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Werribee/Footscray Region Activities

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Community Renovations
Cooking for Kids
Sales and Hospitality with Vinnies
Sustainable Construction and Gardening
Vinnies Warehousing & Service
Snack Rite
Equestrian Garden and Maintenance

 
Community Renovations

Sponsor: Karingal Inc
Venue: Powell Drive, Hoppers Crossing
Available days: Thursday & Friday
Supervisor: Frank Deleo Ph: 0408 728 060
MatchWorks Contacts: Zoila Ph: 8742 3444
Tasks Include:

Participants will be restoring a very old Girl Guides Hall in Hoppers Crossing, cover Skills In Demand as Trades asssitants, using machinery and cleaning and gardening. There will be repairs done to the main hall walls, plastering sanding and painting. The bathrooms are sub standard, so they will be repaired plaster celings and walls, sand all the walls and paint with bright colours appealing to the young using the premises. The girls toilets will have a new sink and bench installed and walls sanded repaired and painted. Each participant will receive Nationally Accredited Training in OH&S or First Aid

• Painting
• Basic Carpentry
• Tiling
• General Maintenance
• Use of power and hand tools

Cooking for Kids

Sponsor: Karingal Inc
Venue: Kookaburra Drive, Werribee
Available Days: Tuesday & Wednesday
Supervisor: Samantha Ph: 0417 354 592
MatchWorks Contacts: Zoila - Ph: 8742 3444 / 96896333
Tasks Include: Participants will be preparing and cooking a variety of healthy food items for the Glenorden Primary School in support of the Breakfast Club program. Participants will gain work experience in the Hospitality industry, whilst obtaining RSF.

• Cooking of food
• Food preparation
• Hospitality/customer service
• Storeperson duties

Sales and Hospitality with Vinnies

Sponsor: St Vincent De Paul Aged Care & Community Service
Venue: 10 Costa Drive, Hoppers Crossing
Available Days: Monday to Friday
Supervisor: Denise Ph: 9748 5010
MatchWorks Contacts:  Zoila - Ph: 8742 3444
Tasks Include: Participants will be involved in several activities ranging in customer service merchandizing sorting pricing of donated goods and preparing orders for delivery and distribution.

• Hospitality
• Sales
• Storeperson
• Cleaning

Sustainable Construction and Gardening

Snack Rite

Sponsor: Karingal Inc
Venue: Scout Hall, Graham St, West Footscray
Available Days: Monday and Tuesday
Supervisor: Mandy Ph: 0448 898 720
MatchWorks Contacts: Zoila - Ph: 8742 3444 / 96896333
Tasks Include: Participants will be preparing, cooking and baking a variety of healthy food items for Footscray Primary School in support of the Breakfast Club program. Participants will gain experience in the hospitality industry whilst gaining their RSF.

• Cooking of food
• Food preparation
• Hospitality / Customer service
• Storeperson duties

Equestrian Gardening and Maintenance

Sponsor: Karingal Inc
Venue: 170 K Road, Werribee
Available Days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Supervisor: Jackie Ph: 9013 0707
MatchWorks Contacts: Zoila - Ph: 8742 3444 / 96896333
Tasks Include: Participants will be involved in Gardening Landscaping & cultivating indigeonous plants, working as trade assistants re-building old fences, painting & repairing interior & exterior building. Red card and or First Aid training will be delivered.

• Gardener
• Trade Assistant.
• Machinery Operator
• Cleaner
• Animal Attendant