Careers in Manufacturing Program (CiM)
This program has been developed to promote the exciting and extensive range of career options available to young people in the Manufacturing & Engineering sectors.
The Program has been designed to ensure that Years 9 & 10 secondary students are able to “see, taste, touch & feel manufacturing”. It is a Victoria wide program.
See this page for more information.
Young Industry Ambassador Program
The program promotes enthusiastic apprentices, trainees & graduates, who have a passionate, positive & youthful message about career choices available in the Manufacturing & Engineering sectors.
Young Industry Ambassadors can visit schools and talk about their own career pathway.
They may also be able to host small groups of students through their own worksite. YIA’s promote the Industry as:
· being high tech
· providing safe & well organised working environments
· being highly sustainable,
· having multiple opportunities for further training
· being focused on Research & Development
· providing opportunities for rapid promotion, travel & the development of portable skill sets
· being an “industry of choice” for enthusiastic & ambitious young people.
The CiM program can also organise an exciting number of industry tour options. These tours can be funded under the CiM program and many sites have a Young Industry Ambassador available on site.
For more information about CiM program options, contact Mary Macgregoron 039889 0966 or mmacgregor@mesab.com.au.
Manufacturing offers well-paid and challenging careers in everything from design, engineering and project management to information technology, marketing and finance.
The manufacturing sector is the largest provider of full-time jobs in Victoria, with 245,100 workers employed (13% of Victoria’s total full-time jobs). Manufacturing is also Victoria’s lead export sector.
Victoria’s manufacturing sector is particularly driven by new technologies which are transforming development and production – although 28% of Australia’s manufacturing is based in Victoria, 40% of Australia’s manufacturing R&D takes place here.
Modern manufacturing needs diverse workforces with skills not only in engineering and production but in R&D, intellectual property management, design, software, supply chain management, marketing, sales, after-sales services and many other areas.