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The award was a well-deserved win for the student who is currently pursuing a Certificate II in Hospitality at The Trident Fish & Grill through Alstonville High School and RTO Public Schools NSW, Tamworth. It was also an emotional moment for Chelsea and two of her biggest supporters, her mum Fiona and SBAT Mentor Toni Bellos.

鈥淚t was such a great night and I made sure I gave mum, my employer and Toni a shout out when I went up to get my award,鈥� says Chelsea.

The Year 12 student has now completed a full day of prep at the Training Services NSW Lismore office before submitting to a series of interviews.

鈥淭he interviews are designed to determine the candidate鈥檚 suitability for an ambassador role, so they鈥檒l be looking for people with the right attributes, and people who are able to share their stories in ways that inspire other students,鈥� says Toni.

Chatting to Chelsea it鈥檚 easy to imagine her being a natural during the interviews. Articulate, community minded and passionate about VET, the student we met in Episode 6 of EPPP TV is definitely made of the right stuff.

鈥淎s soon as I started my SBAT, I was promoting it,鈥� says Chelsea.

鈥淎n SBAT offers you opportunities to do the HSC differently. So when Toni told me that she had spoken with my employer to nominate me for the Training Awards, I jumped at it.鈥�

Taking opportunities as they come along is one thing, but Chelsea has proven to be pretty good at creating them, too. Eighteen months ago, Chelsea helped to develop Alstonville High School鈥檚 Breakfast Club after discovering that a number of students, for many reasons, were turning up to school without having breakfast.

鈥淎 lot of kids were coming to school without having had breakfast and it was affecting their learning,鈥� says Chelsea.

Chelsea, her friends and the hospitality faculty rallied together and before long they were serving up tasty toasties and fruit smoothies two days a week. Today, about half the student body enjoys wholesome brekkies before school starts for the day due to this initiative.

As for her traineeship, Chelsea couldn鈥檛 be happier with the way things have turned out.

鈥淚鈥檝e wanted to be a chef since I was eight-years old,鈥� says Chelsea.

鈥淚 just love cooking food, being around people and serving the community, so it鈥檚 always been on my agenda. But it was Toni who said, 鈥榶ou could do this.鈥欌��

Chelsea had a leg up on a lot of other aspiring SBATs in that she already had an employer. Prior to starting her traineeship, Chelsea was working at Trident Fish and Grill in a casual capacity. When Toni approached Chelsea's employer, Christian Photiou, about the possibility of doing a traineeship, he didn鈥檛 hesitate to take her on. Christian was a previous SBAT at Alstonville High, so he completely understood the process and benefits.

鈥淐helsea is not simply content to go to work and receive an income,鈥� says Karen Horne, the Careers Adviser at Alstonville.

鈥淪he is motivated to consider self-directed learning to achieve more competencies and to set herself up for more training in the future, and her employer recognised that.鈥�

Today, Chelsea has her sights firmly set on what鈥檚 next.

鈥淣ext year, I鈥檓 going in to a full-time position with Trident Fish and Grill in a management role where I鈥檒l be working in the cafe and mentoring junior staff,鈥� says Chelsea.

It鈥檚 a great outcome for the Alstonville student, but we can鈥檛 help but feel she鈥檚 forgetting something. If Chelsea keeps going the way she has been, there might be more cause for celebration before she takes up her full-time job. The are coming up in September, after all.