Voices of BlueScope Bluescope

Michael Reay (Manager Corporate Affairs) speaks with a panel of four BlueScope employees who participated in Jawun Indigenous Corporate Partnerships in Australia, including Rachael Lew, Lloyd Niccol, Jillian Noad and Blake Tasker. We learn about their experiences working with remote communities and organisations, as they encourage others at BlueScope (and beyond) to apply for the program.



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Read a transcript of the episode.
Interviewees are Rachael Lew, Lloyd Niccol, Jillian Noad and Blake Tasker.
Jawun
Aboriginal Australians (Indigenous or First Nations peoples)
Regional Anangu Services Aboriginal Corporation (RASAC)
Purple House
Dialysis
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC)
Mentioned in the podcast, 'CIPA' stands for Coated and Industrial Products Australia.
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council
Kuku Yalanji
Alice Springs
Northern Territory
Western Australia
South Australia
Victoria
Central Australia
Four-wheel drive
Goodie/goody bag
Fly (insect) repellant
Sunscreen
Protein bar
MacDonnell Ranges
Rodeo
Pukatja (formerly Ernabella)
Note that degrees are in Celsius!
Woolies (Woolworths Supermarkets)
Kmart Ausrtralia

We meet four people at the Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia, who are working in electrical and mechanical roles. Aidan Grindle, Bradley Heino, Naomi Alves and Stuart Kerr are at different stages of their careers but they each have one thing in common: they all started at BlueScope as apprentices. In each interview, they explain what it means to train as an apprentice or learn a trade and where it has taken them.

Links and Show Notes

FocusOn New Apprentices in 2021 (TVBlueScope video) — featuring Naomi Alves
Apprenticeship (Wikipedia article)
Basic oxygen steelmaking (Wikipedia article) — known as 'the BOS' at the Port Kembla steelworks
FocusOn Basic Oxygen Steelmaking - the BOS (TVBlueScope video)
HVTC website — apprenticeship partner with BlueScope in Australia
Learn more about careers with BlueScope in Australia on the dedicated website.

We meet Rachael Robinson and Letitia Sutherland Napaltjarri, two interns with the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program: an Australian non-profit organisation that supports Indigenous young adults to attend and graduate from university. Letitia and Rachael share their own stories of joining the program and working with us at BlueScope. They're joined in the episode by Horace Cavallaro, Technical Manager at our Springhill facility, who gives his perspective of collaborating with interns on various projects.

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Accompanying video with Rachael, Letitia and Horace
CareerTrackers website
Earlier video featuring Letitia (2020)
The Seven Sisters or Kungkarangkalpa Creation (Dreaming) story
Tjukurpa Kungkarangkalpa Kurualala — Seven Sisters Story at Kuru-ala (video)
Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters Songline (live performance video)

2020 has been a transformative year. At BlueScope, like many others, we have adapted the way that we work. One key example is our 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held entirely online between two studios in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia. This episode reflects on these changes and includes excerpts from the AGM, as we look ahead to 2021.

 

Links and Show Notes

BlueScope Annual General Meeting (archive including links to documents and a video recording)
BlueScope FY2020 Sustainability Report
Outcome no. 1: sustainable and enduring business
Outcome no. 2: safe and inclusive workplaces
Outcome no. 3: climate change action
Outcome no. 4: responsible products and supply chains
Outcome no. 5: strong communities
LinkedIn post about AGM 2020 (including photos)

Located in Sydney in Australia, this site produces a range of flat steel products for use by various customers in building and construction. Alex Buckoski and Mandi Kumar, who work at the site, were kind enough to show us around and tell us about what goes on there in two dedicated interviews.

 

Links and Show Notes

Watch the accompanying video titled 'FocusOn BlueScope Distribution in South Granville' to explore the site, including narration by Alex and Mandi.
South Granville in New South Wales, Australia
Australian Steel Products page at BlueScope Corporate, with more information and links to steel products
Dux
Rheem
Roll slitting

This time, we meet Craig Roadcap, Branch Manager at Batemans Bay in Australia. He was recognised with a BlueScope Living Safety Award in 2020, after he and his close-knit team kept their site safe and running during the devastating bushfires that hit the area late in 2019.

 

Links and Show Notes

Watch the accompanying video titled 'FocusOn BlueScope Lysaght Batemans Bay' to see Craig Roadcap and his team working on-site.
Batemans Bay
New South Wales
Flashing (weatherproofing)
Box gutter
Fascia (architecture)
BlueScope Lysaght ZENITH™ (architectural cladding)
BlueScope ZINCALUME® steel
Bunnings Warehouse
Definition of 'felt leadership': '“Felt leadership” is the name given to a style of leadership in which management wants employees to feel that their supervisors respect them and are deeply invested in their well-being. Felt leadership is about showing, not telling.' (Source: DuPont Sustainable Solutions, 2020)
RU OK? Day
Our Purpose at BlueScope
Bushfire (also known as wildfires or rural fires, depending on the country or region)
Ember attack
New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS)
Fires Near Me webpage
Fires Near Me NSW app