The search is on for this year’s top apprentice and training achievers with nominations now open for the 2013 Queensland Training Awards.

The Queensland Training Awards are the state’s highest recognition for training celebrating their 52nd year in 2013.

Nominations are open to completing apprentices and trainees and school-based apprentices and trainees, employers who use training in their workplace, graduates of certificate, diploma or advanced diploma courses as well as teachers, trainers and training organisations.

The awards are an opportunity to show how people from all walks of life use training to further their careers or achieve business success.

Top training achievers will be promoted at a regional, state and national level at events attended by heads of industry, government and the vocational training sector.

Specialists in training for the construction industry, Blue Dog Training were named Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2012 Queensland Training Awards.

The brainchild of three tradesmen wanting to improve training in the construction industry, in just seven years Blue Dog Training has grown to deliver 40,000 short course enrolments and training for 1500 apprentices.

Director Brad Deas says Blue Dog Training see the participation in the Queensland Training Awards process as a motivating and rewarding experience for the organisation as a whole as well as individual staff members and clients.

“The training awards provide a unique opportunity to showcase quality training and achievements across the state,” Brad says.

“The awards are professionally run and provide significant networking and marketing opportunities for participants, finalists and winners.”

Nominations for the Queensland Training Awards close on 22 March 2013.