MAITLAND City Council has welcomed five trainees and one apprentice to its ranks as they signed up to their new roles at Maitland Town Hall.
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The five traineeships are being offered in the range of areas including business administration, customer engagement, events and graphic design, with the apprenticeship as a Plant Mechanic.
"It's fantastic to welcome these energetic and bright individuals to Council's workforce," Maitland mayor Loretta Baker said.
'We are so pleased to have the opportunity to provide our newest staff members their first taste of on the job experience at Council, serving the Maitland community while being supported to undertake their studies.
"Traineeships and apprenticeships are a great opportunity to bring people in on the ground level and spend time building their capacity over their time with Council.
"We have many examples of previous participants who have subsequently secured full time roles in the organisation with others gaining the skills and experience that has seen them successful in securing a role outside of Council."
Council's two business administration trainees, Hayley Threlfo and Lilliana Botham and Customer Engagement Trainee Angelina Mantle, have commenced 12 month traineeships, while events trainee Sienna Edwards and graphic design trainee Myisha Edmonds will undertake their traineeships over a two year period.
Plant mechanic Solomon Pillidge has taken on a four year apprenticeship.
Liam Wells and Riley O'Donnell, who commenced with Council in 2019, are currently studying Certificate III in Mobile Plant Technology and Certificate III in Fabrication respectively and participated in the welcome alongside Cr Baker.
