Assess It

< John Wilson

“Try before you buy” training

CONNEXIS AWARD CATEGORY 1: Turnover up to $10m COMPANY: Assess It

When John Wilson started working as a Trainer/ Assessor on the Transmission Gully Project at its inception back in 2014, he soon realised there were huge gaps in skills and experience in operating – having Class 2 and WTR endorsements on your licence was one thing, but experience in how to operate was lacking. No one was doing in-depth civil training on Wheels Tracks & Roller Machines and so Assess It was born.

John developed an Excavation Academy, where he takes people from unemployment, some fresh out of time in jail, and sets them on a training career path, gaining licences and endorsements and given basic operator training for trainees to be able to pursue a career in civil.

Part of their training involves interview skills and

techniques and we then invite major contractors in to course where they are interviewed and given 1 115CIVIL INDUSTRY TRAINING AWARDS 2022 CCNZ / CONNEXIS a foot in the door to civil through our own Labour Hire company on a ‘try before you buy’ basis. Our aim is employment for our trainees, so we ensure we have as few barriers as possible for our contractors to take them on, they trial them with no fees, with the vision of taking them on permanently once they have proven themselves. We spend up to 8 months after their employment also upskilling to employers requirements and tailoring the training development of each of our trainees. It is extremely rewarding and gives us great satisfaction and pride, to be making a difference in people’s lives, watching them grow from once unemployed, to now skilled, employed and growing in the industry.