Contact Details
Electrotechnology & Water Skills Board
67 Regency Road, Croydon Park SA 5008
Postal: PO Box 2584, GPO Regency Park 5942
Phone: (08) 8347 4008
Fax: (08) 8347 4007
Mobile: 0430 026 774
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"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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"I knew I wanted to learn a trade. When I was first here I thought data was so complex. I saw a computer in my first week and thought "why am I here?" Now it is so interesting - just how it all works. Its simple. I have knowledge that ...
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"I look after the workflow of the Flinders University Communication Services office, prioritising requests for assistance and allocating staff to each job, based on relative importance and urgency. I am qualified as a data-communications technician and ...
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Anthony Kittel
CEO & Managing Director of REDARC Electronics.
From Cadet to Managing Director and owner of a growing, award winning electronics business.
"I started as an engineering cadet with BHP (now OneSteel) and completed my cadetship in 1987. After further study at SAIT (South Australian Institute of Technology which then became ...
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Shane Wreford
Production Manager, REDARC Electronics.
"I have a fitter and turner background. I did an Apprenticeship then did Tool-Making, Production Management and moved from Leading Hand to Supervisor to Production Manager, across the automotive industry ...
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Dylan Pinkard
Electronics Technician, REDARC Electronics.
"Uni Boy" 'Saved by Apprenticeship.'
"I never expected to do an apprenticeship. I was supposed to a University boy as Mum wanted me to go to Uni. I tried it and it didn't work out. I tried to find a job and went through the EEA (Engineering Employers Association). I then went to ...
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Matthew Mullins
Electronic Engineering Cadet, REDARC Electronics.
From temporary jobs to a career with in future - in electronics.
"When I was in year three I received a lab kit which got me interested in electronics. At high school, I thought of a career with computers. When I had to choose my year 12 subjects, a counselor suggested I try electro-technology. It was more electrical based but ...
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Bob Hutton
Electronic Assembler, REDARC Electronics.
From double retrenchment to Electro-Technology in a go-ahead place.
"I was in Mitsubishi facing retrenchment and was interested in calibration and repair. Thinking that electronics would be useful, I started a Certificate II/III at Regency TAFE in Electro-Technology. I'm completing this at the moment ...
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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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Harry Tavlaridis
AP-3C Advanced Flight Simulator, Maintenance Manager Training and Simulation, RAAF Base Edinburgh. Australia Services Division, Thales Australia.
"I was an apprentice - I'm a believer in apprentices. I did an apprenticeship through the RAAF in 1984. Now I'm the Maintenance Manager of a $48 million dollar site and Thales's Senior Maintenance Manager ...
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Mark Lazemby
Second Year Apprentice at Thales Australia, South Australia working on the AP-3C Advanced Flight Simulator at the RAAF Base Edinburgh.
"I have a background in IT and worked in that industry for 5 years. I then became bored with IT and decided to look for a change in career. I always liked electronics and working with my hands ...
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Zafiris Korbetis
Completed Electro-Technology apprenticeship in 2005 and is now a Simulator Technician at Thales Australia, RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia working on the AP-3C Advanced Flight Simulator.
"My apprenticeship went like that (snaps his fingers) - the four years just flew. Every morning I would get up ready and enthused for work and so the time went so fast. It is not a hassle when you enjoy ...
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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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Elliot Shaw
Trainee at Voda Communications.
"I decided to work in the trade and talked to PEER VEET about it. PEER could see I had a good work ethic in the field and talked to me about what Data-Communications involved. They made me realise it was important to pass the exams. And now I only have to complete two more modules at trade school ...
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