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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...