The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has announced the roll out of the 2015 Build Your Future scholarship program. In conjunction with program partners - JELD-WEN Australia and STRATCO - Build Your Future provides assistance to help offset the cost of HIA training fees for young tradesman undertaking nationally recognised training courses. Full & partial training scholarships up to $7,200 are available nationwide.

 

“Small business is a central part of the residential building industry and this industry funded initiative is designed to provide training and advice that young people need to gain a builders licence,” said HIA Executive Director Hunter, Craig Jennion.

“The industry is already seeing pressure on the availability of skills due to historically high levels of activity, which combined with an aging workforce, highlights the importance of training initiatives such as Build Your Future.”

 

By encouraging the next generation of tradespeople to gain higher qualifications today, the program helps give young tradespeople a start, and hopefully puts them along the way to being their own boss,” concluded Mr Jennion.

From the most recent round a scholarship was awarded to the Hunters Riley Tomlin. Riley, along with successful recipients across Australia, will commence training in 2015.