INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

Jebet moved to Australia from Kenya in 2017 as an international student, enriching her perspective and enabling her to bring diverse insights to Velie Healthcare Services, where she serves as CEO. She became an Australian citizen on May 22, 2024, in Camden municipality, Greater Western Sydney.

As the CEO of Velie Healthcare Services, a registered NDIS provider, Jebet leads a team dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities and mental health needs. Her work is inspired by her family's values of compassion, empathy, and resilience, rooted in her cultural background. These values underpin the inclusive and respectful principles of the organization.

After completing her Bachelor of Community Services, Jebet achieved two significant milestones. She established Velie Healthcare Services as a trusted provider, which has been fulfilling due to the positive impact on clients. Additionally, she fostered a supportive, professional team environment, particularly for students from Acknowledge Education, providing growth opportunities.

Jebet advises aspiring students to follow their passion, gain practical experience, engage in continuous learning, build a strong network, and be resilient. Living and studying in Australia offers numerous benefits, such as high-quality education, cultural diversity, a high standard of living, work opportunities, natural beauty, research opportunities, and comprehensive student support services. Acknowledge Education helped her settle in through orientation programs, robust student support, cultural integration, language support, practical assistance, and community-building initiatives.

Looking ahead, Jebet aims to expand Velie Healthcare Services, enhance training and development, increase community outreach, and integrate new technologies to improve service delivery and operational efficiency.

We have found the students (Diploma of Nursing) from Acknowledge Education to have high level skills and knowledge and to be of a high quality.  Based on our experience, we would be more than happy to accept nursing students or clinical placement from Acknowledge Education.

It’s been pleasure for me to introduce about myself as a growing entrepreneur. As it is the small steps not giant leaps, that bring about success. It is an honour to develop my career and take those steps with Chilli Everest On Collins.

Medical & Aged Care Group have had an Industry partnership with Acknowledge Education Nursing Course for several years now. We love having the students on-site to fulfill their placement hours. The students are always so well prepared for their learning during their placement. Acknowledge Education faculty are readily available and support the students during their placement hours whether it be on-site or remotely. It is a really positive experience for everyone.

On behalf of our kitchen management and all of our kitchens, we would like to congratulate yourself and the team at Front cooking school for preparing and delivering two very high-quality students for work placement at the RACV City Club. Both students actively became involved in aspects of food preparation including ala carte and banqueting service, and quickly became valuable team members. I would consider both Marie and Lilly as “job ready” and sure they will be successful in their chosen career.

I would also like to make mention of the fantastic training facility and kitchens at Front that I had the pleasure of visiting, these facilities enable your students to learn in a professional environment.

Keep up the great work.

Job/Position: Director
It's been great experience working with Acknowledge Education and Joseph. Students have been very keen in learning while in their placement.  Lot of the placements have been converted into paid employment as well. Keep up the good work .

Dr Nasim Aghili, a trainer at Acknowledge Education, has participated in a professional mentorship program for a duration of 20 hours at Pacifik.

During the mentorship, Nasim participated in the following tasks:

- Architectural design,
- Project planning,
- Project progress mentoring

Nasim has proven professional services that have contributed to a satisfactory end product.

During and after my final placement at Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association in September, I have received offers to work in multiple projects and later on got promoted to a full-time position in June.

I have been working as a CHSP service coordinator and at the same time, co-facilitating social groups for older people who live with Dementia. Our group was granted a Community Grant from Maribyrnong council in November and the attachment is a photo of me and the Maribyrnong’s Mayor Mrs Cuc Lam in our celebration event.

It was such a rewarding journey at Acknowledge Education where you can be sure that all the hard work will one day fruit.

Students from Acknowledge Education assisted us in most of area’s where needed in our day-to-day organisation. The areas are grants, donations, admin, sponsorship, social media, logistics and field work. Acknowledge Education students contributed to engage with our community to affect positive and sustainable change.

My career in the hospitality industry spans over three decades, and I started my way from the bottom going up. I received my training in Europe (in Italy and France) and worked in European, African, and Australian settings.

