Bengalla proudly welcomed 11 new apprentices to the team in November.
The apprentices will complete the 18-week, Mining & Energy Skills Program at Muswellbrook TAFE as part of their apprenticeship.
Orientation Week saw the new apprentices team up with Bengalla’s current apprentices to complete a community project at St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen, which included:
- Building and installing a timber rack in the woodwork room;
- Building a new concrete path for students;
- Building a fence in part of the school’s donkey’s paddock;
- Refurbishing some benches and pergolas; and
- Building a large garden bed outside one of the classrooms.
Bengalla’s involvement in the community is important, given 89 per cent or the workforce lives locally. The community project is a fantastic opportunity for Bengalla’s apprentices to give back to the local community and to St Joseph’s, where some were students.