School Leavers

Senior students wishing to leave school and enter the construction industry may wish to contact the Gold Coasts Trades College regarding a Construction Apprenticeship Bootcamp. This course runs for 7 weeks and provides students with a Certificate 1 in Construction and industry work experience. Note that students must have left school to receive government funding to enrol in this course. Call 07 5669 9000 or visit www.gctradescollege.com.au for more information.

School based traineeships available

Lots of exciting traineeship opportunities still available in the Pathway Centre Y Block for year 10/11’s in Term 2. Job boards will be updated regularly with new positions. Students can collect a registration form and apply now. Year 11’s are reminded they need to secure a traineeship this term to allow time to complete before graduating. A variety of traineeships are on offer with a focus on business, hospitality, retail and tourism

Hospitality and Business Traineeships:

• Gold Coast Airport – Airport Retail Enterprises
• Hudson Café – John Flynn hospital
• Wendys the Pines
• Bettys Burgers Broadbeach
• IGA Currumbin
• Kurrawa Surf Club
• Fuel Bakehouse Currumbin
• Subway Burleigh, James St and Stocklands
• Pizza Hut the Pines
• Saltwater Currumbin
• Third Base Coffee
• Palm Beach Surf Club
• Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
• Nerang RSL
• Coming Home Co. Robina
• Coffee Club Coolangatta
• Zeus Robina
• Guzman Y Gomez Robina
• The Cheesecake Shop - Nerang
• Zarraffas Tugun and Palm Beach & Burleigh
• Lava Carts Robina
• Crema Espresso the Pines, Robina & Bundall
• The Boatshed Restaurant Kiosk

Cert 3 Apprenticeships

• Airport Retail Enterprises – Cert 3 hospitality Gold Coast Airport, taking expressions of interest for term 3.
  Year 10’s who apply will be invited to an information session.
• Hype Health Club Currumbin – Cert 3 Business with sport and recreation focus Year 10/11’s.
• Zepplin Barbers - Barbering Apprenticeship Mermaid Beach and Backbone Barbers Currumbin.

School Based Apprenticeship

• Riviera Australia Recruitment – offering school based apprenticeships in Electrical, Cabinet making, Engineering, Marine Craft Construction and more. Collect flyer from Y Block or visit www.riviera.com.au. Recruitment night is 16 July 5:30pm, 50 Waterway Drive, Coomera

Full time apprenticeships available 

• Stonemason and Painter, local businesses ready to start now for the right student that would like to leave school and go into fulltime employment! Bring in your resume to Y Block to apply
• Super Cuts Hair Are looking for fulltime hair dressing apprentices in stores at Q Super Centre and Southport Park shopping centre.
• Hastings Deering 2020 Apprenticeship Intake - Opportunities include auto electrician, boilermaker, diesel fitter, fitter machinist and more. These are fulltime apprenticeships for school leavers. Applications open 8 July www.hastingsdeering.com.au/2020

School based vacancies links:

• Ignite Education: https://www.ignite.edu.au/job-vacancies/
• Aurora Training Institute: http://www.aurora.edu.au/schools-program/
• Prestige Training Services: https://hcm612.peoplestreme.net/PrestigeServiceTraining03ne2016/erec_external.asp

There are more opportunities on the job boards. Please come into Y Block to register.

Love your current job? Would you like to turn it into a traineeship? Come to the Pathway centre and let’s see if we can create a traineeship for you in your current role.

The Pathway Centre is open before school and first break to apply for any of the above positions

Sonia Shreeve
Industry Liaison Officer