Endeavour Vocational and

Technical Education (VTE) Award Application

Country from which you are applying: Indonesia

PERSONAL DETAILS

Title: Family Name: Given Names:

Miss Minardi Michelle

Gender: Female (delete whichever does not apply)

Current Residential Address: Postal Address (if different):
Address Line 1: Jl Dadali 41 Address Line 1:

Address Line 2: Address Line 2:

Address Line 3: Address Line 3:

City/Locality: Bandung City/Locality:

State/Province: Jawa Barat State/Province:

Postal code: 40184 Postal code:

Country: Indonesia Country:

Business Telephone Number (include country/area codes): Home Telephone Number (include country/area codes):
+ + 62226041868

Email: Facsimile (include country/area codes):

technojaw@hotmail.com +

Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy): Place of Birth (City and Country):

05/08/1988 Bandung, Indonesia

CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY DETAILS

You need to be a citizen or permanent resident of one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs), Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,
Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Republic of Korea (South), Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Turkey, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, and Yemen; AND not have
Australian citizenship or Australian permanent residency status.

Do you meet citizenship and residency requirements? Yes (delete whichever does not apply)

Country of Residency Country of Citizenship:

Indonesia Indonesia

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CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY DETAILS (continued)

Have you ever visited or lived in Australia? If so, please provide details of when, length of time, etc.
No

PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF YOUR CITIZENSHIP(S) AND/OR PERMANENT RESIDENCY

EVIDENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Applicants are required to demonstrate English language proficiency by either having:

• completed senior secondary study conducted in English or at least one year of post secondary school full-time
study conducted in English in one of the following countries:
o American Samoa, Australia, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore,
Solomon Islands, South Africa, United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), United States of America or
Zambia; or
• undertaken one of the following English tests no longer than two years prior to the time of application. The tests and
the minimum scores are:
o an IELTS Academic Test with a score of at least 6 (English language training will be provided if you have a
score of at least 5); or
o a TOEFL paper-based test score of at least 547 (English language training will be provided if you have a
score of at least 510), including a score of at least 4.5 in the Test of Written English; or
o a TOEFL computer-based test score of at least 210 (English language training will be provided if you have
a score of at least 180), including an Essay Writing score of at least 4.5.

PLEASE PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS REQUIRED ABOVE

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Field of Study (no more than three (3) lines):

Certificate IV in Hospitality (Patisserie)

List all qualifications, beginning with most recent:

Start & Finish
Language of
Qualification(s) Name of Institution City/Country dates
Instruction
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Diploma 2 of Hotel The Bandung Hotel Bandung, Indonesia Indonesia June 2005-
Operation School now

Secondary School (grade Nehru Memorial Bandung, Indonesia English June 2004-
10) International School June 2005

Secondary School (grade 8- Sekolah Global Jaya Jakarta, Indonesia English March 2003-
9) June 2004

Secondary School (grade 7- SMPK Yahya Bandung, Indonesia Indonesia June 2001-
8) March 2003

Primary School (grade 1-6) SDK Yahya Bandung, Indonesia Indonesia June 1994-
June 2001

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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERESTS (continued)
If your application is successful, will you have completed at least the equivalent of an Australian Year 12 certificate prior
to taking up this award? Yes (delete whichever does not apply)
PLEASE PROVIDE CERTIFIED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF YOUR HIGHEST QUALIFICATION (eg. ACADEMIC
TRANSCRIPTS OR CERTIFICATES), INCLUDING A CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION IF
APPLICABLE

Please list any prizes or awards that you have received in recognition of your achievements:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (IF ANY)

Employment experience (list only major positions, relevant to your application, beginning with most recent):
Dates of employment
Name of Employer and address Your Position title and responsibilities
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel Training as a pastry helper 1 October 2005-31
Jl. Asia Afrika no 112 October 2005
Bandung 40261

PROPOSED STUDY

The Endeavour Vocational and Technical Education Award will enable you to complete a Diploma or Advanced Diploma.
Please give a short description of what career you will want to pursue when you gain this qualification.

My main objectives for my future career are to train and work in Australia to get enough and qualified working experience
before opening my own private business enterprise in pastry, chocolates, or sweets production. Or taking out a franchise
business to or from either Indonesia or Australia such as Bread Talk, J.CO Donut.

Based on the recommendations of the selection panel as well as your chosen field of study, DEST will place you in an
appropriate vocational or technical education institution in Australia to complete your qualification.

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PERSONAL STATEMENT
This statement should be a narrative giving a picture of you as an individual. It should deal with your personal history,
influences on your intellectual development, the educational and cultural opportunities (or lack of them) to which you
have been exposed, and the ways in which these experiences have affected you. It should not be a record of facts
already listed in your application. Please provide your response below, in no more than 500 words:

I am very grateful that I am given an extraordinary opportunity to be able to apply for the Endeavour Vocational and
Technical Education Awards, which will enable me to undertake study in Australia. I have currently been facing difficulties
in searching for scholarship, which offers hospitality of patisserie courses.

