2005 winners
National winners
Congratulations to the four students and three businesses who represented Queensland at the Australian Training Awards on 17 November 2005. Queensland brought home three awards:
Queensland Ambulance Service - Australian Training Initiative Award
Queensland Alumina Limited - Resources and Infrastructure Industry Skills Council Award
Dingo Mini Diggers - Manufacturing Industry Skills Council Award

The national finalists from Queensland were:
- Timothy Hall of Gracemere - Apprentice of the Year Award
- Elliott Macleod of Maroochydore - Trainee of the Year Award
- Harvest Powell of the Gold Coast - Vocational Student of the Year Award
- Myles Broome of Hervey Bay - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award
- Dingo Mini Diggers Pty Ltd of Dalby - Employer of the Year Finalist
- Queensland Alumina Limited of Gladstone - Employer of the Year Finalist
- Queensland Ambulance Service of Brisbane - Training Initiative Award Finalist
State winners
Coles Myer Institute Apprentice of the Year
Department of Education and the Arts Trainee of the Year
Queensland Alumina Limited Vocational Student of the Year
Queensland Apprenticeship Services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year
The Courier-Mail School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year
Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Small Employer of the Year
- Euroka Kitchens and Joinery
Mining Industry Skills Centre Medium Employer of the Year
- Dingo Mini Diggers Pty Ltd
TAFE Queensland Large Employer of the Year
- Queensland Alumina Limited
Australian Agricultural College Corporation Minister's Training Initiative Award
- Fraser Coast Training Employment Support Service
Large Training Provider of the Year
- Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE
Australian Council for Private Education and Training Small Training Provider of the Year
- Mackay and District Education Centre
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Queensland Indigenous Peoples' Training Initiative Award
- Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE - Regional and Remote Training Program
Institute of Public Administration Australia (Queensland) Queensland Public Sector Best Learning and Development Initiative Award
- Queensland Ambulance Service - Learning Organisation Initiative
McDonald's Australia Vocational Education and Training in Schools Excellence Award
- Varsity College, Senior School - Creating Pathways to the Future