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The Australian construction industry needs 500,000 workers in the next four years.

The Australian construction industry needs 500,000 workers in the next four years.

The Australian construction industry needs 500,000 workers in the next four years.

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Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices 25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor More school leavers are training to become builders, electricians and plumbers: apprenticeships in traditional trades have nearly doubled in the past year. Data from the...

PIERS FULLER/Stuff Samantha Buck of Inspire decorating company in Masterton said they took on an extra two apprentices thanks to the Apprentice Boost scheme. Samantha Buck​, of Masterton-based decorating company Inspire, said schemes such as TTAF and Apprentice Boost helped them decide to take on more apprentices. “This time last year we were talking about whether we would be having to make redundancies with Covid.” Buck said finding skilled labour was a big issue before the pandemic a...