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Recently, Perkins Builders were pleased to host two year 12 students from the Newton Moore Clontarf Academy on a tour of one of our construction sites in Donnybrook. The students were shown around by our Site Manager Jayden, who started his career with Perkins as an apprentice carpenter (and is almost celebrating his 20 years of service with us!).

It was a really exciting experience for the boys, with Jayden giving them a fantastic insight into the full range of employment opportunities available within the construction industry and the potential careers we have on offer at Perkins, starting with Apprenticeships in Carpentry and Joinery.

This term, Perkins Builders have welcomed local high school student Jack for work experience at our Bunbury Senior High School Cafeteria site. Partnered with a senior Site Manager and working along site Perkins 4th Year Apprentice Mitchell (pictured), Jack is gaining invaluable experience and insight into the construction industry and the career opportunities available.

Talk about work experience with a view!

Perkins Builders were delighted to be able to participate in a Basketball Carnival for Year 7-8 Clontarf Academy students from across the State on Friday 7th August. Between their games, the students had an opportunity to talk to representatives from Perkins to learn a little bit about what we do and the construction industry. They were also treated to a close up look at the recently completed UWA E-Zone Building through the use of Virtual Reality goggles and timelapse video.  During the lunch time break, there was a shooting competition which our HSE Officer Luke displayed some great basketball skills.

Last week, Perkins Builders attended the annual Newton Moore Clontarf Academy Employment Forum for Year 9-12 Clontarf students; this event was held at the school and was attended by representatives from a number of partner companies, including Perkins’ HR Manager and Marketing Coordinator. Students participated in a Q&A session, discussing their experiences with the Clontarf Foundation and a number of fun activities to engage with partners including a mini golf shoot out and a tour of the Clontarf rooms. It was also a great opportunity to discuss future employment opportunities with Perkins, and spend some one-on-one time with our HR Manager to learn job interview skills.

Last week, Perkins welcomed two trainees from the Clontarf Academy to our Armadale Courthouse Project under the Aboriginal School Based Traineeship program. These students will be completing a Certificate II in Building and Construction at TAFE and undertaking a work placement with Perkins one day each week.

We are excited to provide the trainees with a broad exposure to the construction industry; the trainees have the opportunity to experience the full range of employment options including trade based roles, working alongside site Health and Safety officers, spend time with our Contract Administrators, Site Managers and Project Manager. We hope to give the boys a chance to see that there is a world of opportunity within Construction and inspire them to continue their careers within the industry.

27 May to 3 June is National Reconciliation Week (NRW), a time for all Australian’s to come together to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The 2020 theme of In This Together has a new meaning this year, but through a crisis or reconciliation we are all #InThisTogether.

In honour of National Reconciliation Week, we asked some of our staff at Perkins to select a word to describe what this journey means to them.

We would like to give a special thanks to our HSE Officer Luke Yates for the amazing didgeridoo performance.

Perkins Builders are excited to be supporting another fantastic local community event, this time as naming rights sponsors for the ‘Perkins Builders Best in the West Motocross Open’ being held at the Bunbury Motorcycle Club, on Southwestern Highway this Saturday 14th March.

Running all day, this great event will have audiences captivated as some of the best riders in the country tackle the course. With activities for the kids this will be a great day out for the whole family.

We’d like to encourage everyone to head along and support the Bunbury Motorcycle Club and this great event.

We have all seen the devastating impact of the bushfires ravaging our beautiful country, we have seen our communities rally together when needed most, and we have done the same.

Perkins Builders and the other members of the Perkins Groups of Companies held a number of fundraising events across Australia last week, and as a result will be donating $10,000 to WIRES to help protect and preserve Australia’s native wildlife.

If you haven’t done so already, we’d like to encourage everyone to make a donation to one of the many organisations supporting our country during this tough time. Information on where to donate can be found here.

Perkins Builders have been a long time supporter of the Lexus Ball and Telethon, helping raise money for research into childhood illness. As such it was our honour to have placed the winning bid in a silent auction for the WesTrac Cat Experience.

Split into two teams for some friendly competition, our staff went head to head in an excavator tyre stack challenge and a skid steer cone grab trial at WesTrac’s custom-built dig pit at their Guildford Facility. Whilst some course records were set amongst the friendly completion, the real focus of the day was teamwork.

Thank you to the team at WesTrac for a fantastic day and their support of a wonderful cause.