For the third consecutive year, the MCCM has participated in the I Choose career fair, organised by the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation.Like last year’s edition, this year’s event was held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Floriana.
We are proud to say that our chamber was the flag bearer of the construction industry in this year’s event. This does not mean that we were the only institution representing the construction sector. In fact, next to our stand there were the BCA and OHSA stands representing their respective authorities and other NGO stands providing service to the local industry.
The organisers trusted us with the coordination of the talk whose focus was precisely the construction industry. For this talk we invited two other stakeholders involved within the life cycle of construction projects. Our talk was indeed enriched with the presence of architect Noel Ellul representing the design stage and Michael Cutajar representing the builders. Coincidently, Michael Cutajar is also the President of the ABK, an association representing masons and contractors. Mr Jesmond Chetcuti, President of the MCCM and the local representative of the Chartered Institute of Building managed the coordination aspects of the MCCM participation in this event.
Although the target audience for this event is relatively young, discussing the opportunities that the construction industry might offer even at a young age, proved to be a valuable experience.
Following the successful format of this year’s talk, we are already planning to include even more stakeholders in our panel for next year’s I Choose Fair. Consequently, we will be attracting more interest from a wider audience.
