By TBHS | Posted: Friday September 29, 2017
Recently, nine aspiring students keen on developing a greater understanding of the Building and Construction Industry, attended a field day tour of different employers in the Timaru region.
The day commenced at Placemakers where different schools met to receive their itinerary along with a BCITO info pack which had several items of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for students to wear. Once the introductions were completed, our first port of call was to Thompson Engineering to view their design and construction facilities for precast concrete fabricated industrial buildings followed by a walk-through of Alpine Energy’s nearly completed $10M building – a highlight of the day. The next stop was at Todd Mudie Brick and Block where the students got their hands dirty laying down a course of red bricks and masonry blocks. Thank goodness for the spirit level!
Back to Placemakers for a quick pizza lunch then out to Kennedys Aluminium to see the high tech CNC machines in operation. This was a great opportunity to see the fabrication of double glazed aluminium joinery in action as well as an opportunity to screw some mitre joints together. The last stop was back into town where the boys tried their hand at painting and paperhanging. Cutting in and smoothing out the bubbles had never been so easy under the watchful eye of Grant Jenkins’ staff!
With an estimated shortage of some 30,000 personnel across all sectors of the building and construction industry, this was a fantastic opportunity to see first-hand the wide scope of opportunities from management down to workers on the ground. TBHS would like to express their thanks to BCITO and the above companies, personal and wider supporters who contributed to the success of this day.
