That is not to say that Kat, who now runs her own roading firm, Tairāwhiti Contractors, did not enjoy her training. In fact, one of the first things she did after completing her Apprenticeship was to ask her Connexis Customer Service Account Manager (CSAM) what qualification she could do next.

However, she says it was only once she got to the end of her training that she gained the perspective to appreciate what she had achieved and to see “how cool it was”.

“It has made me push to achieve what I want and [given me] a real sense of accomplishment. My family is very proud of what I have achieved.”

Kat’s trainee journey was never straightforward. Challenges mounted on challenges. Yet this determined young Māori woman always kept her eye on the opportunities her training would open her up to. She is a true believer in the benefit of a skilled up workforce and has become a champion of industry training in Ruatoria and neighbouring communities, a remote rural region of Gisborne.

Kat started out as a self-proclaimed “pen pusher” in her hometown of Wellington. Family eventually brought her to Gisborne where she got her first taste of Civil Infrastructure, working in the Fulton Hogan offices. After three years, Kat’s natural curiosity and thirst for learning led to her increasing dissatisfaction with her desk job. She had become interested in what was happening in the field and decided to see for herself, starting at what others perceived as the bottom as a traffic controller – to later appreciate that that was one of the most important jobs.

From that moment, Kat began work-based training, something she sees as a lifelong commitment. She earned her tickets to work on much of the heavy gear used in road maintenance and within four years was embarking on her Civil Apprenticeship with Connexis. Unable to decide between the optional strands of her qualification, and unwilling to narrow down her career options, Kat chose to do all four.

Kat says this was a new level of on-job learning. It was not easy for her, fitting training in between work and family life. “You just need to make time,” Kat says. There were many late nights and weekends, and some extensions to deadlines, she admits.

Kat credits her success to her Connexis Customer Service Account Manager, Grant Radovanovich.

“His support was the biggest thing. He’d put the pressure on, saying “tick tock tick tock”. That’s what I needed.”

Time was not the only challenge Kat faced during the years of her Apprenticeship. She was already juggling training with the demands of caring for her young daughter and working away a lot when she fell pregnant again.

In addition to this, she was changing employers. Kat was having to push to get the opportunities she needed to tick off credits. At times she had to take contract work, just to get her training finished.

Undaunted by the difficulties and spotting a gap in the market and a chance to find a permanent solution to her job woes, Kat moved back up the Coast two hours north of Gisborne, to Ruatoria, and launched her own business. She gained her Apprenticeship in December 2020 and was by then already managing a 20-strong workforce and taking her employees with her on the road to lifelong learning.

Tairāwhiti Contractors is made up of staff who are local to the East Coast. When starting the firm, Kat was committed to recruiting “fresh blood” to help plug the gap in skilled workers which has long been an issue for Civil Infrastructure, especially in rural regions like hers.

Her workforce is diverse. Nearly a quarter are women, and while they are mainly young people just starting out on their career path, she has some older workers too, who have switched from other industries.

Kat’s hope is that, once trained up, her employees will stay in the region and help build local capabilities beyond forestry and farming. The aim is to provide local solutions to local problems, and to help curb under-investment in the region by putting Civil Infrastructure in the East Coast on the map.

There are around 200km of state highway in this north-eastern corner of the North Island, with many more kilometres of smaller off-roads. Subsidence is also a big issue in this coastal region. Yet according to Kat, roading decisions are often made by companies two hours away in Gisborne, who do not necessarily understand the region’s unique challenges. Priorities can be misaligned; or work deferred because there is not enough accommodation to house crews coming in from other areas.

With help from the Provincial Development Unit (PDU), Kat has been expanding the competencies of her business, training her workers up from the basics of traffic management, to maintenance, and hopes eventually to move them into road contracting. She even labour-hires her staff on occasion to give them exposure to a wider range of projects and skills.

The next step for Kat is to earn a qualification in work-based training herself.

Kat might be finished with her Apprenticeship, but her career in Civil Infrastructure is still very much in progress. While she admits she has “no life” outside of the demands of her business and family, it is clear Kat would not have it any other way.

