MTA Institute wins Queensland Small Training Provider of the Year Award
The MTA Institute (RTO No. 31529) has been announced as the Small Training Provider of the Year at the annual Queensland Training Awards held on Saturday the 14th of September 2019. MTA Institute is the largest independent Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for automotive apprenticeships and trainees in Queensland with over 2,000 students located throughout the state. […]
Bosch delivers advanced training to local automotive professionals
MTA Queensland recently welcomed the technical training team from BOSCH to the Sir Jack Brabham Automotive Centre of Excellence to hold their popular Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) training course among others over three-days of learning. With the technological landscape of the automotive industry constantly evolving and new features being developed and added to vehicles […]
Acceler8 program kickstarts career for light vehicle apprentice
The changing landscape of the automotive industry is creating new career opportunities every day, even for those who had never previously considered a career in the industry. With courses including MTA Queensland’s Auto Camp – a three-day school-holiday course for high school students run in partnership with MTA Institute, and MTA Institute’s Certificate II in […]
Keith to take charge on HEV training and Plugged-in column
MTA Institute trainer Keith Minchin has a passion for electronic technology and a wealth of training experience making him the perfect person to lead the MTA Institute’s hybrid and electric vehicle education. Keith is replacing Paul Tugwell (who has retired) as the lead trainer for the MTA Institute Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) course and as […]
MTA Institute rates highly with graduates
The National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER) has released an in-depth report which provides a summary of the outcomes of students who completed nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) during 2018, using data collected mid-2019. As the largest independent Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for automotive apprenticeships and training in Queensland, the MTA […]
Former MTAI apprentice of the year sets his sights on Canada in 2020
To say the past two years have been a whirlwind would be an understatement for former MTA Institute (MTAI) light vehicle apprentice, Elliott Lemmon. Fresh off a 2019 where he was awarded the Queensland Automotive Trades Scholarship from the Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF), which allowed him to head overseas to Asia to follow his motorsport […]
Apprentice of the Month, December 2019, Gabrielle Clift
Gabrielle Clift is the Apprentice of the Month for December 2019. The 21-year-old light vehicle apprentice at Highfields Mechanical & Offroad in Highfields near Toowoomba is in her third year of training and has proven to be an outstanding apprentice and employee. “Gabrielle is an excellent student who achieves very good results in exams and […]
Annual Conference brings MTAI Trainers Together From Across Queensland
The MTA Institute is the largest private provider of automotive apprenticeships in Queensland, delivering face-to-face, on-site training to more than 1700 students across the state. The organisation is able to accomplish this by employing 29 highly experienced trainers, each based in areas that allow for delivery of the Institute’s world-class programs to any location in […]
Plugged In: Explaining Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Tech
In my role as a technical trainer frequently engaged in workplace training, I’m always interested to observe various technicians’ perceptions towards the electrification of vehicles. Whilst we have many enthusiastic technicians that have always embraced change and have kept themselves up-to-date with the latest advancements in all things automotive, I sense a degree of apprehension […]
Motorcycle Apprentice Racing to Success
Each year at the end of January, the southern hemisphere’s largest historic motorcycle meet, the International Island Classic, is held at Philip Island. The event features motorcycles that span a century, from pre-war through to the new era of modern machines. The headline event is the ‘International Challenge’ which includes teams from Australia, the United […]