This course will bring many benefits for me, my home country, Indonesia and also Australia. The awards will help to
improve my education as an Indonesian. It will also help me to further develop my knowledge and skill in hospitality of
patisserie. Since my neighbour owned a small bakery house, which sells cookies and cakes such as wedding and
birthday cakes, I get interested in patisserie productions. I kept on visiting her almost everyday from morning to afternoon
just to steal her knowledge; like the cooking process starting from how to mix the ingredients thoroughly until the process
of baking such as setting the temperature and timing it. And I’m given a great chance to take a month training in
patisserie production in one of the famous local five-star hotel, Savoy Homann Hotel. Since then, I practice making my
own cookies and cakes at home.

This course will also enable me to start a professional career in patisserie to upgrade and enhance existing knowledge
and skills such as modern and traditional patisserie production techniques, decorate cakes and cookies, using basic
methods of cookery, organize and prepare food like cakes, pastries, hot/cols desserts, and chocolates, working together
in socially diverse environment, lead and manage people etc.

Besides that, my main objectives for my future careers are to work in Australia to get enough and qualified working
experience before opening my own private business enterprise or taking out a franchise business to or from either
Indonesia or Australia such as Bread Talk, J.CO Donuts. In my opinion, taking out franchise is the way of avoiding many
of the risks involved with starting up a business. By operating under the name and logo of a well-known company,
franchise business has much greater chance to success. By opening a private business enterprise or taking out a
franchise, means that I have to be able to meet the resources needed for the production to take place such as land,
labour, and capital. There are many benefits Indonesia and Australia could get from these businesses. Indonesia gets to
reduce its unemployment rates and extra income from tax-paying for using up the government land and other natural
resources. Also, the capital in terms of the infrastructure, machinery, and equipment needed to produce the goods which
bought from Australia and of course, the Australian engineers who have to maintain and keep control of the machines.
And taking the basic and raw material from Australia because the raw material available here are not of a high quality
material and rather expensive.

REFERENCES

Please provide three references on the attached Referee’s Report and identify the three referees below:
Contact details
Referee’s name Position
(include country/area codes for telephone numbers)
Bambang Widjaja Pastor Business Tel: + (62-22) 4237966
Home Tel: + (62-22) 6077487
Email: bambang@readmail.biz

Christopher E. Hart, Ph.D. Director, SEAL Program & Business Tel: + (62-21) 7457562
IBO Science Moderator Home Tel: + (62-21) 59494576
Email: hart06@hotmail.com

Ryan K. Permana M.Ecs Business study lecturer Business Tel: + (62-22) 4234479
Home Tel: + (62-22) 5942970
Email: ryankpermana@yahoo.com

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR REFEREES SUBMIT THEIR REPORTS BEFORE THE APPLICATION CLOSING DATE

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PROMOTION

Where did you first learn of the Endeavour Awards? (insert “X” in the appropriate boxes below):

Word of mouth X Education institution DEST website

Newspaper Other Publication (please specify) Poster/Flyer

Other

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LODGING AN APPLICATION

There are three (3) ways to submit your application form.

Electronic Application
1) Our preferred option is via our Endeavour Online Application Submission Process. Go to Endeavour Website at
www.endeavour.dest.gov.au. Download, complete and save the application form on your local drive. Click on 'Apply for
an Endeavour Award' on the Endeavour website, open the instruction page for submitting an application and complete
the online application process. This should take you no more than 10 minutes if you have completed your application
and have scanned certified copies of your supporting documentation ready.
This method also provides you with the ability to return at any time to attach and update additional supporting
documents as you receive them before the application closing date.
2) Alternatively you can e-mail your completed application form and scanned certified copies of your supporting
documentation to: endeavour.vte@dest.gov.au.
On receipt of your application, it will be uploaded into our Endeavour Online system by an Endeavour Programme
Officer. You will receive an e-mail sent to your nominated e-mail address that contains your Application ID and a link to
return to view your online application and attach further supporting documentation as necessary. It is important that you
check to ensure that you have provided all documentation required for this application.
If you wish to fax supporting documentation, please fax it to +61 2 6123 6797. Please ensure that any documentation
faxed to us contains your Application ID as received in your e-mail. You may wish to download a cover sheet to attach
to any subsequent documentation you fax or e-mail to us. This is done from your online application.

