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During a Building Futures course, you’ll learn as much about getting a trade as you will about organising your life. From on the job skills training and getting a licence, you’ll also learn about things like timekeeping, personal organisation, managing your mental wellbeing, where to seek help with difficult situations, teamwork, commitment, and many other key skills that are going to assist you to achieve and sustain full-time mahi.
During the first week we complete an induction process which covers things like our programme values, workplace health and safety requirements specific to our site and the tools you will use on site. This gives you an idea of what to expect when you start a new role within one of our industry related organisations.
During the course you will also receive informative presentations around subjects such as:
Exercise
Exercise is great at helping us maintain energy in every day life. Each morning we will complete some form of exercise to help increase and maintain fitness as well as aid our physical and mental wellbeing. We do activities like boxing, weight training, circuits, walking or even playing touch or basketball. You’ll be surprised how your fitness will improve.
Meal preparation
Meal planning and preparation is key to helping manage your budget. We’ll teach you how to do the grocery shopping effectively and prepare tasty, nutritious and easy meals to share on site.
Hands-on creation
There’s nothing like putting your new-found skills into practice. You’ll be building several project pieces taking them from design to manufacture and then doing the finishing. You’ll also get to take it home.
Personal goal setting
Have you thought about things you want to achieve recently? We’ll help you set some personal goals for the short, medium, and long term. We’ll help you to put steps in place to ensure you have the best opportunity to achieve those goals.
Basic vehicle maintenance
Do you know how to change a tyre, or check your vehicle’s oil and water? Is your vehicle road legal? We’ll share some basic tips to look after your car and keep it roadworthy. We’ll even complete some checks on our own vehicle to help you become more aware of what to look for.
Driving lessons
We aim to assist you to reach Learners, Restricted or Full drivers’ licence during our programme – depending on legislative requirements. We’ll also organise driving lessons for you to help you move up the licencing ladder smoothly.
Work experience
It’s our goal to place every person on the programme, into an industry-based organisation to gain some work experience. This is your opportunity to put all the skills you’ve learned into practice and secure yourself a full-time job within that organisation.
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