Learning Opportunities for Apprentices

Direction and Guidance

Experienced industry professionals at CCS will be able to help you navigate your pathway. Steps like determining eligibility requirements (what you ‘must have’) to be issued with a licence are simple with CCS. Our teams share a wealth of knowledge and skills on best practice methods for obtaining a particular licence class, and will be able to guide you through the proper procedures and permits to access plant and equipment around the ACT and NSW.

Members of our team have trained interstate (and internationally) on their career path, bringing new perspectives and practices to the region via mutual recognition schemes that offer an equivalent licence here. They have thrived at CCS where operations and management systems draw from international standards organisations, understood anywhere. You will find a supportive crew of Service Coordinators who assist technicians from our headquarters in Symonston, schedule servicing and ensure all administration is handled promptly and professionally.

What’s more, being part of a team like CCS Group which has other Apprentices at your level, and working with Professionals (who still keep learning more classes of work), you will be able to find the supports and perspectives you need to approach your studies (practices and theories), manage projects, and keep your progress on the right track to get the results you want from your career.

Direction and Guidance

Experienced industry professionals at CCS will be able to help you navigate your pathway. Steps like determining eligibility requirements (what you ‘must have’) to be issued with a licence are simple with CCS. Our teams share a wealth of knowledge and skills on best practice methods for obtaining a particular licence class, and will be able to guide you through the proper procedures and permits to access plant and equipment around the ACT and NSW.

Members of our team have trained interstate (and internationally) on their career path, bringing new perspectives and practices to the region via mutual recognition schemes that offer an equivalent licence here. They have thrived at CCS where operations and management systems draw from international standards organisations, understood anywhere. You will find a supportive crew of Service Coordinators who assist technicians from our headquarters in Symonston, schedule servicing and ensure all administration is handled promptly and professionally.

What’s more, being part of a team like CCS Group which has other Apprentices at your level, and working with Professionals (who still keep learning more classes of work), you will be able to find the supports and perspectives you need to approach your studies (practices and theories), manage projects, and keep your progress on the right track to get the results you want from your career.

Hydraulic Qualifications

Hydraulics is a broad discipline with pathways that enable you to work on plumbing systems and materials; with others to plan, assemble and install hot and cold water systems; work on mechanical services plant, air handling and conditioning equipment and heating systems; on water-based fire protection systems, including hydrants, hose-reels and sprinkler systems; with soil and waste stacks, sewerage and effluent pumping equipment and disposal systems; below-ground drainage systems and associated ground support systems. We deal with so many aspects of pipework you could also link training on gas appliances, flues and pressure regulating devices with this pathway at CCS.

Refer to the CIT website for more information on course options click here.

HVAC&R Qualifications

CCS has the authorisation to assist you in getting your Refrigerant Handling Licence and navigate the system to ensure you’re properly qualified to carry out RAC work in a variety of applications.

Between our in-house Engineers and a team of the most highly-experienced Technicians in our climate-zone, a high-level of understanding of principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer can be found at CCS. The sky is the limit with how far you take this pathway! Couple this with our HSEQ systems, and you can be assured you will always up-to-date with the most recent measures from around the world to know your work and our environment are always improving.

Electrical Qualifications

CCS is proud of our ‘Sparkies’; A diverse team of quick-thinkers, some completed their apprenticeship with us and now lead large teams in the group. With supervision being such a fundamental part of learning the electrical trade in Australia, and key to licencing your skills, you can be assured that by training with the CCS team you’ll have the opportunity to see how you too can develop electrical trade skills, knowledge, and connections from your apprenticeship into a formidable career. As you earn and learn at CCS you will be able to find opportunities to understand lighting design, metering systems, scanning and testing, labelling, tagging, tracing and identification techniques, operate on ventilation and air conditioning system components, and develop concepts of automation and control. With so many other trades in-house at CCS, you can find opportunities to interact with the electrical components of almost every building system, and master the install and repair of a range of equipment with experienced professionals we know and trust.

For more information go to the Planning Directorate website or look to Access Canberra for more information

Metalwork Qualifications

Metalwork pathways at CCS will develop the finely tuned talents and awareness required to work on cutting and forming processes, grinding, welding, brazing, polishing, and other activities. CCS projects enable metalworkers to learn in the workshop, at the factory, and out in the field – on projects large and small, creating and repairing almost anything metal.

CCS metalwork teams and projects will give you the opportunity to develop a high level of awareness for safety and quality in your workmanship, the ability to create consistent results, and foster the creative thinking required to custom-build almost anything. These activities are informed by engineers and quality management professionals, and will give you the experience and recognition to always be ahead of the game.

Regular training talks will give you the opportunity to discuss the latest practices and know how to keep yourself safe and enjoy a long career. You will learn to use some of the most advanced automated metalworking technology, and work with some of the most experienced and respected professionals mastering traditional methods.

