Victoria’s Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) Faculty of Engineering annual Awards Night was held last Wednesday, recognising the outstanding achievements of students within the Pre-Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship, Post Trade, Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs conducted by the Faculty in 2009.
Winner of the Outstanding Renewable Energy Student category was James Smetham.
In celebration of his success, Energy Matters representative Deborah Porter presented James with a gift certificate valued at $500 for renewable energy products from Energy Matters’ online store at www.energymatters.com.au .
According to Energy Matters co-founder Max Sylvester, “Our company is always proud to help support further education in renewable energy and to recognise the efforts of students pursuing a career in the sector – after all, it’s people like James who will help Australia move away from power generation dependent on fossil fuels and towards a clean, sustainable and renewable energy future.”
NMIT offers VET and Higher Education programs; designed and developed with industry participation. Based across the northern region of Melbourne, NMIT has six metropolitan campuses and six other training centres throughout the state.
NMIT offers Certificate III in Renewable Energy which allows students to develop a technical understanding of conventional and renewable energy sources and systems and become accredited by the CEC (Clean Energy Council) to sign off on grid-connect and stand-alone systems design.
Energy Matters is one of Australia’s largest companies solely dedicated to renewable energy solutions for residential, government and commercial applications. Energy Matters is also active in the community in providing tools and education on topics relating to solar and wind power, sustainability and other environmental issues.
