Engineering trades roles are required in anything from working as a welder on major structures such as ships or bridges, to preparing and installing pyrotechnic displays, through to working as a broadcast engineer for a television network.
Nominations Open for 2008 Trades & Skills Teacher of the Year
The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence (The Institute) has announced the 2008 Trades and Skills Teacher of the Year Awards are open for nomination online.
Student Guides: How To Become An Metals & Engineering Apprentice
Wanting a career in the Metals and Engineering Industry? But don't really know where to start? We've pulled together a guide of what's in an apprenticeship, how to get one and what the best part of getting involved in the industry!
F1inSchools Challenge: Need For Speed
The F1inSchools Challenge is a competition, open to all Australian secondary schools, to design and manufacture CO2 powered model Formula 1 cars and is a great way for students to get first-hand insight into a future career. We take a look at the experiences of five students.
Women in trades
Fiona Shewring released a comprehensive report outlining the work of women in non-traditional trades called "Supporting Women In A Non-Traditional Trades". Plus, read the full report e-zine here!
Chris Black: Never too old to learnA finalist in the Victorian Apprentice of the Year Award, who started his training when he was 27, tells how it's never too late to start an apprenticeship.
Lance Adams - Fitter MachinistWhen Lance Adams didn't grow up with machines. In fact, he reckons he's not particularly mechanical at all: but now, after trying the Fitter Machinist industry, he's thinking of opening his own business!
Eizac Chee - Civil EngineerEizac Chee didn’t want to be office bound for the rest of his life. Since his Dad was a surveyor, he became interested in building, so became a Civil Engineer. Now he’s working on Stage 2 of the new Rosehill Recycling Water Plant, which will provide with more than seven billion litres of recycled water a year for the Western Sydney region.
