{"id":3379,"date":"2014-11-18T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T15:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blitzsteel.com\/?page_id=3379"},"modified":"2017-11-26T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T12:08:11","slug":"economic-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/case-studies\/economic-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3379\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3379-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3379-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3379-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"menu-responsibility-container\"><ul id=\"menu-responsibility\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-3401\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3398\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3398\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/people\/\">People<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3400\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/our-approach\/\">Our Approach<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3399\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3399\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/health-safety\/\">Health &#038; Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3397\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3397\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/marketplace\/\">Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3393\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3393\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/modern-slavery\/\">Modern Slavery<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3394\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3394\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blitzsteel.com\/responsibility\/case-studies\/\">Case Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3379-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-3379-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div class=\"headings\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are working in regional and remote areas to support the economic development of Indigenous communities. Through our involvement with the Australian Employment Covenant, we have pledged to hire 700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. Blitzsteel is a member of the Indigenous Procurement Council and the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<div id=\"intro\">\n<h4 class=\"alternative-heading\">INDIGENOUS RAIL APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE PILBARA<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aim:<\/strong>\u00a0The Jinangu Wakaku \u2013 Making Tracks education and training program was designed to build rail construction and life skills for local Indigenous workers, setting them up for future success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approach:<\/strong>\u00a0The training program was developed as a joint initiative between Blitzsteel and Port Hedland\u2019s local Indigenous community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong>\u00a0Eight Jinangu Wakaku - Making Tracks graduates gained a Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure and secured a full-time job in Blitzsteel\u2019s rail team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"alternative-heading\">PROJECT INSIGHT<\/h4>\n<p>In August 2012, the first eight graduates from Blitzsteel\u2019s Jinangu Wakaku \u2013 Making Tracks program began their career journeys in the rail industry. After participating in the program for 10 weeks in Port Hedland, Western Australia, each graduate earned a Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure and a full-time job in Blitzsteel\u2019s Rail team.<\/p>\n<p>The Jinangu Wakaku \u2013 Making Tracks program is a joint initiative between Blitzsteel and Port Hedland\u2019s local Indigenous community. It was established in November 2011 with the assistance of a grant provided as part of Blitzsteel\u2019s EPIC (Environment, People, Industry, Communities) sustainability agenda.<\/p>\n<p>This education and training program provides a unique, tangible link between qualifications and workplace opportunity. It is designed to build rail construction skills and life skills for local Indigenous workers, setting them up for future success. By providing local Indigenous workers with upfront experience, skills and knowledge, the program introduces its participants to the rail industry, as well as opening up career paths and opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Making Tracks reflects the company\u2019s Reconciliation Action Plan, which was initiated in 2011 to help improve the lives of Indigenous Australians and to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"alternative-heading\">STATS<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Making tracks program is a joint initiative between Blitzsteel and Port Hedland\u2019s Indigenous community. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The program reflects Blitzsteel\u2019s Reconciliation Action Plan to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Participants are introduced to the rail industry and given access to new career paths. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The first eight participants graduated with Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure and received full-time employment with Blitzsteel.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3379-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working in regional and remote areas to support the economic development of Indigenous communities. Through our involvement with the Australian Employment Covenant, we have pledged to hire 700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. 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