When Kayleb Hancock was considering his career options he turned to the Connexis Gateway programme to learn more about what a job in the energy sector might be like, before leaving school.
When Kayleb Hancock was considering his career options he turned to the Connexis Gateway programme to learn more about what a job in the energy sector might be like, before leaving school.
Over the months of April and May, Connexis | Te Pūkenga launched two new scholarships to support ākonga (learners), the Financial Assistance Fund and the Outward Bound Scholarship.
The new New Zealand Certificate in Roadmarking (Level 3) offers workers the opportunity to have their skills recognised, while offering newcomers an important entry point into civil infrastructure careers.
Kemble Slotemaker shows that women can thrive in what has been a male-dominated area of work and has paved the way for other women to join the Downer’s water maintenance team.
Hundreds of female secondary school students from throughout the country have just had a taste of a career in infrastructure – and they’ve loved it.
Attending a Girls with Hi-Vis event in 2022 set Brodie Henry on her career path. Since January Brodie has been with Downer Gisborne full-time, working on the crusher at Waerenga-o-kauri Quarry breaking down material into gravel that will be used on work sites around the region, including those damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle.
Boosting our visibility, and helping young women recognise the opportunities the infrastructure industry can offer them, will come down to showing as well as telling.
Construction Health and Safety New Zealand is currently looking for leaders and supervisors to take the next step in workplace safety and leadership with their Lead On. programme.
This month’s series of Girls with Hi-Vis® (GWHV) events aims to attract young women to the industry and will see close to 800 students from 80 schools – including 35 schools involved for the first time – experiencing what the infrastructure industry has to offer as a career.
Young women are the face of the infrastructure industry’s future.