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Over 6 days in March and April, 32
The students saw the inner workings of
Year 10 female students from the
several of the KIC member companies
Kwinana Industries Council (KIC)
including
Education Partnership high schools
and BP Refinery and they were able
participated in this year’s iWOMEN
to meet and talk to employees in a
Project.
Ashleigh Bott, Living Waters Lutheran College and
Elisha Nielson, Hamilton Senior High School.
Students were given the opportunity to
explore and gain an understanding of
the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA), the
companies that operate there, and the
sorts of careers they have to offer.
“The
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the opportunity to explore and
understand the sorts of industries
in the Kwinana Industrial Area.
There is a huge range of career
options industry has to offer and
this program is about opening
the students’ eyes to the career
possibilities that exist.”
Chris Oughton, KIC Director
The students, who came together
from 13 local high schools, were
involved in a variety of activities and
met with current employees from
KIA member companies. Activities
included industry visits, workshop
sessions on social media, resume
preparation, meeting with women
in industry, industry review and
research, plus a visit to The Leeuwin
whilst the ship was in Fremantle.
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range of roles.
Not only did participation in the KIC
iWOMEN Project create a friendship
bond between the students, but it also
allowed them to discover a range or
career options available to them in
local industry.
“Over the 6 days of the iWOMEN
Project, we have become the best
of friends.
Through many team
building activities we have all got
to know each other and become
close.”
Keana Power, Warnbro Community High School, Katana
Puntigam, Kolbe Catholic College and Georgia Clark,
Living Waters Lutheran College.
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Students from the following schools in the KIC Education
Partnership participated in and completed the project.
• Comet Bay College
• Gilmore College
• Hamilton Senior High School
• Kolbe Catholic College
• Living Waters Lutheran College
• Peter Carnley Anglican Community School
• Rockingham Senior High School
• Safety Bay Senior High School
• Seton Catholic College
• South Coast Baptist College
• The Kings College
• Tranby College
• Warnbro Community High School
2015 iWOMEN Students
Day 1
The 2015 KIC iWOMEN Project kicked off with a welcome
from the KIC Director, Chris Oughton who encouraged the
girls to make the most of this opportunity.
The 32 students were presented with their KIC project
shirts and given an overview of the activities planned
during the 6 day program.
Teambuilding and ‘getting to know each other’ were the
key themes for the first morning session. Students were
taken out of their ‘comfort zone’ and split into groups with
students they had not met before. The girls quickly formed
new friends and the groups established were to work
together over the 6 days of the program.
KIC welcomes the students selected for the KIC 2015 iWOMEN Project
KIC has three other iProjects for Year 10 students:
• iMEN (Term 2 – May)
• iSCIENCE (Term 3 – August)
During the afternoon the students had the opportunity to
meet with women from industry and find out more about their
roles. Jacqui Prosser, CSBP, Amy Henderson & Eugenia
Phegan, Alcoa, Katelyn Booth, KIC, Rachel Lewis, Janelle
Shackley & Karen Runge, BP Refinery spoke to the students
about their roles and the career pathways they had taken.
• iDIVERSITY (Term 4 – October) for students with special
needs
All iProjects are run annually. For more information on the
KIC iProjects please contact:
Debbie Hoey
Education Development Officer
Kwinana Industries Council
Tel: (08) 9419 1855
Email: debbie.hoey@kic.org.au
iWOMEN students meet with ‘women in industry’ to discuss their roles and their career paths.
The iWOMEN students visit CSBP, Kwinana
Day 2
Day 3
CSBP Kwinana’s chemical and fertiliser plant hosted
On day 3 the students participated in a workshop to
the students on day 2. CSBP’s Crystal Dias, Graduate
create a professional resume and a cover letter to be
Process Engineer, organised and conducted the tour
used when applying for a job.
and showed students around various areas of the plant
Students drafted their resume and cover letter and
including the medical area, the science labs and the
control room.
A lot of great advice and support to help students and
feedback was given by the Facilitator. She was able to
show the students how to improve their resume to be
more professional and give them an advantage over
guide them in the future was given by staff at CSBP.
other applicants when the real interview comes along.
Students thought CSBP was really interesting and the
Students were then given a sample job vacancy to apply
staff gave many good ideas of how to achieve jobs and
for and some interview techniques in preparation for a
careers like theirs.
mock interview which would be held on day 5.
