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Grace Huxtable
Jules Thiessen
Highlighting our Vocational Learners
At a n y o n e t i m e, across the
bu si n es s , m o r e than 10 0 staf f
ar e en g a g ed i n vocational
tra i n i n g , a t Certificate 3 lev e l o r a b o v e, with our primar y
RTO, Ta s s i e b a se d Se afood
M ari t i m e Tra i n ing.
In a d d i t i o n , w e have e mploy e e s e n ro l l ed with othe r RTO s
u nd e r t a ki n g a range of traini ng i n c l u d i n g m ultiple trade
qu a l i f i c a t i o n s p lus busine ss,
su pp l y c ha i n a nd W H S studi e s.
The s u c c es s o f our ope rati on s r e l i es o n p e ople w ith
a b i g ra n g e o f tale nts – and
V E T s ki l l s a r e a vital part of
thi s s u c c es s . As part of
N at i o n a l Ski l l s We e k w e
took t he o p p o r tunit y to
r e co g n i s e t he skills and
i m po r t a n c e o f appre ntice s
and t ra i n e es t o our industr y
and hi g hl i g ht ed t w o of our
v a l u a b l e e m p l oy e e s w ho
have u n d ert a ke n vocational
tra i n i n g i n t w o dif fe re nt, but
e q u a l l y r e wa rding w ays.
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Grace Hu xt able is half way
through her elec t ric al appre ntic es hip workin g wit h
the Main t en an c e t eam at ou r
Paramat t a Creek proc es s in g
site .
Eve r y d ay is dif feren t for
Grace – s he n eeds t o u n de rstand how an y elec t ric al
e quipm en t operat es in order
to install n ew equ ipmen t as
w e ll as figu re ou t how t o
preve n t break-down s , or t o
fix the m quic kly.
We w i ll admit t hat Grac e
had usefu l kn owledge abou t
H uon p rior t o s t art in g her
appre nt ic es hip – s he previously worked on t he proce ssing floor at PMC, her
Mum is on e of t he produ c tion man agers at t he s it e, her
brothe r is t he s it e’s mec han ical e ng in eer while her Dad
previou s ly worked as a main te nanc e c on t rac t or!
The n there’s Ju les Thies s en ,
w ho ha d worked in t he c om-
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merc ial fis hin g in du s tr y f o r
mos t of his life. He be g a n hi s
appren t ic es hip wit h H u o n 7
years ago bu t it was n’t t he
right fit for him! As he sa i d ,
“when you have worked o n
t he wat er it is hard t o g et i t
out of you r s ys t em an d t he
t empt at ion t o go bac k t o sea
was t oo s t ron g”.
Then he hit his mid-40s a n d
Ju les dec ided a t rade w o u l d
provide him wit h a be t t er
lon g-t erm fut ure – a so l i d
c areer un t il ret irement so he
ret urn ed t o Hu on t o f i n i sh
what he s t art ed, an d w e’r e
delight ed he did!
Ju les primar y foc us is b o a t
repairs an d hopefully so m e
n ew boat bu ilds in t he f u t u r e.
Two t errific employees p ro gres s in g down t wo di f f er en t
learn in g pat hs but bo t h su p port ed by an employer w ho
has c reat ed gen uin e g ro w t h
opport un it ies .
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