48. Apprenticeships with Zeal Futures and BlueScope in Australia

Voices of BlueScope

We explore the partnership between BlueScope and Zeal Futures, which works with industry-leading organisations to offer high-quality, innovative apprenticeship and traineeship programs across a range of industries. In the featured group interview, you’ll meet Jeff Robinson (Maintenance Improvement Manager), Katie Tully (Electrical Services Manager), Stacey Sutherland (Senior People Business Partner) and Michael Ruddock (Manager Southern Regions at Zeal Futures).
We also discuss their working backgrounds and what it means for BlueScope to have been recognised as ‘Overall Host Employer of the Year’ at the 2024 Zeal Futures Excellence Awards.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Meet Jeff, Katie, Michael and Stacey: 1:17
3. The Partnership: 2:57
4. The First Day: 14:39
5. Overall Host Employer of the Year: 22:14
6. Conclusion: 26:28

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Current career vacancies at BlueScope in Australia
• Zeal Futures
  • Zeal Futures Excellence Awards
• TAFE NSW
• BOS = Basic Oxygen Steelmaking
  • Watch videos about the BOS at TVBlueScope on YouTube, including a FocusOn story, a 360-degree video and a series about its 50th anniversary.
• Photo: Katie Tully receives 2024 award for Overall Host Employer on behalf of BlueScope at the Zeal Futures Excellence Awards.
• Photo: Katie Tully with Caitlin Sullivan and Amanda Jeffs, Workforce Solution Specialists at Zeal Futures
• FocusOn New Apprentices in 2024 (TVBlueScope YouTube video)
• Podcast episode 13: ‘The Apprenticeship Experience’
• Podcast episode 22: ‘Talking Trades with Tay Kruizinga’
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

Connect with Us

• Corporate website
• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld