APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2010

Alcoa Future Leaders of Industry

Scholarships in Manufacturing

Alcoa World Alumina and Geelong Regional Vocational Education Council Inc (GRVEC) along with eighteen supporting local manufacturing companies invite years 9 and 10 girls and boys to apply for this years Alcoa Future Leaders of Industry - Scholarships in Manufacturing.

This year's program will commence in April 2010 and run through until November 2010.  Scholarship recipients will be involved in a number of activities (approximately one a month) which will enable them to:

• Meet other young people who have pursued a career in manufacturing
• Participate in leadership activities
• Develop presentation and communication skills
• Visit industry sites
• Shadow mentors in industry whilst doing a week’s work experience
• Explore university and/or TAFE options
• Participate in award presentations

There will be approximately 20 scholarships of $250 each. The scholarships will be held in trust by schools and used to support the recipient's education and/or training endeavours in 2011. 

If you are interested in applying for one of these Scholarships, please talk to your Careers Teacher at your school for more information. 

Applications are due Friday 19th March 2010.

To download an information sheet and application form please click on the 'Forms' tab above or here - Download AFLOI Application

Manufacturing Geelong DVD

Every day, you benefit from many of the thousands of products that are manufactured, or are made from raw materials produced in Geelong.

From the power and fabrics in your home, food products, plastics and transport components, manufacturing impacts positively on your life by supplying many of the products you use every day.

To make all these products requires engineers, designers, product developers, researchers, process workers, tradespeople and other skilled workers from a diverse range of trades and disciplines.

GRVEC are pleased to be part of the DVD - Manufacturing Geelong, which profiles some of these local advanced manufacturing industries and features young employees discussing their work and job pathway.

The purpose of the DVD is to give students and teachers information about the local manufacturing sector and to encourage young people to consider the career options available in it. There are jobs to suit all kinds of interests -scientific, technical and practical and we hope the DVD will spark the curiosity of students to explore these.

This project was made possible through a collaboration between GRVEC, the Geelong Manufacturing Council and the Gordon TAFE using funds from the Federal Government’s Career Advice Australia program and the Victorian Government’s Regional Development Victoria agency.

We are also very appreciative of the contribution of the following featured employers:

Alcoa World Alumina

Bob White Electrix

Deakin University

Downer Engineering

Godfrey Hirst

Jeff Sykes and Associates

Kinetic Engineering

LyondellBasell

Modern Olives

Mentors for our Students  

The 2009 'Mentors for our Students’ school based mentoring program involved young people from Years 9-12 in 10 of Geelong’s Secondary Schools. They were matched with recently retired people from careers associated with maths, science and engineering. This program was established to encourage the students to understand the benefits of keeping up with their maths and science subjects and to consider a career in these areas.

The young people and their mentors met on average for 1 hour a week. The meetings involved a focus on careers and activities based around either science, maths or engineering. Here are a few examples of the mentor/mentee partnerships and the activities they worked on whilst developing a friendship and establishing a foundation upon which to discuss career options and the world of work.