Business Partners

Workplace training with our business partners

We work alongside some great local businesses that support us with workplace training so you can learn more about the building and timber supply industry.

Click on a link below and learn more about some of the businesses we work with.

Tumu Timbers

Tumu Timbers is Hawke’s Bay’s leading manufacturer of packaging products and woodware including fruit bins and pallets. At Tumu Timbers, you’ll learn about everything from wood processing to robotics.

BBI Wood Products

BBI supplies a wide range of specialist wood products and materials to the building industry, including large commercial and civil projects. You’ll be working with everything from plywood to appearance grade finishing products.

Goodwood

Goodwood creates and manufactures innovative products from toys to furniture. Their clever kitset sheds are easy to assemble and ready to go in minutes. Working here, you’ll discover the amazing versatility of plywood.

Supporters

We couldn’t do what we do for our young rangatahi, without the support of these wonderful businesses: 

The businesses in the Tumu Group offer a range of great benefits.

Other benefits include:

  • Mentoring and professional development
  • Health insurance through Southern Cross
  • Banking packages with ANZ
  • Discounted childcare with PORSE
  • Profit share incentive scheme
  • Free firewood
  • And more
Building Futures Machine Operator

Career paths in building and timber supply

The building and timber supply industry offers a huge range of career paths. It’s much more than working with a nail gun.

Here are some of the jobs and career paths available

  • Forklift drivers
  • Timber handling
  • Machine operators
  • Kiln operators
  • Timber processing
  • Frame and truss pre nail
  • Building
  • Roofing
  • Concreting
  • Gib Stopping
  • Painting
  • Insulation
  • Plumber
  • Electrical
  • Labouring
  • Traffic Control
  • Robotics
  • Retail
  • Administration
  • Sales
  • Warehousing
  • Operations
  • Importing and wholesales
  • Inventory control
  • Logistics
  • Management

Feel free to contact us if you want more information.