Blue Dog Training has experienced rapid growth and phenomenal success in the last two years. Reflecting on this time, the directors at Blue Dog realise that their success has been built on a quality product delivered with exceptional customer service. In its short history Blue Dog have built up a solid history of industry recognition including:
| 2006 | BCTIF Award for Innovation in Training |
| 2007 | Queensland Training Award for Private Training Provider of the Year |
| 2007 | Finalists National Training Award for Private Training Provider |
In 2008, Blue Dog have decided that it is time for the real stars of their business to get a chance to shine. A series of meetings of all the trainers at Blue Dog found it very difficult to nominate their outstanding students with over 1000 apprentices currently in training with Blue Dog. After much deliberation the following nominations for the Construction Skills Queensland Excellence Awards were agreed upon.
| Construction Apprentice of the Year | Michael Bruton |
| Construction Indigenous Person of the Year | Joel Blanco |
| Construction Female of the Year | Debbie White |
| Construction School student of the Year | William Kickbusch |
The stories of the nominees have much in common. They are all:
- really enjoying their work
- enjoying the satisfaction of a job well done
- obsessive about attention to detail on the job
- focused on the customers needs
- looking forward to long and successful careers in the construction industry
The Directors and staff at Blue Dog Training wish all our nominees every success in the upcoming CSQ Excellence Awards. Whether they win or not on the night we all agree that they are already winners and certainly great assets to the construction industry.