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As one of the few female business owners in Civil Construction in the East Coast region, based in a remote town two hours north of Gisborne, she is a champion of women, her industry, and her region. Where there is, she believes, underinvestment and a breakdown by decision-makers to understand the needs of this rural north eastern corner of the North Island, Kat sees opportunity and a chance to provide local solutions to local problems.

New to the Connexis Ultimit Ambassador programme in 2021, Kat completed her apprenticeship in Civil Infrastructure at the end of last year after starting in the industry 12 years ago. Before that, Kat was a self-proclaimed “pen pusher” in Wellington.

Family eventually brought her to Gisborne and her entrance into Civil Infrastructure, working in the Fulton Hogan offices. After three years, Kat’s interest in the industry had grown and she was no longer satisfied with her desk job. She asked for a position in the field and was told to “start at the bottom” as a traffic controller.

She did not take long to work her way up though, and after 7 years embarked on a NZ Apprenticeship in Infrastructure Works (Civil).

To her Connexis Customer Service Account Manager (CSAM) Grant Radovanovich, Kat stands out. For one thing, she did not just do an optional strand of her qualification; she did all four. Working with Kat through the four years of her qualification, Grant describes her as a “rock star” who succeeded despite the circumstances.

“She has bounced around a few companies due to [them] closing down, losing contracts. She also had a baby and…[set] up her own company.”

Kat is now Managing Director of Tairāwhiti Contractors and employs around 20 people, all from the local area and new to the roading industry. Her focus from the start has been to bring people into the industry and train them up, rather than “poaching” them from other Civil firms. That way, Kat hopes to fill a regional skills gap and provide jobs and capabilities beyond forestry and farming.

Kat sees industry training as the key to building her business and unlocking opportunities in the region. By investing in her people, training them up from the basics of traffic management, to maintenance, and eventually road contracting, she says she can expand the competencies of her business and do work that usually requires crews to come in from outside the region.

Although Kat had earned her tickets to work on much of the heavy gear used in road maintenance, embarking on a Civil apprenticeship was a new level of on-job training for her. It was not easy, she says, fitting training in between work and family life. There were many late nights and weekends, she says, and some extensions to deadlines.

Kat credits her success to her CSAM Grant. “His support was the biggest thing. He’d put the pressure on, saying “tick tock tick tock”. That’s what I needed.”

Earning her apprenticeship was a proud day for Kat and her family. Once the tears dried up though, she was looking for her next challenge and has now set her sights on becoming a trainer herself.

Kat’s preference for training up her staff over recruiting experienced workers is more than just about building local capabilities. She wants “fresh blood” in the industry, to bring diversity and new ideas. This includes a focus on hiring women.

Nearly a quarter of Kat’s 20-strong staff are women and she says they bring real benefits to her business. She firmly believes women are just as capable as men and they offer a fresh perspective which often results in greater efficiencies. “They often seem like they’re doing jobs slower; not in a mad rush like the guys often are. But they plan things out, find quicker ways of doing things, and often get them done just as fast.”

Would she recommend Civil Infrastructure as a career to other women? “Absolutely,” Kat says. She says she loves her profession and the ability to make things out of earth. “I used to just see a road but now I see all the many components of it.”

She also emphasises the many career paths open to people in the industry. “You can go anywhere.”

Kat does not imagine her seven-year-old daughter will follow her into the industry though. “She wants to be a princess,” Kat says.

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It is an established fact every field of work has its own fascination – and in the case of Allison Endemann of Higgins Contractors, the thing she is passionate about is asphalt. Yes, asphalt, the surface we all drive and walk around on every single day. As National Asphalt Paving Operations Manager for Higgins, Allison’s involvement with asphalt is nationwide: she is responsible for delivering very high standards of safety and quality on complex and important projects like motorways and airport runways.

“Asphalt is a high-risk product,” she says. “It is very unforgiving and you have to get its formulation and application right every single time. That’s probably why I like it. It’s a challenge.”

Allison’s involvement with asphalt spans 13 years, beginning as a summer intern with a Higgins paving crew while studying for her Bachelor of Engineering. One of her first projects with them was working on Auckland’s central city motorway exchange popularly known as “Spaghetti “.

