Western Sydney International Airport Excursion

Western Sydney International Airport Excursion

On Wednesday the 13th of November 2024 the Year 12 Work Studies and VET Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways classes went on an excursion to the Western Sydney International (Nancy Bird Walton) Airport. The experience had been arranged by the College Future Pathways Leader, Ms May. 

Students were introduced to different job opportunities and career pathways that are possible in the airport workplace environment. There were a number of different pathways mentioned to the students by the presenter on the day from industries such as hospitality, security and sustainability.  Education and training opportunities such as traineeships, internships and university degrees were all promoted as possible pathways for the students. The presenter played a video for the students which highlighted the experience of different young people from Western Sydney who had embraced opportunities offered to them at the Western Sydney International Airport.  

When the students arrived at Badgerys Creek they entered the interactive centre where they learnt about the design, size and features of the site and why the land was chosen for Sydney’s second airport. There were many Indigenous artefacts found during the excavation of the site and are now held in the centre for visitors to view. The presenter shared that the site is using the newest available technologies, bigger facilities, more job opportunities and many more different advancements never seen in an airport before.  

As the airport itself is not yet open to the public, the students were taken on a tour around the perimeter of the airport, taking the main roads of Northern Road, Elizabeth Drive and Badgerys Creek Road, seeing all the different holding facilities such as the water tanks and fuel tanks and cargo compound that will be in service as soon as the airport opens. The students had fun but also learnt new things and came back to school considering the possible new work pathways that are now available to them at the Western Sydney International Airport. 

Callam Stirton