22 May 2025
Trade ready: Calderwood students gain hands-on construction experience with a three-day course
Earlier in Term 2, 13 Calderwood students attended a three-day Trade Ready Construction Course at the ITeC Academy in Conistion, funded by the NSW Government's Regional Industry Education Partnership (RIEP) initiative.
Read below for a recap of the course from one of the students who attended!
A group of 15 boys attended the workshop at the ITeC Academy in Coniston, 13 from Calderwood and two From ICS.
On day one, we built brick footings for a house frame, and started building the frame itself, almost finishing it on the first day.
We finished the frames on the second day, as well as doing some scaffolding. On day three, we did tiling on a wall after we took the whole house frame down.
During this course, I learned how to lay brick footings, cut and build a timber house frame, as well as scaffolding, tiling, demolition and how to use a variety of tools to complete these jobs.
This course was fun, I enjoyed it a lot and it was such a privilege to have this experience. This course has helped me further understand all the branches of trade and has influenced the subjects that I may choose in the future.
Louwrens
Year 9 Student
