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A Mature Apprentice Success Story

"At first I was concerned as to whether John (a mature apprentice) would take direction from the younger apprentices who started earlier", said Wayne Jones, Technical Supervisor, Communication Services ...

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Wayne Geddie
Senior Installer at Voda Communications.

"I was an apprentice 6 years ago. After three years of my apprenticeship I passed all my exams and Voda Communications and the training provider signed me off as having completed and I was awarded my apprenticeship ...

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James Baker - Aged 20
First Year Electronics Apprentice at Tenix Defence.
"It turns out, with the prior learning, that it wasn't so hard to get a job in electronics. When I tried I had four job offers in two weeks!"

"In school I enjoyed physics and other different subjects but I left school and went to TAFE. I chose to do Electronics at Regency TAFE. Previous to starting my Apprenticeship here I was doing 20-25 hours of TAFE plus afternoon shift work at Foodland. I was told (by my parents) to stop being slack and get a real job or I can't stay at home ...

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