Build Up Tassie program offers disadvantaged teens apprenticeship skills and a future
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Cianna Fitzpatrick decided she wanted to be a tradie lady .
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Tired of sitting at a desk, Cianna Fitzpatrick decided to swap school shoes for steel capped boots.
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The apprentices are helping to build social and affordable housing in Tasmania
The program is part of initiatives run through the Catholic Church I went to school one day and said I want to be a tradie lady , she said.
Becoming an apprentice carpenter meant a steep learning curve for the 16-year-old from Clarendon Vale, in Hobart s east.