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Master Builders ACT Member Win National Residential Master Builder of the Year
Master Builders ACT Member Win
NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL MASTER BUILDER OF THE YEAR
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: LOU AGNELLO, ROD MITTON, DANNY AGNELLO AND SCOTT PRESS
Manteena Residential won National Residential Master Builder of the Year at the 2021 Master Builders Australia National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards held on Friday 29 April 2022 in Cairns. The Awards showcased the Nation’s best projects across the residential, commercial and civil construction sectors.
The award came from the outstanding work on the Forrest home delivered by Manteena Residential, The Dept. of Design and Architects Ring & Associates. The home also took out the title of House of the Year locally.
Danny Agnello, Director at Manteena Residential, says of the victory, “To be nominated is amazing, obviously you’d like to think you can win but to actually win is an amazing experience. Thanks to our team, the client, the architect (Architects Ring and Associates) and the designer (The Dept. of Design). Everyone comes together to bring these projects to life, it’s not one person, it’s a big team achievement.”
ACT National Award Winners include:
> National Residential Master Builder of the Year – Manteena
Residential
> National Project Home – Over $2 Million – Manteena Residential,
Architects Ring & Associates and The Dept. of Design > National Project Home – $1 million to $2 million – Brother Projects
> National Medium Density – 2 to 5 Dwellings – Taylor & Knowles,
DNA Architects and Sugar Designs
– THE TRAINING FUND AUTHORITY
Did you know that there are financial incentives for employing an apprentice in the ACT? The Training Fund Authority aims to create a more skilled workforce by increasing training opportunities through a number of valuable incentives. Across the 2020/21 financial year, the TFA provided $1.6 million for ACT employers of apprentices.
View the full list of applicable trades below. This list is subject to change each year, visit the TFA website for the latest information.
If you’re unsure whether incentives apply, pick up the phone and call a helpful member of the Training Fund Authority team on (02) 6262 5630.
2019 INCENTIVES UP TO2022 INCENTIVES $6,000
Employ an Australian Apprentice in the following certificate III trades in 2022
• Bricklaying / Blocklaying • Civil Construction – Various • Construction Waterproofing • Flooring Technology • Locksmithing • Painting & Decorating • Mobile Plant
Technology • Plastering – Solid • Plastering – Wall & Ceiling Lining • Roof Plumbing • Stonemasonry
For further information please call Michael Doyle—Industry Liaison Officer on 6262 5630 or email: mdoyle@trainingfund.com.au
The objective of providing incentives is to develop a more skilled workforce and to increase the employment and training opportunities for Australian Apprentices in the ACT. The ACT Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Authority is providing funding for employers who employ a 1st year Apprentice in the listed trades during 2022.* Financial Benefits for Employers • 1st Year Apprentice in approved ACT Contract of Training • Excludes existing workers • ASBA payments at 50% rate • Max per apprentice payable to employer 50% after 3 mths 50% after 12 mths
*Applicable to First year Apprentices commencing with a new employer in the Building and Construction sector from 1st January–31st December 2022 under an ACT Contract of Training.
2022
INCENTIVES
a) Skill Shortage $6000 b) Women $4000 c) Indigenous $4000
#) Mature Age (in a, b or c) $4000** (25–44yrs of age at commencement date)
**Applicable to eligible skill shortage, women and indigenous in trades
Improve your skills and professional development with the following courses*** :
• Wet Area Waterproofing • Confined Space Training • Traffic Control Management • ACT Construction Induction Card • Senior First Aid (Level 2) • Computer Software • ACT Work Safety Representative • Work Safely at Heights • Cert IV Project Management • Testing and Tagging of electrical equipment • Open Cable Registration • Optical Fibre Cabling • Business Administration and
Management • Computerised Accounting
***These courses are examples of courses for which the Training Fund Authority may reimburse a percentage of the training cost (conditions apply).
