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23.01.2022 So my time in Taiwan has finished up with a solid two days of friendly competition. The competition consisted of turning, milling, welding and a Fixturelaser Alignment and condition monitoring tasks. This was a great experience traveling to another country to train for a blind project and to use foreign machines and equipment. Thank you to Worldskills Chinese Taipei for inviting Peter Buttenshaw and myself over to train and to visit Taiwan the hospitality was amazing, it was... truly a amazing experience! Thanks to Peter as well for guiding me along the way. I now make the trek to Kazan Russia to compete in the Russian National Competition later this week. Watch this space for updates! #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

19.01.2022 We are off to Kazan Russia for the main Worldskills Competition Currently waiting for our next plane in Doha to Moscow. Let the journey begin. Innovation & Business Skills Australia #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

17.01.2022 Well what a week away in Melbourne coming away with a gold medal in my category after four days of competition! My category had ten competitors from 8 countries across the world. This has now given me the opportunity to represent Australia as a Skillaroo at Kazan Russia later this year. Thank you to everyone that has helped and assisted me along the journey to succeed at the Global Skills Challenge! Now to focus on the road to Russia! #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU #GSC19

14.01.2022 Tomorrow I’m of to Melbourne to meet up with the rest of the skills squad for the Global Skills Challenge. This Challenge will put my skills to the test over a four day competition against 8 other countries. Here are some of the jobs I have done to prepare for the challenge #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU #SkillsSquad

12.01.2022 Today I made the local new’s alongside my employer Luke at Luke Cross Engineering and Rigging before my big trip to Russia next week. A shout out to my employer Luke, if it wasn’t for him putting me on as an apprentice and supporting me the whole way through my pathway as an apprentice and my worldskills journey which started back at regional level I wouldn’t be where I am today about to represent Australia in our trade. Thankyou so much for the support and backing me alo...ng the way! Innovation & Business Skills Australia #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

11.01.2022 After three busy days of competition and getting over jet lag I’m finally all finished up at the Russian worldskills national competition. It has been a great experience competing in Kazan Expo centre where I’ll be competing in August. I was happy with the project I made which had lots of different techniques and skills required to make the final product in a tight time line. I also had to use a coupling alignment tool which was in Russian which was interesting but I got the job done A special thank you to WorldSkills Russia For letting me compete at the competition and also to the Aussie experts/competitors, Russian experts, interpreters and guides that made this all possible. #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

10.01.2022 On Friday night I attended the NSW Training Awards for the western region. I was lucky enough to walk away with Apprentice of the Year for our region. Special thank you to Marty my Tafe teacher for nominating me for the award. Now I’ll be up against the other Apprentice of the year award winners from across the state later in the year. #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

07.01.2022 So Peter Buttenshaw and myself arrived in Taiwan yesterday morning for a week of training with the Chinese Taipei competitors/trainers and some sight seeing of Taiwan. Last night we were invited to dinner with Worldskills experts and training staff and today we are touring the islands of Penghu before training starts. #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

04.01.2022 Last week I was lucky enough to spend two days with Lincoln Electric Australia to practice and get familiar with the Lincoln Powerwave welder, which I’ll be using in Russia in the coming months. I’m now lucky enough to have this welder for a couple of weeks to practice by myself at work and I can’t thank Lincoln Australia enough for lending me the machine and consumables. Thankyou to all the staff and technicians that helped me get familiar with the machine and how too prepare the material for the up and coming competition which is not long away at all! #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU

02.01.2022 What and amazing experience receiving a international SILVER in Industrial Mechanic Millwright. I’m so over the moon at the moment and it’s still sinking in. Thankyou to WorldSkills Australia, Innovation & Business Skills Australia Luke Cross Engineering and Rigging Dubbo NSW, Festo Australia, Lincoln Electric Australia, TAFE NSW, Fixturlaser Australia, My supporters, My family, Brandon Gillett and Peter Buttenshaw for supporting me on this journey. Honestly without these guys I wouldn’t be where I am today. To start this journey as just an second year appreciate Manual Turner and to learn all the extra skills has just made me a better tradie and has boosted my confidence through the roof. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou (More photos to come soon) #Skillaroos19 #RealSkillsforRealCareers #WorldSkills #WorldSkillsAU