It’s often said that you can’t be what you can’t see… and now a group of 18 Year 10-12 students from a remote Western Australian high school have a whole range of ideas for future careers after visiting RAAF Base Pearce and our Henderson site.
Derby is a town of around 3,000 people in the Kimberley region of WA. It is 2,197 kilometres from the state’s capital city Perth.
In a project requiring enormous collaboration, our company worked with the school, program organisers and Defence to help showcase a range of careers at both sites over several days.
Our company provides sustainment for the Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce and is currently part of the WAMA upgrading the Anzac frigate fleet at our Henderson facility.
In a unique opportunity, the students had the chance to ‘get up close and personal’ with the aircraft and HMAS Stuart.
They also had the chance to talk about the educational requirements for future careers with our employees and representatives from Defence.
Our Workplace Services Manager, Graham, was instrumental in organising the visit to both sites.
“It’s a tremendous thrill to see the enjoyment students get from visits such as this,” he said.
“It’s important that industry can play a role to showcase the many career opportunities possible within the Defence industry.”
Susan Murphy, Strategic Director of Frilled Enterprises said, “the students were well and truly overwhelmed on the opportunities available to them outside of their little town Derby".
“Our only Year 12 student on the trip has been accepted into university, which has come from this trip. We are very excited for him and his family.
“The trip has given the students a different outlook on what pathways they wish to take after school and life, which is exactly what we wanted to achieve.”
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