“I have always been interested in maths and science,” she says, “and straight after school I completed a Diploma in Engineering. I then did quite an extended OE working lots of different jobs, but it was working in the Asset Management department for a council in London that sparked my interest in infrastructure.”

Back from her OE, Allison started a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Auckland as a mature student, studying full-time while interning with Higgins during holidays. She says the job was “quite physical, including shovelling” but she learned a lot. Her efforts saw her hired into a full-time role after graduating, as a Project Manager with the company, a position which saw her work on some of the most complex projects in Auckland.

One of these was the recently completed MHX Kirkbride tunnel, which nearly every traveller to and from Auckland International Airport now goes through.

“Delivery of the tunnel was on the critical path for the programme of works and would have been highly politicised if it wasn’t delivered on time,” Allison says. “The construction team was still building the tunnel while we were in there doing the asphalt works. Everything that could have gone wrong did, but we still smashed the deadline and delivered beyond expectations.”

Allison’s unique management style is credited with helping her teams of asphalt specialists to consistently deliver a quality finished product.

“I like to embed my enthusiasm into my team, for them to get excited about the project as much as I am. Encouraging others and aligning our goals allows everyone to share our successes,” she says.

In Allison’s case this is definitely not a hands-off process and she is regularly on-site.

“Being present and participating in the tough environments I am asking them to work in allows me to mentor teams through challenges in the real-world application of the product. A shared mindset builds our capabilities and innovation as we move forward in step with each other.”

Allison admits that there are not many women in the civil construction industry and even fewer in asphalt teams or senior management positions. She says being a woman in the male-dominated industry has been a challenge at times but also credits her colleagues with helping her succeed.

“Something I’ve taken into my leadership approach is challenging prejudices and not accepting the way the industry behaved 13 years ago when I started. But honestly, that is not what has driven me. I have always been very interested in the technical aspects of our work and knew I had to build credibility as a specialist to gain the respect of my colleagues. I must also say I have had great mentors who have treated me as an equal in intellect and ability, which has opened doors for me.”

In 2018 Higgins growth saw the company create a new role for a National Asphalt Operations Manager. Allison’s commitment to excellence and good working relationships at all levels of the business saw her score the highly sort after position. A further accolade arrived in July this year when she won the Civil Contractors New Zealand/Z Energy’s ‘Outstanding Individual of the Year’ Award for the Auckland region.

“Not only did Allison have the technical capabilities required for this critical position, she also inspires people to give their best, even in the most testing of situations,” said a statement from Higgins at the time. “She is also passionate about training and developing our people to be their best and is proving a highly effective mentor to many of our up-and-coming stars.”

In that regard, Allison sees project management in contracting as offering plenty of scope for young women.

“Yes, it’s helpful to have an engineering background, a good grasp of finance, and a business management degree is also a decided advantage,” she says. “But project management is not necessarily a mass of engineering problems: it’s more about executive planning, organisation and communications, which are all things that women excel at!”

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At the Eastland Wood Council Forestry Awards earlier in the year, a biennial event in Gisborne that celebrates achievement and excellence in the New Zealand forestry industry, John Broughton of Hastings-based Kimberly Contractors Ltd and MW Lissette & Gisborne received a unique honour.

Before an applauding audience of 500 of his industry peers, John (who is widely known in the industry as JB), received his Level 4 Forestry Earthworks Certificate and Civil Trades Certification. He is the first and only person in New Zealand to be awarded Civil Trades Certification in Forestry Earthworks.

By holding Civil Trades Certification JB is now recognised as a skilled tradesperson, not only qualified but also highly competent in forestry earthworks.  Achieving the Level 4 qualification was the first step, JB also had to prove 2000 hours operating at a skilled level and have industry references to support his application.

The 51-year-old Company Trainer sees the training he undertook with Connexis, the industry training organisaiton for infrastructure, as a natural and valuable career step.

“I have always been detail-oriented and a bit of a stickler for reading operations manuals and health and safety regulations, so when I heard about the Connexis apprenticeships, I thought they were a great opportunity to learn more,” he says.

“They are also great in offering you the ability to ‘earn while you learn’, and they make it easy to apply the knowledge you gain.”

