DOZENS of year 9 students attended the annual, Try-A-Trade day on Wednesday.
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This year the event was held in the Gloucester Recreation Centre which proved to be an excellent venue with lots of room and shelter from the 80 per cent chance of rain that unfortunately bypassed Gloucester.
Try-A-Trade was developed collaboratively with the Bucketts Way Neighbourhood Group, Enhancing Gloucester Skills and Gloucester High School.
The day-long event provides the opportunity for students to gain valuable career advice from local industry representatives, employers and trade qualified trainers.
Students are encouraged to engage with professional workers within the industry, ask questions and take notes for future reference.
Several students opted to attend off-site sessions and observed daily business operations at Speldon Agriculture (Maslen’s Dairy) and Drifta Kitchens.
These ‘tours’ of the facilities provided a very realistic view of the way a particular business operates and complements the local community.
This is a unique opportunity and a privilege that is only possible due to the support from the local community and the outstanding efforts of Karlie Lister and the team at Bucketts Way Neighbourhood Group.
Try-A-Trade enhances the Gloucester High School careers program and provides present-day, realistic information so students can more successfully navigate their career path by making informed, planned and thoughtful decisions.
Furthermore, it assists students in making relevant choices about how and where they will complete their work experience requirements when they begin Year 10 in 2015.
Many people were amazed how many sausage sandwiches small, lanky, adolescent male students can pack away. So, a special thanks to the Lions Club for cooking and Darrel’s Gourmet Butchery and Hebby’s Bakery for providing lunch.