I have always loved sharing my learning and experience with others. I became a Vocational Teacher because after making Melbourne my home, I realised I wanted to share my industry abilities with aspiring professionals. While I share my passion and knowledge about the industry, I learn from these professionals-in-the-making about what they already know that I do not, as learning never ends. I strive to pass along the same high standards this industry needs and requires for prosperous individuals.

While I pride myself on having an outgoing and cheerful personality that helps learners thrive, I challenge them and ask them to be the better version of themselves, pushing them to the point where they no longer need anyone's help. I aim to develop professionals who are proud to provide the best customer service and products.

Job/Position: Programs and Volunteer Coordinator and Trainer

The students are a real asset to the Community Centre’s programs, they demonstrating having excellent skills and knowledge from their training.  They have very friendly and helpful personalities and work very well as team members and being self-starters, are also able to work unsupervised.  We consider ourselves very fortunate to have them on board. The staff, volunteers, program participants and clients are very appreciative of the work they do and always let me know what a great job they do.

We thank Tania Fernando, Sophie Upadhayay, Alexandros Vacharidis, Kim Brooks and Vicky Fletcher for their excellent contribution to the centre and wish them all the best with their career development.

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Over the last 5 years I have been involved in pro bono work with VTIC (Victorian Tourism Industry Council) in my role as a Victorian Tourism Awards judge and last year I was elected to be a National Tourism Awards judge. Being a Tourism Awards judge at State and National levels has provided many opportunities to work with VTIC and the tourism and hospitality industry. I have had many opportunities over the last few years to closely scrutinize business operations, marketing plans, sustainability initiatives, and cultural collaborations with local communities on behalf of the tourism awards entrants at the State and National levels. Being a judge includes examining all the requisite documentation pertaining to the Awards and discussions with industry leaders, tourism and hospitality owners, and managers. Through my work, as a tourism judge and my association with VTIC, I have gained a very close perspective on current issues and future developments and scenarios in this large and often diverse sector. Working with industry provides me with current knowledge of the sector and enables me to network and build relationships with different stakeholders in tourism, hospitality and events. Attending professional development sessions, networking opportunities with operators, and site visits in hotels and event venues informs my teaching and keeps me well-informed of developments, changes, and trends in the industry.

I am very lucky to be able to tap into so many diverse aspects of the industry through my work as a tourism awards judge and my association with VTIC.

I have worked in Education, Personal Development and Counselling Since early 1990, I found that I loved working with people and have a knack for explaining complicated psychological concepts in ways which were both understandable and actionable. Since then, I’ve personally worked with thousands of people from more than 10 different countries. I’ve addressed audiences from Sydney to London to Bahrain and everywhere in between. I’ve talked people down from suicides, inspired broken marriages, helped children and helped build first time businesses, healthy relationships and team building, As I expand into my focus onto the population at large, my goal within this Industry and my writings is for a different take on the self-help genre. Up until now, personal development advice has always been doled out in terms of, “I’m great, you suck, here’s how to fix yourself.” It’s the old “guru” model and it messes people up as much as it helps them. My aim is to teach from a place of humility; as in, “I suck sometimes, you suck sometimes; here’s how I deal with it, hopefully it helps.” I call it self-help from a first-person perspective.
Acknowledge Education is a highly professional Campus with Teachers from all walks of life employed, this level of diversity gives all students an excellent learning experience of historical knowledge coupled with modern philosophies for international students. In my experience of 30 years in the education sector I have found teaching with Acknowledge Education supportive and of excellent standard to both the teaching team and the students.

Senior management position in 5 star international hospitality organisations such as Sheraton, Intercontinental, Hilton, Pullman, Le Meridien and Holiday Inn for more than 15 years. Worked in 13 different countries. Food and beverage Manager to multi site Hotel Hotel Operations manager.

Currently apart from Lecturing, I provide consultancy services for organisations in the areas of Themed events, Entertainment, menu planning, event marketing, Operational planning and staff recruiting.

