2014 iWOMEN Project - Kwinana Industries Council

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For the third year in a row, Year 10
female students from the Kwinana
Industries Council (KIC) Education
Partnership high schools participated
in this year’s iWOMEN Project.
Careers in industry aren’t limited to
The 2014 KIC iWOMEN Project was
held during March and April, and
gave the participants the opportunity
to explore and understand the sorts
of industries located in the Kwinana
Industrial Area.
engineering, human resources, office
the male dominated roles traditionally
found in industry. There are way too
many to list, but some of the areas
shown to the girls were environment,
management, health and safety, and
process plant operation, as well as the
more traditional trades.
The students saw the inner workings of
several of the KIC member companies
including CSBP, Fremantle Ports and
Alcoa and they were able to meet and
talk to employees from a range of roles.
“This year there were 32 participants,
the biggest group so far, and each
of the students were given the
opportunity to have a good look at
what makes industry tick”, said KIC
Director Mr Chris Oughton. “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.”
Mr Richard Collett, Chairman of
the KIC Workforce and Education
Committee summed it up nicely
when he said “The iWOMEN Project
is an excellent way to encourage
young women to aspire to further
studies and to contemplate a
career in areas they may not have
previously considered”.
iWOMEN students visit CSBP
During the program the students were
guided through a series of learning
sessions including; research into
industry; career choices and education
pathways; the use of social media;
personal branding, resume writing; and
preparing for an interview.
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Students from the following schools in the KIC Education
Partnership participated in and completed the project.
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Comet Bay College
Gilmore College
Hamilton Senior High School
Kolbe Catholic College
Living Waters Lutheran College
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School
Safety Bay Senior High School
Seton Catholic College
South Coast Baptist College
The Kings College
Tranby College
Warnbro Community High School.
iWOMEN students – Teece Ninyette, Peter Carnley Anglican Community School, Rachael
Boyd, Safety Bay Senior High School and Leah Jones, Comet Bay College
Day 1
The 2014 KIC iWOMEN Project kicked off with a welcome
from the KIC Director, Chris Oughton and the KIC President,
David Honey, Western Australian Operations Residue
Manager at Alcoa.
The 32 students were presented with their KIC project shirt
and given an overview of the activities planned for 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 2014 iWOMEN Project
KIC has two other iProjects for Year 10 students:
•iDIVERSITY - for students with special needs (October);
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During the afternoon the students had the opportunity to
meet with women from industry and find out more about
their roles. Steph Hancock, Environmental Advisor, CSBP,
Karen Boyce, Manager, Corp Sustainability & Energy, Rachel
Lewis, HSSE Manager, BP Refinery and Michelle Greenwell,
Employee & Community Manager Workshops, Crushing
Services International, spoke to the students about their
roles and the career pathways they had taken.
The iWOMEN students had the opportunity to board The Leeuwin II
Day 2
Both students continually showed their growing leadership
Fremantle Ports hosted students on day two for a tour of
the awards. On completion of the scholarship aboard the
their Fremantle operations and a ride on the Emergency
Leeuwin, students will gain 5 points towards their WACE.
skills throughout the program and were well deserving of
Response Boat. They were introduced to a number of
staff at the Port who were able to give them advice on
choosing their career pathways.
The students also had the opportunity to board sailing
vessel STS Leeuwin II.
This year KIC formed a new
partnership with the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation
Later that day the students visited CSBP’s Kwinana site
where Lauren Amos and Steph Hancock conducted a site
tour and showed students around various areas of the
plant, including the Medical Centre, the science labs and
the process control room.
and all interested students were invited to apply for 1 of
A lot of great advice and support to help students and
the 2 KIC scholarships. The scholarships were awarded
guide them in the future was given.
to Taylor Mouna, Warnbro Community High School and
CSBP was really interesting and the staff gave many good
Georgia Chaplyn, Tranby College.
ideas of how to achieve jobs and careers like theirs.
•iMEN (May).
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 Rachel Lewis, BP Refinery.
