First-Year Apprentice Intake – Multiple Trade and Technician Pathways

Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd – Bendigo VIC

Multiple Trade and Technician Pathways | Bendigo

Full Time | Starting January 2027

Sick of exams? Ready to start doing something real? Finishing school and ready to swap textbooks for tools? Good with your hands? Like making things, fixing things or pulling things apart to understand how they work? Would you rather earn while you learn and study something you are genuinely interested in?

ICA is recruiting first-year apprentices to start in January 2027. Opportunities are available for future:

• Machinists - Learn to manufacture precision components using modern machining equipment, measuring tools and manufacturing technology.
• Sheet Metal Workers - Learn to manufacture guards, covers, cabinets, chutes and other accurate sheet-metal components for custom machinery.
• Industrial Electricians - Learn about industrial electrical systems, machinery wiring, control cabinets, testing, fault-finding and automation.
• Industrial Painters and Surface Treatment Technicians - Learn abrasive blasting, steel preparation and the application of commercial and industrial protective coatings.

This is not house painting. It is skilled industrial work involving specialised equipment, coating systems, surface preparation, quality standards and the protection of manufactured equipment.

More than an apprenticeship

At ICA, an apprenticeship is not where your development finishes. It is where your career begins. We do not train people to complete one narrow task for the rest of their working lives. Our aim is to develop apprentices into highly capable, multi-skilled tradespeople and technicians.

As your skills grow, you may gain experience across:

• Manufacturing
• Machinery and automation
• Testing and fault-finding
• Technical problem-solving
• Site and project work

If you want to keep learning after completing your trade, ICA will support further training and development.

Your pathway could take you from:

Not everyone wants to follow the same pathway, and that is fine. You can build an excellent career as a skilled tradesperson, specialist technician, supervisor or site professional. But if you have the ability and ambition to keep progressing, we do not believe your development should stop when your apprenticeship finishes. At ICA, your trade is your foundation, not your ceiling.

You bring the effort, ability and ambition. We will provide the training, experience and pathway to help you continue developing.

Good pay and conditions

ICA apprentices are covered by the Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2025–2029. The agreement provides apprentice wage classifications and guaranteed annual wage increases of at least 2.5% or CPI, whichever is greater.

Monthly RDOs

Tools and equipment required for their role

Practical workplace training

Formal trade training

Support from experienced tradespeople, technicians and engineers

Continued training opportunities beyond the apprenticeship

Exposure to varied custom-engineered projects

We pay well because we want to attract good people, train them properly and give them a reason to build their careers with ICA.

This is not the same job every day. ICA designs, manufactures, installs and commissions custom materials-handling and automation systems. Our apprentices work alongside experienced tradespeople, technicians and engineers on real equipment and real projects.

Depending on your chosen pathway, you could gain experience in:

• Fabrication and welding
• Precision machining
• Mechanical fitting and assembly
• Sheet-metal manufacture
• Electrical and control systems
• Abrasive blasting and surface preparation
• Industrial painting and protective coatings
• Testing and commissioning
• Installation and site work

As your experience develops, there may also be opportunities to work on ICA projects across Australia and overseas.

Who should apply?

This intake is for people ready to start their first apprenticeship, including:

• Students completing Year 12 in 2026
• Year 10 or 11 students ready to leave school for full-time work
• Recent school leavers
• People who are mechanically, technically or practically minded
• People who enjoy making, fixing or understanding things
• Reliable people who turn up, listen and have a go
• People who want a genuine career rather than simply another job

Maybe you work on cars, motorbikes or farm machinery. Maybe you build things in the shed, enjoy metalwork or technology at school, play with electronics, build computers or pull broken things apart to find out what went wrong. Maybe you take pride in preparing, painting or finishing something properly. Or maybe you simply know that sitting behind a desk all day is not for you.

If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

Not sure which pathway suits you? That is completely fine. You are choosing what you want to learn. You are not expected to already know how to do it. Tell us what you enjoy, what you are good at and what interests you. We will consider your application across the available opportunities.

What happens after you apply?

Shortlisted applicants will complete:

• Mechanical reasoning testing
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Pre-employment medical and physical checks

You do not need the flashiest resume or the best exam results. We are looking for people with the aptitude, attitude and potential to become excellent tradespeople and technicians.

Finish your exams. Then start learning something you actually want to learn. These are first-year apprenticeships starting in January 2027.

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