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  • Port Augusta Pre-Apprenticeship Course – Commences March 19th

    Posted on 16 February, 2012 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Courses

    FCTA- Building Careers have run numerous Pre-apprenticeship courses over the years, and have found these courses to be a great way for people to gain work in the construction industry. The course runs for 10 weeks, and is full time from 8am – 3:30pm Monday – Friday. Successful students will be awarded a Certificate II [...]

  • Pt Augusta Pre-App Course *Register your interest*

    Posted on 06 February, 2012 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Courses

    FCTA are in the process of arranging to run, one of the very popular, pre-apprenticeship courses in Pt Augusta. If you are interested, please contact us via email at info@fcta.com.au. The course will commence in March at a date to be confirmed.

  • Outstanding Pre-apprenticeship Award Winner: Angelo Calabria

    Posted on 07 December, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Student Updates

    FCTA- Building Careers have introduced an award for the most outstanding student to complete a pre-apprenticeship. Angelo was voted the best pre-apprentice by the trainers who worked with the team every day, with an average score of 90% across all his practical projects. Angelo is seeking an apprenticeship in Wall & Floor Tiling, but unfortunately [...]

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship Update

    Posted on 07 December, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Student Updates

    The students have graduated with a Certificate II in Construction Pathways. This group has been enormously rewarding to work with, with a possible 5 apprenticeship outcomes. We celebrated with a team BBQ and presentation of the certificates.

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course, Wk 9 Update

    Posted on 28 November, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Student Updates

    With only 1 week left, most of the team are either trying to complete final tasks, or on work experience. Brandon has been offered a solid plastering apprenticeship after completing a weeks worth of work experience. Which makes 2 confirmed apprenticeship, with another 2 possible for the team.

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship course – week 8 update

    Posted on 18 November, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Pre-Apprenticeship, Student Updates

    The team have now decided on their preferred trades, and are now completing some advanced projects. Quite a few of the students have been completing work experience this week, but will back to provide updates on their experience next week.

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course – Week 7 Update

    Posted on 11 November, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Pre-Apprenticeship, Student Updates

    This week the students continued on with tiling and solid plastering tasks. After a hectic few weeks, all the students have now had the chance to work on tasks in Bricklaying, Tiling and Solid Plastering. This helps students work out which trade they most enjoy before trying to gain an apprenticeship. There has been research [...]

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course – Week 6 Update

    Posted on 03 November, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Student Updates

    Congratulations to Cameron from the CITB Pre-apprenticeship team! Cameron has gained work tiling after completing some work experience with a former FCTA Apprentice. The rest of the team are very interested in getting onsite to learn more about the trade, and hopefully gain work. Below are some photos from this week, showing the quality of [...]

  • Doorways 2 Construction Plus Students

    Posted on 03 November, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses

    Scott & Zac have been at FCTA all week, completing projects in the Wall & Ceiling trade. Doorways 2 Construction students are sponsored by the CITB as a way of getting students in high school to develop trade skills as part of their formal education. The programme is well know in South Australia, and the [...]

  • CITB Pre-apprenticeship Update – Week 5

    Posted on 27 October, 2011 | Categorised as CITB Courses, Student Updates

    The students have hit the halfway point, and we have some of the team working on advanced bricklaying projects, others trying tiling and solid plastering. It’s the best way to decide which of the mortar trowel trades students are most interested in. At this point we have students we would recommend highly for work experience. [...]