Hydraulic Qualifications

Hydraulics is a broad discipline with pathways that enable you to work on plumbing systems and materials; with others to plan, assemble and install hot and cold water systems; work on mechanical services plant, air handling and conditioning equipment and heating systems; on water-based fire protection systems, including hydrants, hose-reels and sprinkler systems; with soil and waste stacks, sewerage and effluent pumping equipment and disposal systems; below-ground drainage systems and associated ground support systems. We deal with so many aspects of pipework you could also link training on gas appliances, flues and pressure regulating devices with this pathway at CCS.

Refer to the CIT website for more information on course options click here.

HVAC&R Qualifications

CCS has the authorisation to assist you in getting your Refrigerant Handling Licence and navigate the system to ensure you’re properly qualified to carry out RAC work in a variety of applications.

Between our in-house Engineers and a team of the most highly-experienced Technicians in our climate-zone, a high-level of understanding of principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer can be found at CCS. The sky is the limit with how far you take this pathway! Couple this with our HSEQ systems, and you can be assured you will always up-to-date with the most recent measures from around the world to know your work and our environment are always improving.

Electrical Qualifications

CCS is proud of our ‘Sparkies’; A diverse team of quick-thinkers, some completed their apprenticeship with us and now lead large teams in the group. With supervision being such a fundamental part of learning the electrical trade in Australia, and key to licencing your skills, you can be assured that by training with the CCS team you’ll have the opportunity to see how you too can develop electrical trade skills, knowledge, and connections from your apprenticeship into a formidable career. As you earn and learn at CCS you will be able to find opportunities to understand lighting design, metering systems, scanning and testing, labelling, tagging, tracing and identification techniques, operate on ventilation and air conditioning system components, and develop concepts of automation and control. With so many other trades in-house at CCS, you can find opportunities to interact with the electrical components of almost every building system, and master the install and repair of a range of equipment with experienced professionals we know and trust.

For more information go to the Planning Directorate website or look to Access Canberra for more information

Metalwork Qualifications

Metalwork pathways at CCS will develop the finely tuned talents and awareness required to work on cutting and forming processes, grinding, welding, brazing, polishing, and other activities. CCS projects enable metalworkers to learn in the workshop, at the factory, and out in the field – on project large and small, creating and repairing almost anything metal.

CCS metalwork teams and projects will give you the opportunity to develop a high level of awareness for safety and quality in your workmanship, the ability to create consistent results, and foster the creative thinking required to custom-build almost anything. These activities are informed by Engineers and Quality Management professionals, and will give you the experience and recognition to always be ahead of the game.

Regular training talks will give you the opportunity to discuss the latest practices and know how to keep yourself safe and enjoy a long career. You will learn to use some of the most advanced automated metalworking technology, and work with some of the most experienced and respected professionals mastering traditional methods.

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Proprietary Training and Industry Awareness

CCS has a program for sharing knowledge across the company and the industry. As well as highly skilled technicians and engineers, there are staff with business knowledge such as finance, marketing, software, and business development. Once a month there is a training session that is offered to staff to further their knowledge as well as give trainers the experience presenting. The venue may be the large board room with full AV facilities, in the workshop, or perhaps on site at one of the 300 buildings that CCS works on around Canberra.

We frequently work with other businesses who provide products and tools that are now standard for individuals and companies in the industry today. Developing your skills in direct partnership with CCS we work together to connect you to sustainable industry networks and resources, creating pathways for you to secure genuine employment and a long-term industry career.

Proprietary Training and Industry Awareness

CCS has a program for sharing knowledge across the company and the industry. As well as highly skilled technicians and engineers, there are staff with business knowledge such as finance, marketing, software, and business development. Once a month there is a training session that is offered to staff to further their knowledge as well as give trainers the experience presenting. The venue may be the large board room with full AV facilities, in the workshop, or perhaps on site at one of the 300 buildings that CCS works on around Canberra.

We frequently work with other businesses who provide products and tools that are now standard for individuals and companies in the industry today. Developing your skills in direct partnership with CCS we work together to connect you to sustainable industry networks and resources, creating pathways for you to secure genuine employment and a long-term industry career.

  • Work, Health & Safety

    CCS prides itself on its safety record. As a large company in the construction industry there are many protocols and industry requirements when it comes to safety. From day 1 of starting at
    CCS, staff are informed on how to keep themselves and their colleagues safe with courses such as Asbestos Awareness, Construction induction (white card). For more information on HSEQ training click here.

  • Work Life Balance

    It’s important that you develop effective strategies for managing your time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, earning money and performing on the job. At CCS we have various programs to provide the tools for our team to maintain happy, healthy lives such as gym membership, a nice working environment in a semi-rural area, fruit and herbal teas on offer and various events for some time out and develop relationships with colleagues. For more information click here.

  • Community Engagement

    As part of the CCS Apprenticeship Program, The Apprentice Day Out is an initiative to allow apprentices to develop project management skills. It also gives apprentices the chance to choose a cause for the whole company to apply themselves for a day. The apprentices run the project and the day, giving them a chance to boss the management around – all for a good cause.

  • Customer Experience Capabilities

    The CCS service model is not simply about getting the job done; providing a superior service experience is really what sets you apart. We’ll help you understand how to demonstrate confidence, foster a positive attitude, to be friendly to customers, to illustrate social grace, and to be able to communicate well.

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