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#BuildAKL winners announced
MEDIA RELEASE
21 December 2016
Ten Auckland youth win jobs in booming construction and infrastructure sector
#BuildAKL winners announced
| RELEASE SUMMARY Ten young Aucklanders aged between 16 and 23 years have won four weeks paid work experience as part of the #BuildAKL social media campaign. #BuildAKL – designed by leading industry employers and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) – aims to get around 4000 young jobseekers into the construction and infrastructure sector within the next year. More than 600 Aucklanders entered the competition with 20 finalists short-listed and 10 winners announced. The #BuildAKL competition winners have met with their respective employers and will share their on-site work experience on social media in an effort to entice more young people into the sector. |
Ten young Auckland jobseekers
will start work in Auckland’s thriving construction and
infrastructure sector in the New Year having won work
placements as part of the #BuildAKL industry recruitment
campaign.
#BuildAKL is an interactive social media campaign which aims to get 4000 young Aucklanders into the sector within the next year.
Designed by leading industry employers and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), the #BuildAKL paid work experience competition attracted 600 competition entries since its launch in September at the at JobFest youth employment event.
ATEED chief executive Brett O’Riley says the ten winners, aged between 16 and 23 years, were selected from a short-list of 20 finalists, and will start their rotational job placements in mid-January next year.
“This is a unique opportunity for young people to learn first-hand about the diverse range of opportunities available within the rapidly growing construction and infrastructure sector, with work experience ranging from traffic to wastewater management, civil construction and project engineering,” he says.
“The #BuildAKL campaign aims to address a serious skills shortage within the sector by profiling the opportunities available with winners sharing their work experiences via Facebook @buildAKL and on the BuildAKL website, www.buildakl.co.nz,” Brett O’Riley says.
The four week work experience placements will be managed by recruitment company, AWF, with work experience provided by Fletcher Building, City Care, Downer, Hawkins Group, iTraffic and Watercare Services.
The 10 competition winners have received a free training package from AWF and the Solomon Group which included the Site Safe passport, traffic control training and training on resilience in the workplace.
#BuildAKL ‘Be on the Team’ competition winners
| Winner | Age (years) | Employer | Rotational Work undertaken |
| David Faautaga (DJ) | 19 | Higgins, part of Fletcher Building | Roading, traffic and wastewater management, construction and engineering |
| Earl Pantaleon | 22 | Higgins, part of Fletcher Building | Roading, traffic and wastewater management, construction and engineering |
| Larissa Ramos | 17 | Watercare Services | Water and waste management, community engagement. |
| Samuel Quilter (Sam) | 23 | Watercare Services | Water and waste management, community engagement |
| Sebastian Reece (Seb) | 23 | Hawkins Group | High profile construction and buildings – 5a, CRL, Park-Hyatt – Wynyard Quarter. Rotations include Quantity Surveying, Site Operations , BIM, Tunnelling, Quantity Surveying, carpentry & welding |
| Lera Sepati | 17 | City Care | Maintenance, civil construction, parks, water and facilities management |
| Krithika Venkatesh | 21 | Downer | Rotations
through ground sites in Auckland CRL or similar profile projects; Waiheke – travel on ferry with crew every day. Entry level roles in utilities, infrastructure and technology solutions |
| Barrett Caton (Baz) | 16 | Downer | Rotations through
ground sites in Auckland CRL or similar profile projects; Waiheke – travel on ferry with crew every day. Entry level roles in utilities, infrastructure and technology solutions |
| Jasmine Witika | 17 | iTraffic | Traffic control, traffic management planning, real time operations, civil construction, sales, recruitment, business operations |
| Nayyir Muhammad (Nay) | 19 | iTraffic | Traffic control, traffic management planning, real time operations, civil construction, sales, recruitment, business operations |
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About us: Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) is the economic growth agency for the Auckland region and is one of six Auckland Council-controlled organisations (CCOs). ATEED is tasked with driving innovation and transforming the local economy, so that Auckland is a desirable place to visit, live, work, play, invest and do business.
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