Aussie Painting Contractor Magazine June 2023

Life as a Painting Trainer! (Part 2)

Travel, travel and more travel, well that’s how it felt this last month. I covered over 4500km trained in multiple locations, did Career Expos and even sat on a couple of panels to share my industry knowledge.

It all started with a quiet drive of almost 2000km’s to Cairns, where I spent 3 days catching up with painters, trainers, apprentices, paint companies and other industry representatives.

Then off to Townsville for more of the same.

While in Townsville though, I was lucky enough to be invited to sit on a panel for NAWIC The National Association for Women in Construction. Also on the panel was Ms Anissa Levy, the QBCC Commissioner. It was great to discuss the painting industry and thoughts on where it is going with the growth of women coming into our industry.

After those couple of days, it was back on the road to Proserpine to spend a day training apprentices in Erect and Dismantle Restricted Height Scaffold. Once that was done it was off to Mackay, finally a drive of less than 2 hours to end the day.

In Mackay, once again I was privileged to sit on NAWIC’s panel with others sharing their industries' experiences. It’s great to hear stories of what’s happening in both small and large businesses. Then after that, once again driving, this time onto Rockhampton.

The early morning started with another day’s training in scaffold before another few hours’ drive to start the trek home. I would like to thank Crowies for once again letting us utilise their carpark for us to train in.

And that was just the first two weeks.

Week 3 it was all go, go, go as well. With us doing two school careers days, a Try a Trade day with The Busy School and a training day doing Match Colour.

Then to end off the month, more training days followed by the Brisbane Careers Expo where not only did we expose- promote the Painting and Decorating Industry to the public, but I also had the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Honourable Di Farmer MP Queensland Minister for Employment and Small Business, Minister for Training and Skills Development and Minister for Youth Justice.

Being a trainer isn’t just about training the future, it's also about sharing the years of knowledge and experience with everyone.

Nigel Gorman

nigel@aussiepaintersnetwork.com.au

07 3555 8010