opportunity was perfect for Finn; he was able to complete an entire qualification in addition to NCEA Level 2, develop a network of local contacts and acquire an automotive engineering apprenticeship, which he will commence in 2021. Kiriarma Chapman (1GFPS) got first-hand experience of the busy-ness that characterises the hospitality industry through her work experience at Town Mouse Cafe’, Pukekohe. She counts learning how to make the perfect coffee for real paying customers as a highlight. Kiriarma’s new people skills will be perfect for her beauty therapy pathway training that she is set to commence in 2021. Lakiesha Welsh (1GFPS) was keen to give ‘building construction a go’ when she completed her work experience with Triple C Contractors Limited, Tuakau. She worked on a multi-level housing complex in Auckland with professional builders and sub-contractors. She says her work experience has opened her eyes to other possible future trade pathways that she is keen to explore. Lakiesha will return to Level 2 Future Pathways in 2020 as a part of the fast growing MIT Trades Academy group. MIT Trades Academy Level 3 Electrical & Mechanical Engineering students, Kane Joseph, Malakai Poa and Michael Spies (3GFPS), Foundation students of MIT Tech Park – a multi-million dollar trades training initiative based on Manukau City. The students did two trades academies, the first year of the electrical apprenticeship and preapprentice mechanical engineering. Our young men are positively looking to study full-time at MIT Tech Park in 2021 to progress their future pathways in automotive and mechanical engineering.
Moso’oi Eseau, Brogan McColl, Bridget McCrum and Ashleigh Parkes (3GFPS) are our inaugural Level 3 Police Studies students who worked with the Police Pathway Academy Programme based at Wesley College twice per week for 30 weeks. This course is specific to students that are serious about a policing or similar career. To qualify, our students needed to have Level 2 English and mathematics and be fit and strong through their involvement in sports and/or other physical activity. Our young women are positively looking to study or work in initial pathways that are people-orientated with a view to applying for the police force by the end of 2021 (due to COVID-19). Taylor Rademeyer (3GFPS) is pictured at her office in Manukau City where she is effectively a Legal Assistant to her employer at Integrity Law Limited, Manukau City. She has had the opportunity to grow her writing and thinking skills through actual legal work experience on wills, trusts, depositions and disputes. Taylor is positively looking to further develop her business and legal experience before pursuing a Bachelor of Laws at Waikato University in 2021 or 2022. MIT Trades Academy Level 3 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering student, Yuki Smith (3GFPS), is Pukekohe High School’s second recipient of The Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award, a $2000 scholarship awarding our top vocational education student at Year 12 or Year 13. Yuki is being awarded for his Top of Schools efforts in two trades academies, as well as consistent above average performances in Level 3 calculus and physics. Yuki starts his electrical engineering apprenticeship with ETCO in 2021.
“I’M NOT A HORSE GIRL!!!!!!” - Charlotte Lambert GATEWAY - S.T.A.R. TRADE ACADEMIES | PHS YEAR BOOK 2020 | 81
