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Phone:
(03) 5446 7046
 TradeStart
How did
you start in your first job?
40 years
ago many students left school at 15 years and were able to pick up
a job. They were able to improve their skills and mature through a
workplace, unlike today where they are encouraged to stay at
school. For most this works fine but there is an increasing number
of young people who drop out of school early.
The
TradeStart program is a response to the increasing number of
young people who do not want to continue school to year 12 and the
indication from employers who want apprentices at 15 years of
age.
TradeStart is looking
for potential young people who are in Years 9 and 10 and who are
not reaching their full potential at school. They will need to be
good with their hands but will be matched with a tutor to assist
them with their academic studies and attend school part
time.
David
Robinson, TradeStart Trainer said, “We all need a start
in life and starting in a trade at 15 or 16 is ideal for many, we
all need to think about who gave us the opportunity of our first
job and perhaps return the opportunity to someone young
today.”
TradeStart has
secured funding from AMP and Social Ventures Australia to help
develop young people’s skills on a factory floor and be introduced
to employers to start an apprenticeship.
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Thinking
of employing a young apprentice? Students will be linked to
potential trades people who are thinking about employing an
apprentice. TradeStart will equip its students with skills to move
into a wide range of trades: Metal trades; plumbing; builder;
carpenter joiner; locksmith; painter, etc.
Providing new opportunities for young people
Students
are looking for projects from non-profit organisations to give them
experience in using tools and equipment.
These
might include manufacturing:
*
Equipment Stands; *
Whiteboards; * Outdoor
settings;* Gates
& Fencing; * Tables;
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Trolleys; * Bookshelves;
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Brackets; *
Workbenches
By
purchasing from TradeStart, you will make the Program
sustainable.
Click
here to view
some of the products already manufactured by the
students.
For
more information contact: David Robinson, TradeStart Trainer,
On Track, 12 Hall Street, Eaglehawk, phone- 5446 7046, fax- 5446
2289, email - info@feo.net.au
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