STA Apprenticeships
The Training Program
State Transit is a leader in the bus services industry and a number of vacancies exist for apprentice Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanic and Body Builder.
State Transit’s Apprenticeship Program is vital in maintaining the highly skilled, engineering workforce needed to ensure bus reliability for the Sydney and Newcastle communities.
During the first three years of the apprenticeship, apprentices complete a combination of on-the-job training at a number of State Transit bus depots and off the job training at TAFE. Apprentices will also be required to attend external on the job training placements with trade specialists and product training related to the bus fleet.
The fourth and final year is spent entirely on-the-job, practicing the skills and knowledge already gained. On completion of all the training requirements of the vocation, apprentices are awarded a nationally recognised qualification in the trade.
Apprentices should expect to be trained, coached and mentored on a daily basis by qualified trades staff who will provide practical demonstrations, daily skills training, assistance with theory/knowledge, use of technical manuals and on-going feedback.
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Matthew Manson, second year apprentice mechanic, seen here inspecting engine heads.
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Francesco Panaia, third year apprentice mechanic, is working under the bus installing a suspension component. |
State Transit’s Fleet
State Transit’s fleet of over 1900 buses is made up of Volvo, Mercedes, Scania and MAN buses and over the next four years, State Transit will replace more than a quarter of its fleet.
The new buses will include Euro 5 Volvo diesel and CNG Mercedes buses. This is the biggest ever investment in new buses in NSW history and also the largest single capital investment by any one bus company in Australian history.
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Body repair tradesperson welding new components.
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