FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15/09/2023 Empowering South Australia’s Future Workforce: Brick and Block Careers, secures Funding (Skill shortage grant) in SA. This milestone achievement marks a pivotal moment in our mission […]
Category Archives: Education & Training
Masonry Contractors Australia – Excellence in Brick and Blocklaying Awards Night 2022
Brick and Block Careers team attended the MCA Excellence in Brick and Blocklaying Awards Night. It was held last week on Friday 4 November 2022 at the Doltone House – […]
FCTA – Building Careers
Congratulations to Tim Davies for taking out the “FCTA Bricklaying Apprentice of the Year 2021” in South Australia. The award was presented to Tim by his bricklaying trainer Tony Sapio […]
Greater diversity makes our workplaces stronger.
In the past, construction has always been a male-dominated industry, but this is changing. Greater diversity makes our workplaces stronger. Meet Taylah Chilby, (17-year-old) from the Illawarra region who has […]
Breaking through the Barriers
Meet our 2021 ABBTF Ambassadors! Bricklaying is an in-demand trade with numerous job opportunities. In recent years we are seeing a greater uptake of these opportunities by women. We’re excited […]
Nicholas Allen, 4th Generation Bricklayer!
Q&A with Nicholas Allen 2nd Year Apprentice with employer Bradley Wakefield Bricklaying! Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your story and what made you get into bricklaying? […]
Community & School Liaison Officer-WA
ABBTF welcomes Dion Stewart as our new Community & School Liaison Officer in Western Australia. One week in and Dion has well and truly settled in her new role. Dion […]
CITB ‘doorways2construction’ program
This year’s Doorways2construction (D2C) was held this month in December and several teachers attended the 3-day session. Half the group participated in bricklaying, with the training team from Tonsley-TAFE […]
JobTrainer Skills package – July 2020
JobTrainer Skills package will support economic recovery, growth and provide certainty for Apprentices and their Employers: ABBTF welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of the $2 billion JobTrainer program. […]
Recovery package for WA TAFE and training sector
$57 Million recovery package for WA TAFE and training sector – July 2020 ABBTF would like to congratulate the Western Australian Government in significantly reducing Bricklaying Trade Training Costs […]