Application by Post
3) It is preferred that you submit your application electronically, however, if this is not possible, please post:

• one (1) original typewritten completed application form; and

• one (1) set of certified copies of all supporting documentation, to:

The Endeavour Programme

International Scholarships & Alumni Unit
International Cooperation Branch (442)
Australian Education International
DEST
GPO Box 9880
CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

The closing date for applications is 31 July 2006.

Late applications or late supporting documentation will not be considered.

Feedback concerning unsuccessful applications

Feedback will not be provided as to why applicants were not selected. Final selection and the procedures to achieve
this selection are at the discretion of the selection panel and DEST and no correspondence will be entered into.

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 ENDEAVOUR AWARD
AUTHORISATION, AGREEMENT, DECLARATION & SIGNATURE
Authorisation
DEST is authorised to collect all items of information in this form under the Commonwealth Government’s grants
programme entitled “The Endeavour Programme” and is bound by the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988.

I authorise the Department of Education, Science and Training (the Department) or its appointed Scholarships
Administrator to obtain copies of any of my relevant academic records/reports from the educational institution(s)
that I have attended in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 and for the following purposes:
• for use in the selection process for an award that I have applied for; and
• to monitor my academic performance at my host institution if I take up an award; and
• to brief the Minister for Education, Science and Training.
Should I receive an Endeavour Award, I consent to the Department and other Australian Government departments
(eg, AusAID or Prime Minister and Cabinet) involved with the Endeavour Programme to use and disclose extracts
of my application (from the sections Educational Qualifications and Interests and Proposed Activity) in promotional
material in hardcopy and on the Internet. Promotional material may include, but is not limited to media releases
and information circulated to the Department’s offshore education counsellors and Australian universities,
concerning the Endeavour Programme.
The Department will not otherwise use or disclose my personal information except as authorised or required by law.

Understanding
I understand and confirm that:
• I have read and complied with the instructions to Applicants and that the contents of my application are true
and correct; and
• The Department reserves the right to vary or reverse any decision regarding an Endeavour Award made on
the basis of incorrect or incomplete information.

Agreement
If successful in gaining an Endeavour Award, I agree that I will:
• Provide the Department, through the Scholarships Administrator, with regular reports on my satisfactory
progress, or otherwise, and a final report at the completion of the Award, which reports may be used by the
Department for promotional purposes and shared with current and potential sponsors of the Awards;
• Act in a manner befitting a recipient of an Endeavour award;
• Use the funds for the purposes granted; and
• Acknowledge the assistance given by the Australian Government in any written reports, publications or
publicity associated with the Award.

Declaration
I declare that in submitting this application form, the information contained in it and provided in connection with this
application is true and correct. I acknowledge that giving false or misleading information is a serious offence
under the Criminal Code (Commonwealth).
Title and Name (Given Names, Family Name)
Miss Michelle Minardi

Signature: Date: 23 July 2006

Checklist of Supporting Documentation (insert “X” next to the appropriate item below)
Use the following checklist to ensure that you have included in your application all the required supporting
documentation prior to submitting it to DEST.

. Evidence of your citizenship by birth certificate, Certificate of Citizenship or the relevant pages of your
passport that are authorised or stamped “True copy of the original” and a certified English translation of the
original if it is not in English.
. Evidence of your English language proficiency. Refer to “EVIDENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY” for requirements.
. Academic transcripts of results to date that are authorised or stamped “True copy of the original” and a
certified English translation if it is not in English.
. Three Referees’ Reports (and certified English translations if required.)

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Dear Referee

The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) is very much aware of the
time and effort involved in preparing a reference and appreciates your contribution to the
selection process.

We expect that those chosen for an Endeavour Award will be exceptional people who
have the potential to become leaders in their field and will be well equipped to represent
their country abroad in both a professional and personal capacity. It is envisaged that
they will make a significant contribution to their country on their return home.

Our objective is to establish the Endeavour Awards as a prestigious scholarship

programme and showcase the excellence of Australia’s education sector. The Awards
will enable scholars and professionals from around the world to undertake study,
research or professional development in Australia and allow Australians to do the same
abroad.

In preparing your Report on the attached proforma, you may find it helpful to take into
account the selection criteria from which applications will be considered for the
Endeavour Vocational and Technical Education Awards:

• high-level academic achievement, and/or at least five (5) years relevant work
experience;

• a well thought out statement describing the benefits of undertaking the chosen
course of study that, ideally, is relevant to the applicant’s needs and interests and
those of their home country;

• the applicant’s potential to participate at a high level in their chosen profession or

the wider community on return from Australia; and

• the potential for ongoing collaboration with Australia in the applicant’s field of
expertise on return from Australia.

Thank you for assisting DEST in identifying outstanding candidates to take up Awards
under the Endeavour Programme.

Yours sincerely

Lindy Fisher
A/g Director
International Scholarships and Alumni Unit
Australian Education International

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