Vote for your local school in the Build-Ability Challenge!

Vote for your local school in the Build-Ability Challenge!

Online voting for the annual secondary school Build-Ability Challenge opens today, Monday 11 September. The public will have until 22 September to cast their vote.

Teams from 14 secondary schools across the country have spent the past three months competing in the annual Build-Ability Challenge which sees them plan, design and build a project of their choice while sticking to a strict budget.

The Build-Ability Challenge is a key part of the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation’s strategy to attract new apprentices and demonstrate the opportunities of a career in the trades.

The Challenge provides the students with hands-on experience of an apprenticeship and a head-start on their training with the ability to earn unit and achievement standards towards a BCATS National Certificate.

At the end of the Challenge, students will donate their projects to their school or a community organisation of their choice.

Towards the end of September, expert judges will decide the overall winners and the People’s Choice category winner will be selected by online public voting at www.buildability.co.nz.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 26 September.

To find out more about the Build-Ability Challenge, follow the students’ journey and vote for your favourite team visit www.buildability.co.nz.

The schools competing in the 2017 BCITO Build-Ability Challenge are:

Aotea College

Mercury Bay Area School

St Thomas of Canterbury College

Feilding High School

Ngaruawahia High School

Te Kauwhata College

Hamilton Boys High School

Otahuhu College

Waiuku College

Howick College

Rangitikei College

Whanganui City College

Marlborough Boys' College

Rodney College

ENDS

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