A visit to a Girls With Hi-Vis event in 2023 opened up a whole new world for then 16-year-old Sofie McCormick. Sofie attended a Canterbury GWHV event hosted by infrastructure services company Ventia while still a student at local Ellesmere College. With her interest piqued in an infrastructure trade career, Sofie then landed an introduction to a possible apprenticeship with …
Apprentice lights the way for others
Tamea Te Rauna is not one to be tied to a desk. Her first career was with the Royal NZ Navy as a chef. When her time in the Navy ended she cast around for new career ideas and struck upon an advertisement from WEL Networks because the hands-on nature of the work appealed. Tamea is now more than a …
Girls with Hi-Vis 2024 – secondary students connect to infrastructure careers
Wellington, 1 May 2024: New Zealand’s female secondary school students are taking their place among New Zealand’s major civil infrastructure companies to try out different career opportunities as the industry looks to solve critical skills shortages. Throughout May and June, female secondary school students from around the country will take part in industry experience days, onsite with companies in the …