A Lara trainee will put his mechatronics skills to the test against some of Australia’s best emerging tradies at a national competition in Sydney.
Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Miller will stay on the tools over the weekend as he competes at the WorldSkills National Championship, at Darling Harbour’s International Convention Centre from Saturday to Monday.
He will be among a field of more than 400 competitors from around Australia competing in 50 trade and skills categories. Mr Miller’s mechatronics category calls for skills combining mechanical engineering and electronics.
An employee of Barwon Water undergoing trade studies at Gordon Institute of TAFE, Mr Miller was looking forward to the WorldSkills challenge after earning his place in regional competition last year.
“Being chosen to compete at Skills Show 2018 in the national championships is such an honour and I can’t wait to see what I can achieve,” he said.
“I’m very grateful to WorldSkills Australia for this opportunity, and to Barwon Water and Gordon TAFE.”
WorldSkills Australia was founded in 1981 as a social enterprise encouraging national skills excellence while highlighting training and career opportunities for young Australians.
WorldSkills Australia chief Brett Judd said the competition was nurturing and developing the skills of young Australians like Mr Miller.
Mr Judd congratulated him and the other competitors for “excelling in their fields and reaching such a prestigious national level”.
“Choosing a vocational education and training path can open up some incredible and varied career opportunities,” Mr Judd said.
“Many of the occupations predicted to have the strongest jobs growth in the next five years are offered by our vocational education and training sector.”
