My daughter just got an automotive apprenticeship!
tahnasha,
Dec 3, 7:11pm
Following on from a previous thread about my daughter wanting to be a mechanic. She knuckled down and did a Cert in Automotive Servicing Technology (in Oz) which she just finished. She already has a Diploma in Business from last year. She just graduated High School, been to schoolies and I told her yesterday she now needed to get a job. She randomly emailed Holden with her CV, no job advertised, the Manager rang her about an hour later and she went in for an interview today. He just rang her and offered her an apprenticeship. I'm so happy that she found something so fast!
xs1100,
Dec 3, 7:26pm
brilliant,good on her
tool_shop173,
Dec 3, 7:46pm
Awesome, good on her for taking the initiative and not sittingback and waiting for the world to come to her. Shes chosen the right brand.
ladyluck110,
Dec 3, 8:12pm
Why? Cause they break down often?
marte,
Dec 3, 8:18pm
She is going to go far in life.
bwg11,
Dec 3, 8:36pm
Think I remember the previous thread. She will succeed, not one of those school leavers who are suddenly 20 complaining about no jobs, on the dole, with a misguided sense of entitlement, believing the world owes them a top job. Sincere congratulations to her.
tahnasha,
Dec 3, 9:59pm
The Manager took us for a guided tour around the place, it's huge. The workshop has 28 hoists and there are 45 mechanics and apprentices, she knows one of them which is cool. They service 60-70 vehicles a day, and it's very organised. They also have a special part of the workshop for HSV's and high performance vehicles and she's interested in those.
berg,
Dec 4, 4:31am
Well done to your daughter. As a mechanic who trained through Holden I can say that she has a solid future ahead. The training I got through Holden has helped me get to the position I am in now. Hope her journey is as much fun as mine has been
tintop,
Dec 4, 8:07am
So do I
Thank you for the update.
esiuol1,
Dec 4, 8:13am
Awesome work! I have a female cousin (now in her 50's) who had one hell of a job getting a automotive apprenticeship, it just wasn't a job for the girls back then. Thank goodness things have changed.
mopsy3,
Dec 4, 11:40am
She'll certainly learn how to replace timing chains.
mals69,
Dec 4, 11:48am
lolol yeah they will keep her busy - better for her learning curve than doing mainly oil changes at Nissan
bjmh,
Dec 4, 1:53pm
Well done,wish her good luck from an old crusty mechanic looking at the sharp end of 48 yrs as a mechanic.I trained with Ford,but General Motors/Holden are a very good training ground.
tahnasha,
Dec 4, 2:54pm
Thanks everyone. I'm hoping one day soon she'll be able to service my Holden, since I can't afford those horrendous Holden service prices!
mk3crazy,
Dec 5, 10:22pm
Good on her and I think working for Holden would be a very good idea as their cars are so unreliable. ;-)
beetle1234,
Dec 6, 2:43pm
BLOODY GOOD on ya daughter,bloody great new,s,go girl Youshow em all
aj.2.,
Dec 6, 3:31pm
And i will add to the thread , Well done your lass , so pleased for her . She ends the year on a real high , and will have a trade behind her in years to come. Again well done there.
tahnasha,
Dec 8, 7:50pm
LOL. Well I've had the same Holden since 2008 and it's never broken down, although it sounds like a bit of a symphony orchestra when I start it up with all the different warnings lights going on, which I ignore.
We both have an appointment with the Polytech who are going to be her training providers, I have to co-sign her agreements as she's under 18yrs. So she will work four days a week at Holden, 10 hour days, and the other day of the week she will go to Polytech all day. You normally do the Polytech thing for 3 years of your 4 year apprenticeship, but because she has already done her Automotive Certificate, it will get shortened to 2.5 years.
intrade,
Dec 8, 7:52pm
whats the certificate ASE?
tahnasha,
Dec 8, 8:30pm
Cert in Automotive Servicing Technology, we're in Oz, she went one day a week for a year while she was in her last year of school. It's fully government subsidised so there was no cost to her. I'm not sure what it covered, but I know they had a workshop and at one point they took an engine apart and had to put it back together again. And there was also lots of theory and lots of tests they had to pass.
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