Qualifications and the opportunities they bring for management roles weren’t unknown to JB. Earlier in his career as a truck driver in Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti/Eastland he gained a National Certificate in Driving with McCarthy Transport, as well as a liking for completing unit standards to supplement his on-the-job knowledge.

At his next step at Carter Holt Forest in Napier he moved into a Dispatch supervisor role for McCarthy Transport where he helped run a fleet of 25 trucks and dispatch many sub-contractors and Pan Pac trucks. In a subsequent job as Senior Operations supervisor for Farmers Transport in Hastings he was responsible for dispatching, deliveries and pickups of livestock throughout the country.

JB has worked in forestry for many years in various roles including bushman, machine operator and a truck driver.

In 2015, JB joined MW Lissette and Kimberly Contractors Ltd as an operator. He saw a position for a company trainer advertised and decided to go for it. JB got this position and has worked hard to become a registered Assessor.

His employers Warwick and Annie Frogley have allowed JB to seek any training he may require for his role and including continuing his training with Connexis apprenticeships. JB says he was excited by the opportunities they gave him to really go somewhere career-wise.

After gaining a Level 3 NZ Certificate in Infrastructure Plant and equipment, JB continued on to do a NZ certificate L4 in Forestry Harvesting operations (Ground-Based Harvesting – Extraction) and was able to get recognised for his current competencies and achieve his Level 4 qualification in Forestry Earthworks which includes a variety of technical knowledge and practical skills including working with environmental, sustainability and safety standards, and team management on forestry earthworks sites. JB next worked towards his Civil Trade Certification and registration as a Certified Tradesperson.

JB says that finding time to work on gaining a qualification while holding down a busy work schedule isn’t always easy but his Connexis training, he says, made him look at things differently.

I didn’t stay long at high school, just wasn’t my thing, I just wanted to work, it makes me laugh that I am now doing so many qualifications.

“Before when I was doing unit standards, I would sometimes do things in a rush without thinking about them too much. But my training with Connexis really made me think and they brought all my knowledge and experience together.”

JB is currently completing a L4 in Forestry industry operations (Planning and Monitoring) and continuing his training towards a Level 5 qualification is a definite possibility for JB given his accumulated knowledge and experience as Company Trainer and assessor at MW Lissette & Kimberly Contractors where he is in charge of all aspects of the recruitment, HR, training and upskilling of the company’s staff.

One of the most satisfying aspects of his work, he says, is passing on his expertise to younger co-workers and encouraging them to upskill, gain qualifications and enhance their careers and also able to work alongside them whether it be on a metal truck, transporter, excavator, grader or on a shovel helping install culverts, to loading log trucks, shovelling logs or skidders anything to keep his hand in.

“I have seen and heard a lot of people who say you don’t need qualifications when you have plenty of experience, but you actually do,” it’s good for yourself and your employers, JB says. “Qualifications provide a record of what you have achieved and a certificate on your wall. They are tangible proof that you can really walk the talk about what you do.”

Connexis, Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation develops apprenticeships and training programmes for the infrastructure industries and supports trainees on their learning journey. Connexis programmes are nationally recognised programmes approved by NZQA.

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As an owner and operator of Napier based Outdoor Solutions this national and formal recognition of his skills and knowledge will give him a great edge to seize future business opportunities and drive business growth.

Jared says the qualification and certification has given him “a real sense of accomplishment and I really like how it gives my clients the reassurance of my extensive skills, knowledge, and experience in the industry”.

His personal motto is to ‘strive for excellence’ and proof of this is the additional achievement of gaining his Civil Trade Certificate endorsed in Road construction, Earthworks and Road Maintenance. With the next goal set, which is to start a Project Management Qualification, it’s safe to say Jared is a motivated and inspiring person in this industry!

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Pearl has more than 15 years’ experience with Gair Contracting in Napier, she loves working with heavy machinery, and the company is one of the few contracting companies in New Zealand led by a woman – Director Bailey Gair.

Pearl’s professional journey however started in a completely different place. “I left school at 15 and went into retail.”

A string of other retail jobs followed before she switched to an apprenticeship with a joinery company and discovered a love of machines and hands-on work. But it was a short-term thing because Pearl and her husband Chris soon abandoned townie life for what would become 27 years of farming in the back blocks of Hawke’s Bay. When they returned to town, Chris got a job grader driving with Gair Contracting.

