Apprenticeship adds up to winning formula
[course_search] Math graduate-turned-carpenter, Ellie Farrington, has been named top apprentice of the year for the Darling Downs South West region…
30 July, 2019
Training delivers growing rewards
Markus Mueller has come a long way since walking into a training pop-up store at a Cairns shopping centre just…
25 July, 2019
Trainee cleans up with flocking solution
MD trainee Jordan Hazlett was fertilising his grass at home when he had his ‘Eureka moment’. He had been thinking…
5 July, 2019
Pockets of progress for women in construction
While there has not been much change in the number of women working in construction trades in recent years, there…
1 July, 2019
New interactive site reveals up to $134 billion construction pipeline for Qld
CSQ is excited to have launched a new interactive Knowledge Centre providing the latest available data on construction in Queensland,…
25 June, 2019
Never give up
Camelia Tarau is made of tough stuff and don’t anyone tell her what she can or can’t do. She taught…
6 June, 2019
Are you waste levy ready?
From July, landfill operators (local councils and private businesses) with be charged a new Queensland Waste Levy for waste going…
3 June, 2019
One of the boys
Shane Lui is passionate about his Torres Strait roots and is putting that passion to work back on his home…
13 May, 2019
Dump truck driver to business owner: Bec’s story
Rebecca Dennien is passionate about encouraging girls and women into the building and construction industry and has personally experienced some…
24 April, 2019
Gladstone technician ready to pack his bags
Gladstone maintenance technician Nathan Dunnett will be jetting overseas soon after receiving one of four Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF) Awards.…
4 April, 2019
More work needed to attract women to construction jobs
The Australian construction industry is still waiting to join other industries celebrating increasing gender equality this week. Building and construction…
8 March, 2019
The five courses taking tradies to new heights in 2018
Skills to work safely at heights was the most popular subsidised training for Queensland tradies this year. The Safety at…
17 January, 2019