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AKD is answering the call to support Australian job creation by announcing more than 20 new apprenticeship positions and new graduate positions in 2021. Source: Timberbiz
AKD has always placed the development of its people as a high priority and this year the company felt it was even more important to create additional opportunities to support its communities.
“This has been a difficult time with a lot of uncertainty created, therefore we must all play our part in getting Australia moving again,” AKD Human Resources General Manager Clark Rodger said.
“The introduction of these new roles is one way that we can do more, and we encourage other businesses to consider what opportunities they may be able to provide.
“In addition to good quality people, we need trade and tertiary qualified people to drive our business forward,” he said.
“If we create or develop a pipeline of skills and capabilities into our organisation, at the same as reinvesting in our existing people, then we are effectively investing in our future success as a whole organisation.”
AKD already employ 35 apprentices under their National Apprenticeship Program, with many past participants now holding trade, supervisor, and management positions throughout the company. The business is pleased to be able to add to this success with the introduction of more than 20 newly created opportunities in 2021. This compliments AKD’s existing Gap Year Program for school leavers.
Offering trades in electrical, saw doctoring, wood machining and fitting and with sites across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, the company is offering career opportunities which will see some individuals gain experience across a number of sites and locations.
“The opportunity to gain experience and exposure to multiple sites or functions is invaluable in anyone’s career development,” Mr Rodger said.
“Whilst we acknowledge and understand this won’t suit everyone depending on their life stage and family or personal commitments, we are willing to support and enable this experience for those who are open to it.
“We want to continue to see our team build in its diversity, including in gender and culture,” he said. “We encourage applications from internal and external candidates, as well as school leaver and mature aged individuals. This is an exciting and long-term investment in the AKD team, AKD business and wider community.”