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Living Waters
Lutheran College
Angela Aislabie
Kolbe
Catholic College
Ashleigh Bott
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Bryony Soden
Safety Bay
Senior High School
Che Ebert
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Chloe Hyde
Peter Carnley Anglican
Community School
Jacinta Duffett
Rockingham
Senior High School
Ebony Pavlov
The Kings
College
Elisha Nielson
Hamilton
Senior High School
Emma Knowling
Peter Carnley Anglican
Community School
Georgia Clark
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Holly Plackett
Tranby
College
Jemima Loupis
Comet Bay
College
Katana Puntigam
Kolbe
Catholic College
Tia Jones
Gilmore College
All students
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2015 iWOMEN
Project.
Project Students
Katey O’Rourke
Rockingham
Senior High School
Kathryn Lynd
Rockingham
Senior High School
Kaysha Rawiri
The Kings
College
Keana Power
Warnbro
Community High School
Kim Unuwai
South Coast
Baptist College
Kira Starling
Seton
Catholic College
Kirstie Moody
Tranby
College
Louise Wilson
South Coast
Baptist College
Maigee Graham
Warnbro
Community High School
Monique Nadilo
Seton
Catholic College
Odessa Mae Manaloto
Rockingham
Senior High School
Paige Addis
Comet Bay
College
Tamara Toalisa
Safety Bay
Senior High School
Rosie Blackburn
Tranby College
Sehaj Johal
The Kings College
Shylah Topler
Gilmore College
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iWOMEN students take a ride on the Emergency Response boat at Fremantle Ports.
Day 4
Day 5
Fremantle Ports hosted students on day 4 for a tour of
On day 5 students visited BP Refinery (Kwinana) where
their Fremantle operations and a ride on the Emergency
Response boat. They were introduced to staff at the
Port who gave them advice on choosing their career
pathways.
During the day, students had the opportunity to board
The Leeuwin II. KIC has a partnership with the Leeuwin
they visited the Learning and Development Room to
watch a video on the products made by BP. The students
were then taken on a driving tour of the BP Refinery site
plus walking tours of the Control Room and Medical
Centre.
They met a number of staff from BP, including Rachel
Lewis and Renee Sandy, who answered the students’
Ocean Adventure Foundation and all interested students
questions about their careers and who also offered the
were invited to apply for 1 of 2 KIC scholarships. The
students some advice when considering their future
scholarship covers the full cost of a weeks voyage aboard
careers.
the vessel. This years scholarships were awarded to
Odessa Manaloto, Rockingham Senior High School and
Bryony Soden, Safety Bay Senior High School.
“We would like to thank Rachel and Renee for
taking time out of their busy schedules to organise a
wonderful tour of BP for us.”
2015 iWOMEN Students
iWOMEN students aboard The Leeuwin (L-R) Kaysha Rawiri, The Kings College,
Kira Starling, Seton Catholic College, Kim Unuwai, South Coast Baptist College,
Katey O’Rourke and Odessa Manaloto, Rockingham Senior High School.
iWOMEN students visit BP Refinery (Kwinana)
Day 5 (cont)
During the afternoon the students were led through
a series of mock interviews by KIC members who
volunteered their time to interview the students and
provide constructive feedback.
Albert Romano, Kleenheat interviews Maigee Graham, Warnbro Community
High School.
Nikki Banez, Fremantle Ports interviews Kaysha Rawiri, The Kings College
“At the end of the mock interviews we all gathered
back together and discussed our feelings on how we
went. We all worked out that we all felt comfortable
and confident after talking to someone we didn’t know.
We also felt more prepared after we knew about the
do’s and don’ts, how to present ourselves, prepare
for the questions they might ask, what questions we
should ask them and more. We all feel like we can go
and try for jobs in the workforce.”
2015 iWOMEN Students
Day 6
On the morning of day 6 the students prepared their
presentation for the evening Presentation Ceremony.
Each group would provide their review of each day of
the program.
During the afternoon students were treated to workshops
on presenting themselves for an interview. Students
were shown the importance of correct make up and hair
and dress styles for interviews.
Around 120 guests attended the Presentation Ceremony
held at the Koorliny Arts Centre. All iWOMEN students
graduated the 2015 iWOMEN Project.
(L) David Honey, KIC President and (R) Chris Oughton, KIC Director congratulate the 2015 iWOMEN
students on graduating the program.
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2014 iWOMEN Project - an initiative of the Kwinana Industries Council
2015 iWOMEN – Leeuwin Scholarship Winners
(L-R) Bryony Soden, Safety Bay Senior High School, Odessa Manaloto, Rockingham Senior High School, KIC Director Chris Oughton