🌿 SKILL UP 4 CONSERVATION 🛠️

💰 GET PAID TO LEARN A TRADE! 

🎓 Finished Year 12? Ready to get your foot in the door?

Looking for a career in the Wet Trades but don't know where to start?

Skill Up 4 Conservation is a fully funded, PAID traineeship delivered by WetTrades Apprenticeships through the Queensland Government's Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.

Perfect for Year 12 school leavers and unemployed Queenslanders wanting hands-on experience, a nationally recognised qualification and a pathway towards an apprenticeship!

🙌 No experience needed — just a positive attitude and willingness to learn!

📢 NOW RECRUITING — SOUTHERN GOLD COAST!

📅 Starts: Monday 30 November 2026

⏳ Duration: 20 Weeks

⏰ Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–3:00pm

📍 Training: Surfers Paradise (theory), Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary & Garima Conservation Reserve (practical)

🎓 Qualification: Certificate I in Construction (CPC10126)

💰 Fully Funded & PAID Traineeship

🔨 WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Get on the tools and gain real experience helping restore, repair and maintain facilities at two of the Gold Coast's unique conservation sites.

You'll develop practical skills and explore four Wet Trades:

• 🎨 Painting & Decorating
  
• 🧱 Wall & Floor Tiling
  
• 🏗️ Solid Plastering
  
• 🛠️ Wall & Ceiling Lining
  

Work alongside experienced trainers, build your confidence and develop skills employers are looking for!

🎓 WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE?

• 💰 Paid traineeship employment
  
• 🎓 Certificate I in Construction (CPC10126)
  
• 🦺 White Card (CPCWHS1001)
  
• 🩹 First Aid (HLTAID011)
  
• 🪜 Work Safely at Heights (CPCCCM2012)
  
• 🤝 Mentoring, wellbeing and life skills support
  
• 🔨 Practical training and industry work experience
  
• 🚀 Connections with Wet Trade employers and potential apprenticeship opportunities
  

🌟 Our goal is to help you build the skills, confidence and work ethic to move into a Wet Trades apprenticeship!

✅ ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Before applying, please ensure you meet ALL requirements:

• 🎂 Be 16 years or older.
  
• 📍 Be a Queensland resident with proof of residency.
  
• 💼 Be unemployed (working more than 20 hours per week makes you ineligible).
  
• 🎓 Have finished school and no longer be enrolled in secondary school when the program begins.
  
• 🇦🇺 Be eligible to work in Australia.
  
• 🏗️ Not have previously completed a Certificate I or II in Construction.
  
• 📚 Not have previously completed an SQW program.
  
• ⏰ Be available Monday–Friday, 7:30am–3:00pm.
  
• 🚗 Hold at least a Learner Driver Licence (50+ supervised driving hours preferred). Full licence holders will be prioritised.
  

🚗 Work Experience & Transport

Towards the end of the program, you'll undertake work experience with Wet Trade employers.

You must have reliable transport to get to and from your work experience placement.

👷 This is your chance to impress an employer, demonstrate your skills and potentially secure an apprenticeship!

👷 WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

This is a real paid traineeship, and we expect the same commitment you would bring to a workplace.

Successful participants will:

• 🔨 Show genuine interest in learning a Wet Trade.
  
• ⏰ Attend every day, on time and ready to work.
  
• 🌤️ Be prepared for outdoor, hands-on and physically demanding tasks.
  
• 🦺 Follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements.
  
• 🤝 Be respectful, reliable and willing to work as part of a team.
  
• 💪 Demonstrate a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
  

You don't need experience — but you do need commitment!

🙌 WHO SHOULD APPLY?

We welcome eligible applicants, particularly:

• 🎓 Year 12 school leavers and young people aged 16–24
  
• 👷 Women entering or returning to the workforce
  
• 🌿 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  
• 💪 Mature-age jobseekers looking for a fresh start
  
• 🤝 Disadvantaged or long-term unemployed jobseekers
  

🚀 READY TO BUILD YOUR FUTURE?

🎓 Finished school?
🔨 Want to learn a Wet Trade?
💰 Want to get paid while gaining experience?
👷 Ready to prove yourself to a potential employer?

THIS COULD BE YOUR FIRST STEP TOWARDS AN APPRENTICESHIP!

📅 STARTS 30 NOVEMBER 2026

👉 APPLY NOW: www.wta.org.au/sqw

🛠️ GET ON THE TOOLS. BUILD YOUR SKILLS. START YOUR FUTURE!

This training is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through its Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.

If you’re ready to gain real skills, nationally recognised qualifications and direct pathways into the wet trades —apply now and start building your career.

Get Started in the Wet Trades.