“I just happened to go in with him one day, and got on the digger, as you do, and started working. Two weeks later they rung up and asked if I would be interested in coming to work with them for a couple of weeks, that went by and I kept asking ‘so do I come back?’ And that’s how it all started really,” Pearl says.

What’s kept her there is a mix of incredible support from the business which has seen her grow from a machinery operator to Civil Operations Manager, but also, simply a love of the work.

“I just really love being out there. I love being on the different jobs. I love being able to work outdoors and I love working with the machines. I guess you could say I’m a bit of a petrol-head that way.”

Despite her project management responsibilities Pearl can still be found driving a digger most days.

“I still just really love it.” And now she particularly loves passing on her knowledge and experience to the newcomers who start with the business,” she says.

“That’s really satisfying. To see them come along and pick up the skills.”

Pearl decided to go for Civil Trades at the suggestion of Gair Contracting general manager Richard Jardine.

“He talked me into it, but it’s been a really good thing to do. You just get to see everything you’ve done and everything you’ve learned over the years and have it recognised. It’s quite gratifying.

“I’d definitely recommend it to other people to do. It means clients can see really easily what you and your team can do. I think it will get to the point where everybody has to do it, actually.”

Richard, who supported Pearl through the certification process, says it’s given him renewed pride in her skills and respect for her experience. “She’s so humble, it’s been great for her to really have her knowledge officially recognised. I know she teaches me new things all the time!”

He agrees that it probably won’t be long before Civil Trades is seen as a compulsory part of working in the civil construction and maintenance sector.

“It’s just the best way for clients to get a clear picture of what our people can do. I think they’ll probably demand it eventually.

“It’s also going to be one of the best tools we’ll have to train and retain staff. It shows that we’re prepared to support our people and, with a skills shortage out there, that’s important.”

It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Pearl having her skills recognised as one of the very few women in the hands-on side of the civil construction sector.

“Yeah there were times in the early days where you’d meet people who were used to things being a certain way. But I always gave as good as I got and in the end we all just got on with the job.

“It’s definitely changing and definitely a lot better now, a lot more accepting.”

She says she was also able to persevere thanks to the backing of her former boss Joe Gair, founding owner of Gair Contracting. “He was always quite hard on me, but it was because he believed in me. He always said if he saw someone who had potential he’d push them to see it through.”

And now, of Pearl’s two sons and one daughter, it’s her daughter that has followed in her footsteps and is also working in the civil contracting sector working with the heavy machines.

Her advice for other young women considering entering the industry is to make sure they enjoy it.

“There’s absolutely no reason girls can’t do it and, in the end, it’s really satisfying work to do. You can look back and see something you’ve created and feel really good about it.”

Developed with industry for industry, Civil Trades certification combines a recognised trade qualification with certified hours of practical experience and leads to registration as a Certified Tradesperson.

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After 10 years constructing and maintaining water pipeline infrastructure in the Bay of Plenty, Craig, who works for Infracore, still loves the challenges of his job. “I think I’ve seen everything.”

And now his skills and knowledge have been formally recognised with his completion of the official Pipeline Construction & Maintenance in Water certification.

Prior to 2015, workers in Civil Infrastructure have had no industry-wide, standardised, transferrable trade qualification, despite it being one of the largest industries in New Zealand, encompassing 600 businesses and with an annual turnover of $20 billion.

Craig completed the new certification through the Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) process, which recognises the previous experience of workers and requires them to present evidence of that experience to be evaluated and recommended for certification to the Civil Trades Board.

Craig recommends gaining the certification to anyone in the industry. “There’s a really good amount of satisfaction that comes from doing, and there’s other benefits like job security.

“I think you probably have to have a real passion for the job to do the certification – it’s a lot of paperwork – but it’s not hard and it makes you feel really good about yourself and the job.”

He says his experience means he’s often the person others come to for advice on the job and his newly minted qualification lends weight to that informal role he plays.

“There’s a solid paper trail that really proves you’re able to do the job. It show’s people you can walk the talk.”

Craig heard about the certification process from his employers at Infracore, and says he had a lot of support from them as well as his Connexis ITO Customer Service Account Manager, Sue Hawkins, which helped him complete the certification in just six months, instead of the average 18 months.

