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Meet Vinnie: Plumbing Trainer at Builders Academy
“I reckon my favourite part is the phone call I get when the students have passed their exams and now they’re licensed plumbers. I know that they’ve gone on to achieve what they want to achieve.” We chatted to trainer Vinnie Erickson, whose recently started teaching the CPC40920 Certificate IV in Plumbing and Services after

TIPS FOR TRADIES GOING BACK TO STUDY
Haven’t studied for a while? Never finished school because you went on to do an apprenticeship? Or maybe study never interested you at all. And now you want to become a registered builder, so you know that you’re going to have to do some study. Read on for answers to some very common questions. Is

CLASS VISIT: SIMONDS BUILDING AND TRADE PROGRAM
The SEDA senior secondary students in our Simonds Building and Trade Program have had a busy term 4 so far. We dropped in this week to see the final touches go onto one of their year-long projects: a collection of awesome cubby houses. Following the success of 2015’s Lion Garden courtyard upgrade for Melbourne City