Storm and Kangan Institute to promote career pathways

Melbourne Storm has joined forces with Kangan Institute to help people find their career pathway in a new partnership launched during National Skills Week.

With a theme focused on matching life and career ambitions with skills training, the new partnership will help Storm players, staff and supporters to explore career pathways and upskill in their current work.

As the Official Academy Partner and Official Women of Storm Partner, Kangan Institute will also feature on game day signage at Storm games.

Melbourne Storm CEO, Justin Rodski, said exposing players to educational courses for life after football is an important facet of the club’s culture.

“Storm and Kangan institute are two organisations passionate about creating the best environment for our communities and to give our people the best chance to succeed, which is why this partnership is so exciting,” Rodski said.

“We encourage our players to explore their passions outside of football and we have a number of players who are already enrolled in courses outside of football.

Kangan Institute offer such a wide variety of courses from trades and construction, health care, automotive, extending through to commerce and hospitality. There are so many options for our players to explore and to delve into the world of education.

Justin Rodski CEO, Melbourne Storm

Kangan Institute CEO Sally Curtain said skills and training lead to real jobs and create exciting opportunities that are continuing to evolve for the future workforce.

“We see strong alignment between our passion for enabling promising career pathways for young people and the Storm’s focus on connecting its next generation of stars with opportunities for success, on and off the field,” Curtain said.

“Through this partnership we aim to raise the profile and importance of education and training for young people.

Both Kangan Institute and Melbourne Storm are values-based organisations. Inclusivity is embedded in the heart of our culture at Kangan Institute where we promote gender equality, foster diversity, and see this practice to influence positive change reflected in the Women of Storm initiative.

Sally Curtain CEO, Kangan Institute

"We are looking forward to what we can achieve together, especially as Storm become neighbours to our Broadmeadows campus as they plan to use the new rugby league training facilities at Seabrook Reserve in the heart of Melbourne's north.”

Storm player, Trent Loiero, who is currently studying carpentry said that life after football is something he has given a lot of thought too.

“I don’t want to be in a position where my football career comes to an end and I’m starting from scratch to understand what my passions are,” Loiero said.

“Studying while playing elite sport is definitely not an easy task but it keeps my mind ticking over and has broadened my thinking.”