The Construction Training Centre continues to train long term unemployed and disadvantaged people in civil construction skills. There are currently a large number of infrastructure projects that require people with civil construction skills – skills that are in short supply at present. To find out more about these projects click here. The chances of gaining employment following this course are very good and a component of the management of this program will be linking employers with the course participants.

For those seeking a place on this program please call Kylie Drum – Project Manager CivSkills, on 0448228332 or on 3216 6711.

The course has three main components:

1) Skills Preparation which is delivered by Boystown lasts approximately 4 weeks and they provide on-going support through the rest of the program where this is necessary.

2) The second part of the program involves intensive skills which will provide to participants skills necessary to function within the civil construction sector. For some who show an aptitude this may involve intensive simulation training on a major heavy plant simulator similar to that used on major construction sites. This part of the program is lasts around 6 weeks and is delivered by Skills Tech Australia who have registration for training in civil construction.

3) Part three involves a move into employment or further training.

During the progress of the program, CTC’s Project Manager is in regular contact with industry to ensure that it is focused on industry’s needs and that employment needs are phased to suit both the construction timetable and the readiness of the course participants.
There are a number of real success stories from the CivSkills program and the employment outcomes for those on the course have been very good.

Through the Queensland Government’s 'Skilling Queenslanders for Work' initiative and its predecessor 'Breaking the Unemployment Cycle', CTC delivers Work Placement projects which provide paid employment to individuals who are most disadvantaged in the job market. Work placement projects must benefit the community and should address identified skills shortages and lead to on-going employment.

Participants on CTC’s Work Placement projects undertake a mix of supervised work and undertake nationally accredited training delivered by experienced trainers.

CTC is currently delivering or in the planning stages of two Work Placement projects – “Suburbs Surrounding Salisbury” and “Lions Life Skills Project” which is scheduled to commence mid-July.

Suburbs Surrounding Salisbury
This project employs 20 local jobseekers from Salisbury and surrounding areas with valuable building and construction skills.

The project which commenced in May 2007 is conducted in two stages, each of 14 weeks duration.  Each stage has an intake of 10 participants, with all participants working on all sites at some time.

Project work will involve the repair, renovation and other improvement work on facilities at the Moorooka, Salisbury and Acacia Ridge State Schools, Nyanda and Yeronga High Schools and Salisbury Scout Hall.

The project will focus principally on painting; however other minor construction and landscaping activities will be incorporated in order to expose the participants to a wide variety of skills that will enhance their employment prospects, particularly in the building and construction industry.

Participants will undertake training in nationally endorsed competencies from the Certificate III in General Construction (Painting & Decorating) – BCG30603.

Training and supervision functions will be delivered by qualified staff from DEC CON Pty Ltd, under the registration of Master Painters Australia (Queensland).

Lions Life Skills Project
Commencing in July 2007, this 20 week work placement project will employ 12 young Indigenous people to assist with the construction and landscaping of an emergency youth accommodation complex for disadvantaged and homeless youth in Lawnton.

Participants will undertake work activities such as basic carpentry and joinery work to construct internal stair cases, interior walls, room fit-outs, cladding and painting, preparation and laying of concrete slabs, access driveway and footpaths and hard and soft landscaping activities such as general grass and tree planting, mulching, fertilising and construction of retaining walls.

Accredited training in selected modules from the Certificate III in General Construction (Concreting & Steel Fixing) will be delivered by CSTC Pty Ltd.  Training in work readiness skills from the Certificate I in Work Access will be delivered by Bridgeworks Employment & Training.

Project Coordination and Supervision functions will be delivered by qualified staff from Sidaway Building Services.

Click to view previous Employment Programs:

• Working in Wynnum (2006/2007)
• Dunwich Painting and Landscaping Project (2006)
• Murri School Revitalisation Project (2005)
• Setting the Future in Concrete (2005)
• Post Release Prisoners and Long-Term Unemployed
  Return to Work Project (2005)

For more information about CTC’s Employment Programs, contact Pam Anderson.

CTC, through its Training Division 'Skill-build' delivers 'Get Set for Work' programs to young people aged 15-17 years of age who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from mainstream schooling prior to completing Year 12. With funding from the Queensland Government’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative, CTC’s Get Set for Work projects aim to provide participants with skills to allow them to move into full-time employment, return to mainstream education or enrol into a vocational education and training course to gain a qualification.

CTC commenced its first Get Set for Work project in February 2007, known as 'Build Up' and led by Coordinator Paul Holdway. The second program 'Refugees Ready for Work' commenced in April 2007, led by Coordinator Linton Wieland and supported by Tina Mirra.

Build Up . . . strength through skills
During its first year, the program aims to assist 36 young people from a Pacific Island background, providing them with a structured program in an informal setting which will include a mixture of –

• construction project work
• vocational training
• literacy and numeracy
• work placement
• life and employability skills
• health and physical education and
• personal development.

This program reflects the partnering and brokering model favoured by CTC and a number of agencies have input to this program to make it a success, including:

• Department of Employment & Industrial Relations
• Nyanda State High School
• Sunnybank Rugby Club
• Relate CDP
• Brisbane South Youth Justice Service
• Australian Industry Group (AIG)
• Construction Training Queensland (CTQ)
• Skill Centred
• Kinections
• Australian-Tongan Youth & Community Association
• Pacific Youth Centre

For more information about 'Build Up', or if you can offer employment or a Work Placement to participants, contact Coordinator, Paul Holdway.

Refugees Ready for Work
The areas around Yeronga/Annerley/Moorooka have a significant proportion of refugees, many of whom are from African, but also from Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Refugee students do not disengage from school. For some refugees, their at-riskness is that they have little previous education, little English language and no prior understanding of work. Very few have any insight into the Australian world of work or realistic expectations about the sort of job pathway they are likely to achieve or how to go about finding jobs.

In partnership with Yeronga State High School, CTC has developed an innovative model that allows engagement in school to continue while participants learn skills that will enable them to successfully transition into employment or vocational education and training.

Students continue their normal schooling for four days each week and on a fifth day undertake the Get Set for Work program. Participants are split into three groups of approximately seven and on different days participate in Get Set for Work activities.

Two of the three groups will focus on construction activities (Construction Stream) and the third group (Other Industry Stream) will support students in areas that may include aged care, hospitality, retail, automotive and other industry sectors. The nature of these students requires a case management approach.

Once again, a team approach to delivering this program has been adopted. Organisations working with CTC include:-