Apprentices outshine competitors

Brendan Wroe and Emerson Castaneda, winners of Apprentice wiring challenge, with their host employer Sydney Water.

This is the stuff that dreams are made off, well, maybe for some!  The 2010 Electricity Supply Industry Field Days do promise to be a unique platform for industry professionals an apprentices alike, to share knowledge, develop ideas and promote safe work practices.

This year the event ran over Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th of May – brought to us by Energy Australia and the NSW Industry Safety Steering Committee – show casing a range of demonstrations, seminars, exhibitors’ and more. However, most importantly The Field day challenges, that are run to test trade skills learnt and developed by a selected group of fourth year apprentices across the electrical industry.

MEGT Group Training apprentices, Brendan Wroe and Emerson Castaneda were the proud third place winners of the Apprentice wiring challenge, with their host employer Sydney Water.

“It was difficult at first competing against the top two apprentices of the biggest energy authorities but Brendan and I both helped each other and reminded ourselves of our own abilities.
Team work was a big part of the competition, we would rely on each other for calculation, installation wiring and had 100% confidence the final product was done to the best of our abilities”, Emerson said.

MEGT Group Training employs apprentices and trainees and places them with host employers, like Sydney Water, under an agreement to enable the apprentice/trainee to attain the on job skills associated with their vocation. During this time, MEGTs Industry Employment Consultants carry out regular mentoring visits including counselling and personal support, to make sure they get the most out of their employment.

Congratulations to our young apprentices for their involvement that outshined an array of esteemed apprentices from the likes of Integral Energy, Rail Corp and Energy Australia.

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