Our community partnerships are a real feature of the TAP which has allowed one of the largest employers in the region, Saputo Dairy Australia, to host our VCAL students and run them through a mini site induction and plant tour. Prior to the visit students had to confirm that they read and understood the induction documents and procedures provided by Saputo Recruitment Coordinator Taylor Collins. On site, Taylor outlined her career path and described her role in recruiting for Saputo. She, and the other team members explained that they hired on attitude rather than skill, to do research on the business or position you are interviewing for, to be genuine and to engage in the interview. Gerard Lourey, The Operations Manager (Western Region) explained that the Allansford Saputo plant employed over 800 people with up to 1 billion litres of milk through the plant in year and over $800 million dollars in sales. Gerard explained that he wasn’t a keen student but after a variety of roles he has found one that he loved and happily went back to study obtaining a degree in Dairy Technology. He challenged students to find a passion and a good career will arise from it and stressed that it was important to enjoy your job, have fun at work and return home to your family safely at night. Deb Stokes, the OH & S Coordinator, explained that the processing plant was not dissimilar to her earlier position at a gas plant with the main hazards being chemicals, having to isolate electricity, the release of energy, large equipment or mobile plant moving and keeping the environment spotlessly clean as it is a food processing plant. Induction activities on site included initially working with a buddy, manual handling training, shifting activities every 20 minutes, being aware of fatigue and a zero tolerance attitude to drugs or alcohol in the workplace. Students were also taken on a site tour to the cheese making plant and the milk bottling area where they could see these safety features implemented. Comments are closed.
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