My passion is people, love to provide guidance to my students. My satisfaction stems from my students achieving the best results they can and positively contribute to the global Tourism and Hospitality industry.

Job/Position: Senior Mentor
We have had Community Services students from Acknowledge Education (Stott's College) for just under 2 years and we have found the students to be very focused and have been willing to learn.   The institute has been very supportive, providing a Liaison Officer and Placement Coordinator who respond very promptly especially if there are students who need extra support.

Job/Position: Senior Coodinator

We have had two Community Services students from Acknowledge Education (Stott's College), both have very different personality's, both were at different parts of their study. however they both were a great support, took direction well, asked questions, and just seemed to get on with things. they both had great communication skills, were able to support our clients with their needs. I set a few case management projects for them, which they completed extremely well, finding things out out our members lives and their wants and needs. They always had their work books ready to sign, not leaving it to the last day. It was a pleasure to work with them.

Job/Position: Head of Hospitality

We appreciate the partnership that we have built with Front Cooking School and look to continually grow this relationship over the coming years.

We are genuinely impressed by the professionalism, determination and diligence of students who have completed their placements with us. Front Cooking school is to be commended for instilling these important values within their students.

The students who completed their placement with us were extremely passionate, professional, and easy to work with. They expanded on fundamental cooking skills that allowed them to assist our chefs with dish preparation and plating up. They also were exposed to the intricate cooking and operational procedures that will enable them to grow.

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Today was Ravinder’s last day of her student placement at Communicare. As part of studying a Diploma of Community Services at Stott’s College Perth Campus, Ravinder has completed 160 hours assisting with our Individual and Family Support Service over the last 3 months.

To thank us for her placement, Ravinder brought in cake to share with us and the rest of the IFSS and Parenting team.

We wish Ravinder all the best with the remainder of her studies!

Job/Position: Human Resources Officer

Bayview Eden Melbourne and Bayview on the Park Hotels have engaged with Front Cooking School to provide practical workplace training for their Kitchen students. This opportunity has enhanced the students culinary skills and confidence in a large kitchen environment. It makes us proud hosting the students and seeing their passion for cookery demonstrated. Along with knowing they will be the next up and coming aspiring Chefs in the Hospitality Industry. All students have excelled throughout their placement, where we have had some success stories of recruiting key students into the Hotel kitchen team.

Job/Position: Director

Community Services Course placement students at Stott's College teamed up with Innovation Youth Centre to create the IYC Exploration Tool, a resource to support young people through customised case management and support the service user and youth-driven. Thank you to Stott's College for your hard and great work, the students were exceptional and professional.

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Job/Position: Head Chef

On behalf of Stamford Plaza Melbourne, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Front Cooking School for your support during COVID-19.

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We thoroughly enjoyed having Agna, a student studying the Diploma of Community Services at Stott's College., as a part of our team, she is an asset to your organisation.

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Job/Position: Executive Chef

A career in Hospitality is always about being one step ahead and being the best at your craft. We are really impressed with the quality of the students who come to us from Front Cooking School,

To undertake their work based Training component of their course with us and train in real life situations in our hotel kitchens. I find students coming to us from Front Cooking School are well trained, aware of what is required to make the grade in this industry and thrive in a fast paced professional kitchen environment. Their course is up-to-date with current food trends and equipment being used and I am yet to come across a student I wouldn’t hire in the future. The relationship between Front Cooking School and Hotel Grand Chancellor is a great example of a quality training organisation delivering training that meets our needs and helps Australia stay ahead with the next generation of hospitality professionals ready to take control of our prestigious venues.

Today was Ravinder’s last day of her student placement at Communicare. As part of studying a Diploma of Community Services at Acknowledge Educatgion Perth Campus, Ravinder has completed 160 hours assisting with our Individual and Family Support Service over the last 3 months.

To thank us for her placement, Ravinder brought in cake to share with us and the rest of the IFSS and Parenting team.

We wish Ravinder all the best with the remainder of her studies!