A career in an industry with loads of variety was high on the wish-list for Invercargill’s Symarah Bennett-Young. And it’s something her role as an apprentice substation maintainer at PowerNet is serving up in spades. Symarah, 22, got her first taste of the industry when she was 15 – taking an electronics class at Southland Girls’ High School, where she …
Genesis Energy is currently working hard to put together the company’s 2018 GWHV event at Tokaanu Power Station in the central North Island. It’s the second year the company has participated in the GWHV programme, which aims to provide insight into the career opportunities for young women that lie in infrastructure industries. Opportunities they may not be aware of otherwise. …
Holly Frewen is engineering herself a bright future. The 16-year-old Twizel Area School student now spends one day a week working with Meridian Energy’s mechanical team at Ohau as part of the Gateway programme, designed to attract and train new talent. She wishes it was more. “It’s so great, I’m really loving it. I wish I could be there more.” …
At the age of 29, Hayley Macphail is finally living the dream. Despite knowing she wanted to be an electrician for most of her adult life, Hayley didn’t really know how to make it a reality – or even if it was a possibility for a young woman, even in modern New Zealand. “I don’t know if it has changed …
Working as a Water Treatment Operator was never Naomi Coatsworth’s dream job as a child. Yet after almost two years into the role and having recently won the Young Operator of the Year award, her sights are firmly set on her continued career in water treatment. Having grown up in Southland, Naomi had worked in several jobs before undertaking a …
When Amy Corston left school she had dreams of becoming a veterinary nurse – but her Dad had other ideas. Amy laughs, “He told me I needed to get a ‘real job’ and made me apply for a technical administration role with Opus.” Fast forward three years and Amy wouldn’t change a thing. As well as admin duties, she now …
When Lisa Albiston left school she was looking for a career that would take her into largely uncharted territory for a girl. A female electrician living nearby at Te Aroha provided the inspiration for Lisa to go for an electrical apprenticeship with Mighty River Power. Today, six years down the track, Lisa is a registered electrician, having completed Level 4 …
