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Queenstown-based Alan Wharton, aged 34, is in the fourth and final year of his plumbing and gasfitting apprenticeship, hosted by Flints Plumbing and Drainage.
Christchurch-based plumbing apprentice Darren Mills has won a Plumbing World Scholarship at the national New Zealand Plumbing awards, held online on Tuesday 19 May.
It’s smiles all round in Kaitaia as Masterlink host Jack Rogers and his apprentice George Steed both win national awards at the 2020 New Zealand Plumbing Awards.
Masterlink plumbing apprentice Valentino Eyer may only be 21 years old, but he’s already become a name to be reckoned with—and not just on his Kaitaia home turf.
Ben McCulloch says his plumbing apprenticeship has taught him many things, including how to deal with people. “I used to be quite shy and quiet, but it has made me more confident in myself and my skills.”
At the 2019 New Zealand Plumbing Awards held on the Gold Coast, five recipients received scholarships, with one overall winner. Each recipient received a trophy and a certificate, plus a $1,000 voucher from Plumbing World. The overall Supreme Scholarship winner also won a trip to the 2019 New Zealand Plumbing Conference in Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, from 29-31 May.