One of the greatest challenges our industry faces is meeting the current and emerging skills needed to deliver Australia and New Zealand’s infrastructure pipeline.
As a leading contractor, we have a responsibility to support a whole-of-industry response and we’re proud to be making bold moves to modernise our industry.
Building Capacity
Throughout project delivery lifecycles, we employ thousands of people to help deliver essential infrastructure that is central to Australia and New Zealand’s economic future. Whether helping people move or connecting cities to renewable energy, every project CPB Contractors deliver is designed to positively shape people’s lives today, tomorrow and beyond.
Our innovative industry partnerships create sustainable pathways, modernise our workplaces, improve inclusivity, enhance industry culture and shift public perception of our whole sector as an employer.
Enhancing Capability
At the heart of our efforts to build a sustainable future for our industry is our objective to positively influence our industry’s capability, making real-world, job-ready skills accessible and attainable for all.
As one of Australia’s largest contractors, we're supporting our industry to tackle its biggest challenges to prepare for the next infrastructure boom. We have a long-standing commitment to skills development through our projects and initiatives like the Institute of Applied Technology – Construction.
We're focused on creating multiple training pathways and employment opportunities beyond the traditional to encourage newcomers, support upskilling and reskilling, and make a career in construction attractive to all people.
Strengthening Diversity
CPB Contractors is committed to creating a more inclusive industry that embraces diversity. By prioritising diversity and inclusivity, we’re breaking down barriers and supporting fulfilling and sustainable careers.
By addressing challenges in skills shortages, employment diversity, and supply chain capacity, CPB Contractors is inspiring future talent and leaving a skills legacy.
Drawing on our company’s history and the expertise of our people, we are well-positioned to lead a new era of training, learning and development for the construction workforce.
Bold initiatives that seek to create a positive step-change, such as our foundational industry partnership with the Institute of Applied Technology – Construction alongside expert educators TAFE NSW and Western Sydney University, are opportunities designed to create new career paths into construction.
We love what we do, and our industry's sustainability and future success rely on making a career in construction more attainable, accessible and attractive for future generations.
This and many more initiatives are creating new pathways into construction and expanding our industry’s capacity to respond to Australia's evolving infrastructure pipeline.
Institute of Applied Technology – Construction (IAT-C)
Sharing our skills to benefit industry
In partnership with TAFE NSW and Western Sydney University, we have founded and piloted the first-of-its-kind, ground-breaking Institute of Applied Technology for Construction education model. This...
CPB Contractors’ Australian-first Training Academy model
Innovative models training our industry
Our Homebush Training Academy is an accredited training facility established in 2016 to meet the unprecedented demand for skilled workers arising from Sydney’s construction boom.
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Engaging school students with STEM education programs
Inspiring next-gen construction workers
CPB Contractors operates similar project-led school engagement programs across Australia and New Zealand, which are focused on empowering and inspiring students from all backgrounds to explore the ...