The iWOMEN students visited CSBP
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2014 iWOMEN Project Students
Biana Lynch
Kolbe Catholic
College
Brooke Coleman
Gilmore
College
Caitlyn Johnson
The Kings
College
Chloe Calameri
Seton Catholic
College
Marie Paul Ngoy
Comet Bay
College
Megan Constantine
The Kings
College
Megan Marshall
Kolbe Catholic
College
Rachael Boyd
Safety Bay
Senior High School
Courtney Hunter
Gilmore
College
Esther Watts
South Coast
Baptist College
Georgia Chaplyn
Tranby
College
Georgia Kay
Tranby
College
Shakira Ashton
Peter Carnley Anglican
Community School
Skyla Bowley
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Sonia Dorizzi
The Kings
College
Sonia McCracken
Gilmore
College
Indianna Kellett
Warnbro Community
High School
Kimberley Howard
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Leah Jones
Comet Bay
College
Leena Holland
Safety Bay
Senior High School
Sophie Oud
Tranby
College
Tamika Bland
Comet Bay
College
Taylor Mouna
Warnbro Community
High School
Teece Ninyette
Peter Carnley Anglican
Community School
*Celeste Musty, Julia Anzini and Jessica Pereira, Hamilton Senior High
School and Justine van Dyk, South Coast Baptist College
also graduated the 2014 iWOMEN Project.
Lillian Rouse
Living Waters
Lutheran College
Madison Fry
Gilmore College
Yvonne Mukiwa
Gilmore College
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Day 5
Day 6
The students were lead through a series of mock interviews
by KIC members who volunteered their time to interview
the students and provide some feedback.
On the final day of the program the students spent the
morning writing their speeches and presentation for the
evening graduation ceremony. Each group was to provide
Feedback from students was that this was one of their
favourite days, not only having had the chance to write
a review on each day of the program
a professional resume but also to put it into practice and
In the afternoon students were treated to a workshop on
experience an interview.
skin care courtesy of Carol Frieling, Urban Retreat Day
Spa. This was followed by a workshop from Gail Wilton
Lisa Fernandez, Professional Corporate MC, Keynote Speaker, Social Media Specialist
joined the students to talk about social media and personal branding
iWOMEN students visit Alcoa Kwinana Refinery
Day 3
Day 4
Lisa Fernandez joined the students on day 3 to talk about
On day 4 students went for a tour of the Alcoa Kwinana
Refinery. Paula West, Snr Engineer, Calcination Liquor
Burning & Shipping, met the students and took them on a
guided tour of the site.
social media and personal branding.
Lisa was an obvious choice when we were looking for
a professional, well known and highly respected female
to talk to the students about the importance of Social
Media and their Personal Branding.
Her passion for
ensuring these young adults are educated in these areas
was evident in her presentation and interaction with the
students. Lisa was both engaging and approachable and
openly shared her knowledge and personal stories.
Understanding Social Media is an important part of KIC
iProjects and we are extremely proud that Lisa was able to
join us during the project.
& Kim Heywood, makeup and haircare specialists, who
showed the students the importance of correct make up
and dress style for future interviews.
Around 100 guests attending the Presentation Evening
which was a huge success.
Richard Collett, Fremantle Ports and Chair of the KIC Workforce & Education Committee
interviews Brooke Coleman, Gilmore College
All iWOMEN Students
graduated the 2014 iWOMEN Project.
Students then got the opportunity to meet and talk to
some female staff at Alcoa including; Marcy, a health and
safety consultant, Melissa a mechanical fitter, Mena a
maintenance system coordinator and Ella, an Environment
engineer.
The students feedback on the tour was that they found all
the speakers informative and really appreciated the time
they had all given to them during the tour.
“Thank you to all the ladies at Alcoa Kwinana Refinery
for giving us your time”.
2014 iWOMEN students
“It was encouraging to see a group of young women
seeking knowledge to better their future employment
prospects”.
Lisa Fernandez Professional Corporate MC, Keynote
Speaker and Social Media Specialist
The afternoon session was spent with Amelia Long,
Career Advisor at Notre Dame University. Amelia took the
KIC Director, Chris Oughton, congratulates the 2014 iWOMEN students on graduating the program.
students through the importance of having a good resume
and how to produce one.
iWOMEN students at Alcoa Kwinana
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2014 iWOMEN Project - an initiative of the Kwinana Industries Council