“There’s not a part of this job that I don’t love, and the certification means I’m actually now the most qualified person in the company!”

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While his work keeps his feet literally on and in the ground, Clayton has become the first Civil Infrastructure worker in New Zealand to be awarded Pipeline Construction & Maintenance in Water as well as Wastewater and Stormwater certification.

And that’s a big deal because prior to 2015 Clayton’s chosen career in Civil Infrastructure had no official qualifications or certification to recognise, and standardise, the skills and knowledge of its workers. That was in spite of the fact that civil infrastructure is one of the largest industries in New Zealand encompassing 600 businesses and with an annual turnover of $20 billion.

Now Clayton, who has 27 years’ experience in pipeline installation, can finally say he is a certified tradesman.

He completed the new certification through the Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) process, which recognises the previous experience of workers and requires them to present evidence of that experience to be evaluated and recommended for certification to the Civil Trades Board.

He says the certification is both life changing and industry changing, and he recommends it to anyone in the industry. “I would say it’s 100 per cent worthwhile.

“It wasn’t hard to do and it backs up the last 27 years I’ve done out in the field. I am now a recognised qualified drain layer. That onsite experience is backed up with a recognised ticket.”

He adds that there are practical advantages to the certification as well.

“It can make a difference to what you get paid, and if you’re job hunting you have a recognised qualification so those who hire us know they’re getting competent people with recognised skills.”

The qualification is the icing on the cake for Clayton, who loves his work even though he came to it a round-about way 27 years ago.

“I started out as a labourer for a roofing company, and then a plumbing company who did drainage. I love working outside with machines. And the work is always challenging. It’s great.”

Clayton says gaining the certification has added a new sense of satisfaction to a job he already loves.

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Fast forward three years and Amy wouldn’t change a thing. As well as admin duties, she now also works as a Survey Technician and helps manage a traffic project for Whakatane District Council.

“My job is awesome – I love it,” Amy says. “Every day is different. One day I could be in the office and the next I could be out on a huge project site or in the bush in the middle of nowhere.”

Amy continues, “My office days involve a mixture of admin and data analysis, and on my field days I work with the licenced cadastral surveyors to help them collect data. This involves taking laser measurements, shooting the laser onto the staff which the surveyor is holding. When you put all of the measurements together you can see the layout and lie of the land. It requires a lot of precision. I’m a bit of a perfectionist so this type of work is perfect for me.”

Moving into a technical role has been a huge opportunity for Amy, and she is relishing the challenge. “I’ve been given the chance to run my own project, which is pretty cool,” she says. “Whakatane District Council has a speed indicator device on a trailer which records road traffic volume/speed and the types of vehicles. I’m responsible for determining which locations to put the trailer in, moving and setting it up, collecting and analysing the data, and all of the reporting. The project is a big responsibility and quite high profile. A lot of people – the council, Opus, and all of the local contracting companies in the area – are relying on the data so it needs to be timely, relevant and accurate. There’s no room for mistakes.”

Amy is working towards a National Certificate in Surveying (Assistant) Level 3, which will provide formal recognition of her skills and knowledge. “The qualification content is very relevant to my day to day work, and a lot of my assessments have been based on the Council traffic project,” Amy explains. “The qualification has been a useful way to consolidate everything I’ve learned so far.”

One thing which has surprised Amy is how much she enjoys working with data. “Being where I am now is quite unexpected,” she explains. “I wasn’t really into maths at school, but using it in ‘real life’ is totally different. Seeing how data can benefit the end users is rewarding. I like the fact that I’m helping people out and making their life easier by providing useful and accurate information. I’d love to get more into the data side of things in future, maybe in infrastructure asset management.”

“Being a survey technician is a great career choice if you are interested in computers and have a good eye for detail, “ Amy says. “It is also ideal if you want to work outdoors rather than being stuck in an office all of the time. I think my hobbies and love of the outdoors definitely influenced my choice of career – even though it wasn’t a conscious decision to begin with. I’m a real outdoor girl and I race two and four wheelers at motocross, so all of my weekends are spent outdoors. Funnily enough, several people in the office also have the same hobby!”

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