Vocational Services

	District Director Steve WINES (Sue) Rotary Club of Great Lakes sawsaw@telstra.com
The District Vocational Service Committees are as follows
ROTARY AWARDS for VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE PRIDE of WORKMANSHIP STUDENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT HONEYWELL ENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL (HESS) and THE SIEMENS SCIENCE EXPERIENCE ROTARY YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE (RYAG)
ROTARY AWARDS for VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Steve WINES (Chairman) Peter FARQUHAR Diana GAMMON David MAYNE Ken RAISON Alan ST CLAIR Phillip CROSSING Colin ROSEWELL Bill GOWLETT Bill PHILLIPS		Great Lakes Coffs Harbour South South West Rocks Port Macquarie Taree Guyra Tamworth on Peel Gunnedah West Inverell East Narrabri
PRIDE of WORKMANSHIP
Steve WINES (Chairman) Peter FARQUHAR Diana GAMMON David MAYNE Ken RAISON Alan ST CLAIR Phillip CROSSING Colin ROSEWELL Bill GOWLETT Bill PHILLIPS		Great Lakes Coffs Harbour South South West Rocks Port Macquarie Taree Guyra Tamworth on Peel Gunnedah West Inverell East Narrabri

SHARING OUR SKILLS
Steve WINES (Chairman) Norm DEZIUS		Great Lakes Tamworth First Light
HONEYWELL ENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL (HESS) and THE SIEMENS SCIENCE EXPERIENCE
This committee promotes and selects students for
The HESS program which brings 80 students entering Year 12 from NSW and the ACT to a six-day school living and studying at the campus of the University of Sydney. The Summer Science Experience which provides some 3,000 places at 30 universities and technical institutes to encourage students entering Year 10 to consider science and technology as interesting and worthwhile career choices.
http://www.scienceexperience.com.au/
David STELLER (Chairman)		Armidale Central
ROTARY YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE (RYAG)
The various RYAG programs are developed and run by clubs to provide vocationally oriented experiences for high school students. RYAG - AQUACULTURE A project of the Rotary Club of Great Lakes Terry DWYER (Chairman) - Great Lakes RYAG - BEEF A project of The Rotary Club of Coonabarabran Robert HOWARD (Chairman) - Coonabarabran RYAG - COTTON A project of the Rotary Clubs of Moree & Moree-on-Gwydir. Graham HOLLIS (Chairman) - Moree on Gwydir RYAG – DAIRY A project of the Rotary Club of Wingham Bill FREEMAN (Chairman) - Wingham RYAG – EQUINE A project of the Rotary Clubs in the Tamworth region Barry BIFFIN (Chairman) - Tamworth First Light RY-MARINE A project of the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Daybreak Robyn PURCELL (Chairman) - Coffs Harbour Daybrea RYSTARS A project of The Rotary Club of Coonabarabran Jo WILKIN (Chairman) - Coonabarabran RYAG - SHEEP A project of the Rotary Clubs in the Armidale region Gerald De GABRIELE (Chairman) - Armidale AM RACE – Rotary Aviation Careers Expo A project of the Rotary Clubs in the Tamworth region John CROSBY (Chairman) - Tamworth West