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Tools Skills Day for Schools

EWIT’s Pipeline programs spark curiosity, build confidence, and open doors to skilled trades for female and gender-diverse students.

Inspiring future talent in trades

Women make up just 3% of the trades workforce—and in some trades, female representation is less than 1%. With trades traditionally seen as male-dominated, many female and gender-diverse students remain unaware of the exciting and rewarding opportunities a career in trades can offer.

EWIT’s Tools Skills Day for Schools breaks down these barriers by giving students a hands-on introduction to skilled trades like plumbing, electrical, fabrication, painting, carpentry, and more. These sessions are designed specifically for female and gender-diverse students to explore careers in construction and manufacturing in a supportive, inclusive environment.

Join us on the journey towards a better, brighter future.

Blending practical experience with career exploration, students:

  • Discover how career choice and wellbeing are connected
  • Identify their character strengths
  • Build confidence through real-world tasks
  • Strengthen teamwork and collaboration skills
  • Gain insight into VET, VCE VM, and apprenticeship pathways

Programs are:

  • Free of charge for schools
  • Flexible for groups of 15 to 200 students
  • Run as incursions (we come to you) or excursions (at local TAFE campuses)
  • Available in sessions from 1 to 4 hours, tailored to group size and school needs

Our Tools Skills Days align with Victorian Curriculum 2.0 – Personal and Social Capability (Years 9–10) and support VCE Vocational Major Personal Development Skills and Work-Related Skills. Students meet achievement standards around self-awareness, resilience, leadership, teamwork, and future planning.

Whether students are exploring VET subjects, preparing for the workforce, or simply curious about trades, this program offers a powerful, practical, and empowering introduction to what a trade career can offer.

Testimonials

I think the main impact was how the students felt after successfully building the boxes together in teams – finishing them, and signing them, is a huge deal for our students.

The fact that they were able to work in teams as a cohort of young people with significant interpersonal difficulties is huge. I also think that giving them the example box without instructions meant that they had to investigate and discuss how to build their own box, and this is the kind of thinking we’re hoping will carry across into their other subjects.

Students would value more opportunities to attend further sessions.

The trades session offered was super engaging and suited our students, as the activities were both structured and interactive. A positive outcome is we have had our first female student enrol into Building and Construction with a trade school for next year.

A number of the female students who attended the session have now selected a VETDSS in construction pathways for next year, while others have opted for Electrical, and others are now seeking SBAT’s

Link to: About Us
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Contact

Phone: 1800 18 EWIT, or
1800 18 3948
Email: enquiries@ewitrades.com
Social: Linkedin Instagram
Address: PO Box 5071 Alphington Vic 3078 Australia

Our team works from many locations and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

EWIT is a proudly inclusive organisation and an ally of LGBTIQ+ community and the movement toward equality.