Sporting Pathways
Native Landscaping
Fit Kids Food
Retail Up Skill
Arts Centre Wrap-up
Sports Arena
West Work Experience for the Future
Sponsor: Taylors Lakes Tennis Club
Venue: Taylors Lakes
Available Days: Monday and Tuesday
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Phone: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: The project incorporates significant paving and construction elements around a prominent sports facility in Taylors Lakes. Tasks will include:
- Building (including a BBQ area with tables and chairs)
- Construction
- Cleaning
- General physical labour
- Gardening and landscaping
Sponsor: Brimbank Council
Venue: Westvale Community Centre, Deer Park
Available Days: Wednesday and Thursday
This project requires a police check.
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Ph: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: Rejuvenating centre grounds and extensive landscaping. Tasks will include:
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Construction of concrete paths
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Bricklaying
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Landscaping modeling
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Garden preparation and maintenance
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Development of colorful native vegetation
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Development of a new sensory play area for use by children with disabilities
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Construction of wooden benches and tables
Fit Kids Food
Venue: West Sunshine Community Centre
Rostered days: Wednesday and Thursday
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Ph: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: Participants will be cooking for local Primary Schools. The project will develop participants cooking, food preparation, cooking, baking, kitchen operations, cleaning skills and increase their employment opportunities within the Hospitality Industry. Tasks include:
- Food preparation
- Cooking and baking
- Kitchen operations
- Cleaning
Sponsor: The Salvation Army
Venue: Deer Park, Braybrook, Bacchus Marsh & Melton Salvos Stores
Available days: Monday - Friday
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Phone: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: The participants will join the team of workers at the Salvos stores, delivering retail services to customers and maintaining the stores to a high retail environment standard. Tasks include:
- Warehouse duties
- Unloading deliveries
- Stocktaking
- Customer service
- Cleaning
- Administrative duties
Arts Centre Wrap-Up
Sponsor: Brimbank Council
Venue: Hunt Club Community Arts Centre, Deer Park.
Available days: Monday and Tuesday
This project requires a police check
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Phone: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: Participants will embellish the exterior of the Community Arts Centre building and grounds; by painting and adding leisure & garden sustainability components to the sensory garden and front entrance planting. Tasks include:
- Gardening and landscaping
- Construction of furniture
- Laying pathways
- Assembly and installation of watering systems
- Construction of a BBQ
- Building and painting
Sponsor: Taylors Lakes Tennis Club
Venue: Taylors Lakes
Available days: Thursday and Friday
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Phone: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: The Taylor's Lakes Tennis Club grounds will be further developed through extensive landscaping and the construction of leisure related fittings and structures, for post sports event celebrations. Tasks will include::
- Building a brick BBQ
- Construction of a large outdoor table and benches to be fixed to a concrete slab under a shade sail
- Building a concrete hitting wall for use by tennis players
- Construction of a pergola
- Design and construction of a number of garden beds with sustainable native vegetation
- Concreting of pathways
Sponsor: Victorian Community Support Network Inc.
Venue: Various
Available days: Monday - Friday
This project requires a Police Check, and some require a Working With Children Check.
MatchWorks Contacts: Natalie / Filiz Phone: 9312 2200
Tasks Include: Participants will have the opportunity to be placed in a variety of community organisations offering a broad range of work experience tasks, including:
- Cashier
- Administration
- Aged Care
- Childcare
- Trades Assistant
- Grounds Maintenance