Build your own future
ACONSTRUCTION industry apprenticeship is the first step to a rewarding and fulfilling career. At Fairbrother, apprentices are vital to the future and success of the company.
It is through this pathway that Fairbrother develops its apprentices into skilled tradespeople, quality specialists, effective managers and even company leaders.
“Our apprentices are the future of our company, they will one day become our next wave of leading hands, foremen, project managers and managers,” Fairbrother chief executive Kurt Arnold said.
“Those who undertake and successfully complete an apprenticeship will develop a skill set which makes them highly valuable employees,” Mr Arnold said.
Fairbrother has a long history of vocational training.
More than 400 apprentices have been trained through the company since 1978, and nowadays it has a dedicated and fully resourced apprentice program which offers trade apprentices unparalleled levels of support during their formative years.
Since 2012, Fairbrother has achieved an overall successful completion rate of 94%, compared with the Tasmanian industry average of less than 60%.
This is evidence that undertaking an apprenticeship with Fairbrother delivers a sustainable pathway to long-term career success for our Tasmanian youth.
Currently Fairbrother employs 67 apprentice carpenters and cabinet makers across Tasmania.
They range in age from year 10 leavers right through to mature age apprentices in
their 50s, some who are in the process of completing their second trade apprenticeship.
To encourage excellence, Fairbrother has
its own well-established apprentice awards program. This has proven to be an excellent mechanism the company uses to highlight the quality of their standout apprentices.
The most recent example of this is Nixon Whitney, the winner of the Fairbrother 2021 Apprentice of the Year Award.
Nixon was chosen as the overall winner among strong competition across the other divisions.
“Throughout his apprenticeship, Nixon has consistently demonstrated the qualities that we look for in young people aspiring to be successful in their apprenticeship,” Mr Arnold said.
As a result, he has been nominated for the Master Builders Tasmania Apprentice of the Year award. This is an award that Fairbrother has won on 11 occasions.
From these winners, seven apprentices have gone on to win the prestigious Master Builders Association National Apprentice of the Year Award including the country’s very first female Apprentice of the Year carpenter.
“We see an apprenticeship as the beginning of a long, satisfying and rewarding career that is underpinned with training and personal development of the highest calibre,” Mr Arnold said.
“Through our commitment to training and development we aim to provide the best possible platform for apprentices to reach their full potential – both professionally and personally,” he said.
“We invest a great deal in the training of our apprentices. It’s one of the most important investments we make as a company.”
See below for details about how to apply for 2023 Fairbrother carpentry and cabinet making apprenticeships.