VisCon & ASGA expand high school recruitment program

Provider affiliation Visible Connections and the Australian Signal & Graphics Affiliation (ASGA) are increasing their profitable pupil recruitment and schooling program to give attention to 12 months 9 and 10 college students and their dad and mom.

“The 2 associations’ dedication to the way forward for the trade has lengthy been demonstrated by applications designed to introduce younger folks to the print, signal and show market and help them into acceptable coaching,” stated Visible Connections.

“The aim of this newest, expanded program, is to coach Years 9 and 10 college students and their dad and mom concerning the profession alternatives out there within the visible communication area, and to work intently with lecturers and careers advisors to determine and useful resource college students.”

Visible Connections CEO Peter Harper (pictured) says initiatives in recent times – together with a pilot program performed simply previous to COVID in 2020 in partnership with the Australian Expertise & Business Partnership (AusSIP) – have been profitable in lifting apprentice numbers however extra must be carried out to satisfy demand.

“Like many industries, the graphic communications sector is dealing with challenges find and recruiting younger folks into careers,” Harper says. “Addressing that is very important for the way forward for our trade and has lengthy been a precedence for each Visible Connections and the ASGA.”

Step one is to create consciousness of, and curiosity in careers in signage, show, wide-format print and the broader graphics sector, not solely with college students however, simply as critically, with their dad and mom and careers counsellors, he says.

“This program is particularly designed to showcase the thrilling prospects out there within the trade, and to assist these younger people who find themselves to determine coaching and apprenticeship alternatives.

“When younger folks see what our trade does, they’re invariably blown away by the probabilities, however we additionally know that folks and advisors play a significant function in serving to younger folks consider their profession choices. It’s vitally vital that any program to extend apprentice numbers addresses all stakeholders in what is a big choice for these college students.”

  (l-r) ASGA’s Damian Nielson and Mick Harrold (president) with John Watters (AisSIP) at a careers expo in 2022

With the assistance of AusSIP and trade sponsors, Visible Connections has booked Careers expos in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, working from Could to July this yr.

“We even have a ‘Strive-a-Commerce’ program locked in for Visible Affect Sydney in Could, which is able to present as much as 100 college students with the chance to check out expertise in varied points of the trade,” Harper says.

“With the assistance of TAFE NSW, college students can strive expertise in sublimation and direct-to-garment printing, laser engraving, print and tremendous artwork printing and channel lettering, in addition to vinyl software, and see the ‘better of the very best’ in motion at an thrilling wrap problem deliberate by ASGA and Hexis. 

“College students will even get an opportunity to strive conventional hand lettering and brushwork, and the Penrith Print Museum can be there to let college students see how printing on paper was carried out with conventional letterpress applied sciences.

“Following these introductory periods, ‘Taster Days’ can be held with TAFEs in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, to take college students from numerous faculties on a tour of various producers, in addition to offering the chance for extra targeted ‘hands-on’ expertise.”

The bold program, which comes at a significant time for the signal and show trade, has acquired huge assist from throughout the sector, with a bunch of sponsors signing on to sponsor the 2023 program.

“Packages like this require a major funding, so we reached out to trade colleagues for his or her assist and are proud to announce that numerous main organisations have already pledged their sponsorship,” says Harper.

“These embody Amari Visible Options, Ball & Doggett, Cactus Imaging, Fujifilm Graphic Programs, Graphic Artwork Mart, Mulford Plastics, Orofol, Pozitive Signal & Graphic Provides, Signal-a-Rama, Starleaton and Visible Connections.”

For extra details about this system, contact Peter Harper on 0418 267 952 or e mail [email protected]