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6/06/2017
MEET JACOB: CERTIFICATE IV STUDENT WITH BUILDERS ACADEMY

MEET JACOB: CERTIFICATE IV STUDENT WITH BUILDERS ACADEMY

“My favourite thing about what I do is working in good weather on a good job. A job you can get a good run on and feel like you have had a productive day. When you get home you feel like you have really achieved something.”   We caught up with Jacob, who’s doing his

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5/06/2017
Hire an apprentice and be involved in creating builders of the future

Hire an apprentice and be involved in creating builders of the future

Each year more than 42,731 homes are built in Victoria, and by 2050, this number will still be increasing. To facilitate this growth, we need qualified carpenters who are skilled to manage the increased need for domestic residential housing. Building future residential cities and regions is more than creating houses.  In an age of increasing

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26/04/2017
Meet Beau: Certificate IV Student with Builders Academy

Meet Beau: Certificate IV Student with Builders Academy

“Being a chippy for twelve-odd years, I went into this course a little bit cocky, thinking: there’s not much I’m going to learn. I learned heaps.” We caught up with Brisbane-based carpenter Beau Cross, who finished his CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building) with us this year in the virtual classroom. To find

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