Directions apprentice Kane Doyle, hosted with BAE Systems, has done it again! Not content with just winning Aerospace Apprentice of the Year for BAE Systems’ 2018 Aerospace and Integrated Systems Trades Awards late last year, Kane has gone on to take out BAEs top national apprentice award. Kane was awarded Trades Apprentice of the Year… more
The Northam Clontarf Academy celebrated their 8th Annual Academy Awards evening in November 2018 and Directions was there to celebrate the success of some of their best. Directions Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre Coordinator Brenda DeAtta was invited to attend and present the Employment Award on the night to winner, Eric Colbung. The evening was a… more
Directions apprentice Sam Goggins has taken out the 2018 Apprentice Safety Award at the Master Builders Apprentice of the Year Awards earlier this month. Sam is a carpentry and joinery apprentice host with Salini-NRW. Sam is currently working and training under the watchful eye of site supervisor Brendan Lucas at their Forrestfield station site. The… more
In August our Aboriginal Workforce Development team were invited to participate in Northam Clontarf Academy’s annual Employment Forum. The forum seeks to provide senior students with some specific skills and information relevant to the workplace. The event commenced with a breakfast and an introduction of the current Year 12 students, including a speech from one… more
The Directions team participated again this year in Narrogin’s annual Aspirations Day. The event theme for 2018 was ‘Because of Her, We Can’. Brenda DeAtta and Lydia Ugle attended the event with Brenda discussing options and pathways for Aboriginal students, talking about her own career story. The key activity for the day was in the… more
