend the 2012 SWUG conference where the
winner will be announced.
The 2012 winner will also be required to attend the 2013 SWUG conference where they will present an overview of learnings from their trip.
All entries must be received by COB on February 17, 2012 and posted to PO Box 999,
North Richmond, NSW 2754. Attn: Anita White.
Further details regarding the Apprentice of the Year can be obtained by contacting
Anthony Payne on 02 49357400.
SWUG Apprentice of the Year 2011
At the SWUG conference in Hobart, Matthew Hoyes (pictured) from APN Print in Toowoomba was named as Apprentice of the Year for 2011. Matthew will now go on an all-expenses paid trip of print sites and supply companies along the east coast of Australia. He will be accompanied by this year’s runner-up, Travis O’Donnell from Sunraysia Daily. Both apprentices will attend the 2012 SWUG conference to report on their experiences..
SWUG Apprentice of the Year 2010
Ricky Lillywhite (pictured) from APN Print in Rockhampton was the 2010 winner of the SWUG Apprentice of the Year award and, as part of his prize, he went on a tour of major printing sites in Victoria, NSW and Queensland.
On his three-day tour, Ricky visited 12 sites along the east coast. Starting in Brisbane, where his guide was Geoff Austin, he toured the Queensland Newspapers print centre, Rural Press Printing Ormiston and the Gold Coast print centre.
Travelling to Melbourne, Ricky caught up with Angus Scott and visited The Age print centre as well as learning about rollers and press chemistry from Rollmakers and DS Chemport.
From there he transferred to Sydney where he visited MPD in Marrickville, Lanier, suppliers of the Ricoh digital print engine, Offset Alpine, DIC Australia’s ink facility in Auburn, then Rural Press North Richmond and Fairfax Printers at Chullora.
Our thanks to all the sites for taking time to show Ricky around, and to Geoff and Angus for acting as guides.