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KEEN TO GET YOUR YOUNG ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION? · The Real Estate Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, cam Master Bilder's Act has launched a really cool
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  Speaker 1: initiative and when we saw this, we were like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: we've got to explore more of what this is about.
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  Speaker 1: And it's about getting young people into construction because we
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  Speaker 1: know that we don't have enough construction workers, and so
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  Speaker 1: there's a program to target exactly this. And Anna Nilagama
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  Speaker 1: is CEO of Master Builders Act and a good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning guys, great to be here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Now tell us about the Junior Builders program and what
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  Speaker 1: it aims to achieve.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. We're really excited about this one. Junior Builders
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  Speaker 2: is a new school holiday program for six to fifteen
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  Speaker 2: year olds to give them a bit of a taste
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  Speaker 2: of what life would be like as a construction worker generally,
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  Speaker 2: but as a carpenter in particular.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah wow, And so I mean six is quite young,
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  Speaker 4: because that's almost progressing from plastic hammers into the real thing,
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  Speaker 4: isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely so. Obviously the safety planning and control of course
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  Speaker 2: has been done really carefully. So I want to ensure
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  Speaker 2: parents out there of that.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you're not detaining a nail gun to a
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  Speaker 4: six year old, absolutely not.
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  Speaker 2: But it's amazing what you can do. And the program's
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  Speaker 2: broken up into little chunks, so kids actually get to
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  Speaker 2: build something for themselves across the days or if they're
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  Speaker 2: only coming for one half day, and they're things like toolboxes, birdhouses, dollhouses,
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  Speaker 2: cutting boards, planter boxes, and even a paper and a
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  Speaker 2: stepping stone. So it's really cool and kids will actually
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  Speaker 2: get to take those home with them.
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  Speaker 4: I was going to say, not only do they get
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  Speaker 4: to build this and design it and work on it
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  Speaker 4: and think about it, they've got something at the end
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  Speaker 4: that they can take home to their loved ones. So good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's excellent and I love that you guys are
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  Speaker 1: getting kids, you know, involved in this. Is it hard
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  Speaker 1: to attract younger people into you know, building trades.
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  Speaker 2: It absolutely is, and there's a few barriers to that. One.
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  Speaker 2: Kids have had exposure to construction. So that's exactly why
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  Speaker 2: in school holidays, at younger ages, at that kind of
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  Speaker 2: pre workforce age, it's important to give them a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a taste of what a hands on job really
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  Speaker 2: looks like because a lot of people really enjoy it,
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  Speaker 2: to their surprise. And the second thing is to educate
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  Speaker 2: parents because parents are often the biggest barrier to kids
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  Speaker 2: taking on board and apprenticeship. So I guess for us,
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  Speaker 2: if they can see that their children engaging in this
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  Speaker 2: great program coming into Master Builders, understanding what that learning
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  Speaker 2: environments like, understanding what the industry is like, that's really
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  Speaker 2: really important for us.
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  Speaker 1: And I guess from what it sounds like, they're not
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  Speaker 1: just learning construction skills. You're getting them outside, You're getting
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  Speaker 1: them to work with other people. You're getting them you know,
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  Speaker 1: like there's a whole range of skills that they'll build
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  Speaker 1: from this as well, not just you know, the building
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  Speaker 1: side of it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, they're involved in like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're involved in safe planning. They have to mark
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  Speaker 2: out little walkways, they sort of set up their learning
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  Speaker 2: environment so it's the same as you would on the work.
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  Speaker 2: So it's really getting them thinking about I guess the
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  Speaker 2: whole project delivery, if you like, which is the real
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  Speaker 2: skill of construction?
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely? And funny, I'll be super quick when I tell
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  Speaker 3: you this story.
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  Speaker 1: My five year old Willow, she's not quite odd enough
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  Speaker 1: to join your program yet. But is it a trowl
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  Speaker 1: like the little shovel. It's more of a gardening thing
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  Speaker 1: that her Nan got her a trow for her birthday
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  Speaker 1: because she loves doing all that stuff outside.
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  Speaker 3: Now she's digging, and you know, like it's just so cool.
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  Speaker 1: To get them their hands dirty and working.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: The next thing you need to give her though, the
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  Speaker 4: doll before you dig telephone number. Oh yes, because the
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  Speaker 4: trowl then gets into shovels.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear. Trouble totally.
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  Speaker 1: And where can we learn more about this Junior Builders program?
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  Speaker 2: Just NBA dot org, dot a U slash training or
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  Speaker 2: you can just give up a buzz thirteen hundred NBA ACT.
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  Speaker 2: So this will be running for the first time ever
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  Speaker 2: in the September school holidays.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, well, people definitely need to sign their kids up
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  Speaker 1: because it's so good and I thank you.
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  Speaker 3: I'm so much for sharing that with us.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you guys, have a great morning.
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  Speaker 3: You too, See you later.
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  Speaker 1: An Anila Gama, who's CEO of Master Builder's ACT their
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  Speaker 1: Junior Builder program.
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  Speaker 3: How cool