Workplace Gender Equality Employer of Choice
Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has recognised CPB Contractors as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) and awarded them an official WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation.
The criteria for the citation covers leadership, learning and development, gender remuneration gaps, flexible working and other initiatives to support family responsibilities, employee consultation, preventing sex-based harassment and discrimination, and targets for improving gender equality outcomes.
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CPB Contractors' Women in Construction program is helping to meet the growing demand for construction workers in Australia and New Zealand. The paid training program has created valuable and sustainable job opportunities for women to work on major infrastructure projects.
The four-step program is centred around classroom study, on-the-job learning and establishing a long-term career.
Fundamentals: Participants take part in a paid three-week pre-employment training program that introduces them to working on a construction project and explains the fundamentals of the industry. Employment: Successful participants receive a permanent offer of employment for an apprenticeship role on a CPB Contractors project. Work and learn: Participants are employed as construction workers and obtain a Certificate III Civil Construction, Plant Operations. Construction career: Participants are supported and encouraged to continue their careers working across CPB Contractors’ projects. Our National Association of Women in Construction partnership
As part of our commitment to support the attraction, retention and development of women at CPB Contractors, we have a long-standing partnership with the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC).
NAWIC provides opportunities for networking, project tours, webinars, development workshops, awards, and scholarships. Several of our female employees have received industry-recognised awards and benefitted from attending development workshops.
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