Pacific Hi Fi, Liverpool, NSW

Pacific Hi-Fi is a small Sydney business whose managers have a strong commitment to training their employees. Their efforts have also achieved recognition in past years' NSW Retail Training and Career Awards. Pacific Hi-Fi was established in 1988 by three brothers Frank, Joe and Vince Di Bartolo. The company specialises in the Retailing, Installation, Service and Repair of quality hi-fi equipment, home theatre, TV sets, video recorders, hard drive video recorders, rear projection and front projection units. Over the last 22 years of operation, Pacific Hi-Fi has expanded to include a staff of around nine, many of whom have come up through the company as Trainees. Vince Di Bartolo, who has undertaken a cadetship at Waltons and who also undertook a Certificate in Retail Management, realised the need for the training of employees within the Retail Store and created a strong training culture within the company.