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Construction boom sees increase in upskilling tradespeople
BRISBANE CARPENTRY APPRENTICE, CALUM MOORE IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF TRADESPEOPLE IN QUEENSLAND SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPSKILL DURING THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION BOOM. This is the perfect time for tradespeople to upskill and enhance their careers. Like many school leavers, Calum enrolled in university after school, but after a year of studying marketing, he decided it was not for him. It was after this that Calum went in search of an industry he was passionate about and found construction. Over the next year, Calum worked as a general construction labourer for various trades. He was drawn to construction because he enjoyed working on projects he could see develop. Calum then began his Certificate III in Carpentry at TAFE Queensland and never looked back. While Calum’s passions lie in construction, he has always wanted to transition off the tools and into management. This is something he knew he would need to study further to achieve. “Moving up into supervision or site management there’s not that many companies that will look at you without that Certificate IV qualification, especially the bigger companies,” he said. Something that helped Calum achieve this goal was his commitment to furthering his education, something which Construction Skills Queensland contributed to by helping to fund both his Certificate IV in Building and Construction and Diploma of Building and Construction which he studied back-to-back. Calum is a perfect example of this trend of continued upskilling throughout the pandemic construction boom. Calum is currently working as a Site Manager with Graya Construction on residential builds. “Getting that qualification allowed me to move into the site management role that I’m doing now. The difference is Site Foreman is much more hands-on so you’re much more of a carpenter than you are a manager. “Whereas Site Manager you’re much more a manager than you are a carpenter, it’s about 90 per cent off the tools, 10 per cent on” he said. Calum’s career progression does not stop here, he is on track to begin site managing in the multi-residential construction area with Graya Construction next year. TO FIND A COURSE TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS, VISIT MBQLD.COM.AU/TRAINING OR CALL 1300 13 60 02.
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