The Australian Brick & Blocklaying Training Foundation (ABBTF) have just announced an additional incentive: The new ‘Brickstart Bonus’ involves a $1,000 incentive for employers who take on a new apprentice between 2 January 2012 and 30 April 2012 and is payable to employers after the completion of the apprentice’s first year. Bricklayers already receive other [...]
Archive for Apprenticeships
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ABBTF Announces a NEW Incentive to Employ Apprentice Bricklayers
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Open from January 9th, 2012
By now all apprentices and employers should have received a copy of their scheduled trade school times. We are a flexible business, so if you need to arrange different dates, please contact us for any changes at admin@fcta.com.au. As always, if you need to send your apprentice in on short notice, we’re happy to help.
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Apprentice Update – Ray completes Certificate III in Bricklaying
Ray completed a pre-apprenticeship course at FCTA before finding work as an apprentice bricklayer. This week he completed all his trade school training, with his final project – building a fireplace.
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Apprentice Updates
Daniel Telling has completed his last unit as an apprentice, and will now be going through the ‘sign off’ procedure to officially become a fully qualified Bricklayer. FCTA trainer, Paul Adams, rates Daniel as amongst the best bricklayers he’s seen. Attached are some examples of his work, and images of other apprentices at FCTA this [...]
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Interested in Becoming a Bricklayer?
The ABBTF’s becomeabricklayer.com.au is a great resource that can be very useful if you’re thinking about becoming a bricklayer. The site contains profiles of current bricklayers, information about how you can progress your studies, and competitions. What I’ve found the most interesting on the site, is the information on how apprenticeships work, and what to [...]
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Apprentice Projects
FCTA offers flexible timing to apprentices, that means if a job gets rained out, apprentices can be sent into trade school to complete projects that go towards their Certificate III. This week we have a number of students in completing tasks in tiling and solid plastering.