SkillsOne ventures down to the Australian Antartic Division in Hobart, talking to the tradies who travel to the coldest continent on the planet for work: Antarctica. One tradie, Peter McCabe, talks about the close-knit community where one day a carpenter would could be a carpenter, the next as part of a search and rescue, and the next day as a guide showing the local penguin population.
Well-rounded people of all trades are needed to keep the research station in Antarctica running from mechanics, plumbers, miners, electricians. Just what does it take to survive in the coldest continent on earth? Tradies talk about the experience of working in a place unlike any other in the world.
Automotive Trade at Wagga Wagga TAFE We meet Wayne Jenkins, who shows us around the TAFE training school at Wagga Wagga TAFE. He takes us through the areas which work in mechanics, painting, panel beating and the heavy vehicle training. He shows us the range of vehicles which are available to work on - including the local firetruck!
BMW in the Blood Nathan Geier has had a long interest in cars. He started out doing engineering at university but realised his interest lay elsewhere. He applied for an apprenticeship at BMW in Melbourne and undertook his training with BMW, achieving consistently high results.
Fixing Ferraris Taking the latest model Ferrari for a test drive is all in a day's work for mechanic Chis Tesoriero at the Italia Motori service centre in Sydney.
