TE WAHAROA - GATEWAY TO THE TRADES
Overview
This 10-week course is free for successful Māori applicants who are interested in a career within the construction industry, whether it is to become a plumber, carpenter, builder, scaffolder etc. Our ultimate goal is to help rangatahi get a paid job at the end by equipping them with the skills, work experience, certifications, mindset and job interviews they need to be successful.
What You Need To Know
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is for people aged 17 to 24 years and your whaanau support is essential
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runs for 10 weeks, Monday to Friday from 6.30 am until 4pm each day
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Fees Free
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requires you to undertake a drug test, the results will be provided to you.
What’s Included When You Register
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A full set of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which allows you to access sites and meet their company
safety requirements - this is yours to keep. -
If you become successfully employed while on the course, you’ll get a small kit of tools that align to the trade
pathway you select. -
First Aid Course
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Site Safe & Elevated Work Platforms course
The Benefits Of Doing This Course
✓ Start and finish each day at the course venue.
✓ Get to know your whakapapa and Waikato Tainui better and understand how they can support you.
✓ Visit building sites, manufacturing plants and retail outlets to get to see the range of trades in the construction
sector in action.
✓ Talk with tradies in the industry about what their trade is all about and what to expect when you become an
employee.
✓ Get your CV ready for interviews.
✓ Hear from employers about what they look for when recruiting and what they look for in a new employee.
✓ Develop your ability to communicate in a group.
✓ Take part in toolbox meetings prior to site visits to build your knowledge and awareness of Health & Safety
requirements.
✓ Get to work at a site of your chosen trade on work placement for an employer.
(You will be required to get yourself to a host employer’s place of work for work placement.)
✓ We aim to give you the opportunity to be interviewed by employer/s for a job with their company.
(Interviews may be during the day or in the evening depending on employer’s requirements.)
✓ If successful, you will be offered work experience from Monday to Friday for 6 weeks. (Hours of work will be
at the discretion of the employer.)
✓ You will graduate the Te Waharoa programme. All going well, you will sign into a BCITO apprenticeship
training agreement with your employer.
✓ Celebrate completing the Te Waharoa programme with your whaanau & Waikato Tainui.
