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NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>May</strong> 6, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Want to pilot big machines? Try this ...<br />
TONI,WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Youth from aroundthe district<br />
took part in the inaugural<br />
Pathways Mid Canterbury Youth<br />
and Careers ExchangeatEA<br />
Networks Centrethisweek.<br />
More than40employers,<br />
educatorsand community groups<br />
promotedtheir their trades and<br />
gave students in Year 9and above<br />
from <strong>Ashburton</strong> College,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>ChristianSchool and<br />
Mt HuttCollege, arange of<br />
informationabout future career<br />
choices.<br />
It was also opentothe publicin<br />
the afternoon and includedguest<br />
speaker, clinical psychologist and<br />
author NigelLatta speaking about<br />
parenting teens in <strong>2021</strong>atan<br />
eveningsession.<br />
Businesseswere varied and<br />
includedSynlait, EA Networks,<br />
Rainer, VetLifeand South Pacific<br />
Seeds; trainingorganisations such<br />
as Ara, AgriTraining, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Learning Centre and Aviation<br />
Academy of NewZealand;aswell<br />
as healthcareproviders such as<br />
Canterbury District Health Board<br />
and St Johnand ahost of other<br />
organisations with voluntary and<br />
paid career opportunities.<br />
There wasquite abit of interest<br />
around the sites especiallyfor<br />
thosedrawingstudents in with<br />
virtualrealityheadsets and<br />
handson games and activities.<br />
Amongthem was atruckdriving<br />
simulator set up by Quigley<br />
Contracting, withhelp from<br />
Adrenaline Events. They had an<br />
18wheeler Kenworth truck<br />
computer gaming simulator set up<br />
for students to drive, in manual or<br />
automatic mode, while towing a<br />
harvester.<br />
Quigley’s operations manager<br />
Rob Raisbeck saidthey were keen<br />
to hear from anyone with<br />
experience or looking to learn.<br />
As longaspeople had preferably<br />
afulldriver’s licence, they could<br />
be helped to gain their truck<br />
licenceorwithavenues forpretrade<br />
or mechanical<br />
apprenticeships dealing with all<br />
typesofcontracting machinery.<br />
Aviation AcademyofNew<br />
Zealand’s Nicky Hodges said that<br />
despite the currentdownturn in<br />
international travel, there was<br />
already an international need for<br />
pilots for the future of the<br />
industry. It was aperfect timefor<br />
students thinking aboutaflying<br />
career to consider it as acareer<br />
path.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s Thomas Walker (driving), with mates<br />
SamuelKeeley(left) and Leighton Watson, on atrucksimulator<br />
at the careers exchange.<br />
PHOTOS TONIWILLIAMS<br />
Above: <strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s Neiv Sol, of Year 12, speaks with<br />
Aviation Academy of New Zealand’s Nicky Hodges about flying.<br />
Left: Harlan Luff, Year 9ofMtHutt College, with St John<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Simon O’Reilly, has agoatStJohn’s CPR Challenge.<br />
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