Our part time 3-month program creates employment pathways for women. We provide comprehensive practical training which takes place both in our workshop and out on site, providing participants with the knowledge and skills to be able to confidently work within a maintenance and repair role post program.
We provide supportive mentoring and one on one career development coaching, which includes building resumes, interview skills and workplace skills. We also deliver on employment support program post training, to give participants the best chance of securing a role after graduating.
Participants
“This program achieves two things. Firstly it introduces women to the construction industry, and the construction industry to women. But secondly it enables women who may have faced obstacles in employment to consider, or reconsider, their potential. That is, it fosters confidence.”
– Previous Habitat Women participant
Participate
Habitat Women provides a free training opportunity to those who identify as women (aged 18 +), are Australian residents or citizens and have previously faced barriers in seeking employment. Women should also be able to travel within Sydney, and commit to training two days a week, for 12 weeks.
Participants should be:
Participants
“Women don’t have to stand to the side providing refreshments or directing the traffic, or in health, admin, teaching or childcare (even though these are all important too), but women can also be in there on the tools. Women and men can and should work alongside each other in any healthy diverse workplace.”
– Previous Habitat Women participant
If women meet the eligibility criteria and can commit to a part-time three-month program, we encourage them to apply.
Any potential cohort members will need to:
Women will be chosen based on their suitability to commit to the program and their enthusiasm for both the industry and potential recruitment upon graduating.