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Jobs Minister visits Eastern Innovation client iBuild

  • Eric Stone
  • Sep 3
  • 2 min read

Group of people in orange vests stand smiling in a warehouse. Blue structure labeled DIGIJOBS in front. iBuild banners in the background, with two state ministers and iBuild CEO standing in the middle. iBuild workers and other stakeholders also stand smiling.
Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, the Hon. Danny Pearson MP, and Member for Ivanhoe, the Hon. Anthony Carbines MP visited iBuild's facility. Photo: Eric Stone

Long-time Eastern Innovation client iBuild Building Solutions recently hosted two ministers at their manufacturing facility in Heidelberg West.


Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Danny Pearson MP, visited the facility to announce the opening of applications for the government's expanded Digital Jobs program.


Pearson was joined by Minister for Police, Anthony Carbines MP who attended in his role as the Member for Ivanhoe.


Pearson described the digital landscape as "rapidly evolving."


“This program is ensuring Victoria’s workforce has the critical digital skills we need in key sectors like construction and advanced manufacturing," Pearson said.


People in orange vests listen to a speaker at a podium in a warehouse. Banners read "Australia's Most Trusted & Awarded Kit Homes Supplier." The speaker behind the podium is the state jobs minister making an announcement. Photo: Eric Stone
Minister Pearson announces the expansion of the Digital Jobs program. Photo: Eric Stone

The Digital Jobs program is an initiative designed to upskill workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors with digital skills like computer-aided manufacturing, data analytics, and AI.


The program issues free vouchers to successful applicants, allowing them to enrol staff in digital skills courses taught over six weeks.


iBuild trained six staff through the Digital Jobs program in 2023, and were selected as a case study with the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry, and Regions.


iBuild co-founder and CEO, Jackson Yin, said the program was transformational.


"The change for our business has been phenomenal," he said.


iBuild CEO Jackson Yin and the two men, state ministers, look at a wall showing pictures of housing being built. One points at the photos. They appear focused and professional.
iBuild CEO Jackson Yin talked Danny Pearson and Anthony Carbines through some of iBuild's commercial and residential projects. Photo: Eric Stone

iBuild's story began in Jackson's garage, and since expanded enormously since 2014, moving into Eastern Innovation two years later.


Today, iBuild are a multi-award winning supplier of kit homes - like Ikea furniture but for houses, is how Jackson often explains it.


Although Jackson likes to remain humble, iBuild have won numerous awards, and have recently supplied one of their kit homes to a royal palace in Malaysia.


iBuild have described Eastern Innovation as "turbo-charging" their growth, with their head office still headquartered at Eastern Innovation Business Centre.


A woman gestures while talking to two men in suits in an office with laptops. A person in an orange vest looks on from the foreground.
iBuild staff explain the design process. Photo: Eric Stone

Jackson Yin is very much a familiar face at Eastern Innovation, and regularly attends events in the community.


He and his team occupy several offices in Eastern Innovation's Jessie Tait building.


From small garage beginnings to an international kit home supplier, iBuild's journey exemplifies how innovative thinking, combined with the right business environment, can transform not just a company, but an entire industry.


 
 
 

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