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 [...]
Archive for Student Updates
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Outstanding Pre-apprenticeship Award Winner: Angelo Calabria
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship Update
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.
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course, Wk 9 Update
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.
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship course – week 8 update
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.
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course – Week 7 Update
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 [...]
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FCTA BBQ time
FCTA is a family business, started by Jim Baff in 2001 and grown by Lorraine Baff since Jim’s retirement. Each month we like to have a BBQ with all the students so we can hear about what’s happening in the industry. It’s a popular event and a good way to get to know everyone. Our [...]
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship Course – Week 6 Update
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 [...]
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CITB Pre-apprenticeship Update – Week 5
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. [...]
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Week 4 CITB Pre-Apprenticeship Update
This week the pre-apprenticeship students started working on projects in Solid Plastering and Tiling. As part of the course we offer students the flexibility to complete practical projects in Bricklaying, Solid Plastering & Tiling. Students then select which trade they are most interested in to continue with some advanced practical projects. This really helps the [...]
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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.