Each year, the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence recognises and rewards outstanding work amongst trade skills teachers.

Here, SkillsOne met up with the 2007 nominees to find out what inspires them in their career.

We unveil what these teachers teach, where they teach, what they love about teaching, what winning the award means to them, and finding out a little bit more about their developmental projects.

Teaching is a dynamic, rewarding career and the industry in Australia is always in demand for keen and able mentors to guide and educate our future generation.