Page Sections: Trade Apprenticeships | Traineeships | Cadetships | Undergraduate | Graduate Programs
We offer a number of interesting career opportunities that may suit you including apprenticeships and traineeships, cadetships, undergraduate and graduate development programs.
Trade Apprenticeships
We offer apprenticeships in the following trades:
- Horticulture (Parks and Gardens/Turf Management/Nursery/Landscape)
- Plumbing
- Carpentry
- Plant Mechanic
- Boilermaking
- Printing
- Drafting.
Our apprenticeships usually involve four years of training.
Traineeships
- Horticulture (Arboriculture)
- Business administration
- Library and information services
- Health and fitness
- Tourist park operations.
Our traineeships usually involve 12 months of training.
Cadetships
We have invested substantial time and money in developing young people who have finished their HSC, or recently commenced tertiary studies, into highly sought after professionals. The valuable work experience and skills gained while completing tertiary studies has led many of our cadets into exciting employment opportunities.
Cadetships involve working full time while completing a diploma or degree part-time through:
- TAFE - Illawarra Institute
- University of Wollongong
- distance education programs at external universities.
Cadetships can vary in duration depending on part time study, and the needs of our divisions.
The benefits and working conditions we offer our cadets:
- valuable on the job training with experienced employees
- mentoring
- job rotation into various sections of Council broadening your experience base
- generous starting salary plus annual pay increment depending on your performance
- full reimbursement of university enrolment and HECS fees or TAFE enrolment fee
- time off work to attend lectures and tutorials or if distance education, time off for private study
- time off work to study for and attend examinations
- time off work to attend residential schools and payment of travel and accommodation allowance
- access to in-house/external/e-learning training courses
- access to our Council’s excellent library resources
- great social network with other cadets.
If you're interested in a cadetship with Council, we usually conduct our recruitment drive in August each year. Successful applicants commence work around end of January the following year.
Undergraduate Development Program
This program offers university students who have commenced their studies, to gain on the job experience to complement their relevant field of study. Excellent performers are rewarded with a guarantee of continued employment upon successful completion of academic studies.
Graduate Development Program
This program offers fixed term employment to university graduates providing them with the opportunity to gain work experience to build on studies completed in relevant fields. Overseas students, who hold the appropriate visa to work in Australia, may also apply when these opportunities are offered.