The recipient of the 2019 CRA Apprentice of the Year – Golden Hammer award was 25-year-old Peter Joseph from New Plymouth Car Painters Panel and Paint.
Chris Pearson, a senior service technician at Tesla, was the first in the country to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Electric Vehicle Automotive Engineering (Level 5).
Since completing the New Zealand Diploma in Business, Hemi Peek hopes to work his way up to sales manager, and eventually dealer principal.
After driving trucks for 10 years, Hillary Moffatt was after a change. Still interested in heavy vehicles, she decided to give up driving trucks, and try her hand at fixing them instead.
For Fay Bateman, pursuing a practical career was a no-brainer. “I just love fixing things,” she says. “According to my family, I’ve always been this way.”
After arriving back in New Zealand from two years bar tending in the United Kingdom, Cameron Fairless wasn’t sure what his next move should be.
After completing the StartUp® Ignition programme while in high school and impressing his supervisor, Stanley was offered an automotive apprenticeship.
Dylan McGinnity has been named IAG Top Apprentice of the Year in Collision Repair for 2019, and is stoked that his change of career has paid off.
Unlike many that pursue careers in the automotive industry, it wasn’t any particular passion for vehicles that motivated Rex Matthews to begin an apprenticeship.
