WPC Group Apprentice Saxon Berry has been awarded a $15,000 Bert Evans Scholarship to support him throughout his Light Vehicle Apprenticeship at Memorial Automotive. The Bert Evans Apprentice Scholarships were launched in 2014 to assist hardworking, positive apprentices who have demonstrated hardship in their personal circumstances and need additional financial support. Knowing 20-year-old Saxon’s circumstances, his WPC Group Mentor, Nicole Lean, told him about the scholarship opportunity and encouraged him to apply. “I just thought it would be good because I needed help at the time,” Saxon says. “I was living at home alone for a little bit looking after… [Read More]
‘Aussie Benz apprentices land US scholarship’ – GoAutoNews Premium, Online
THREE young automotive apprentices working for Australian Mercedes-Benz dealerships have been granted a scholarship to travel to the United States for a cultural and career development tour that has been funded by the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation through Skilling Australia Foundation. The scholarship will see the three recipients complete a two-to-three-day observation visit to a Mercedes-Benz dealership in either Los Angeles or Kentucky in September to observe first-hand how the car-maker’s American arm approaches automotive skills, and to bring back knowledge and skills they can share with co-workers. Winners include 23-year-old Mikaela Lawrence and 20-year-old Fearghus Von Prott… [Read More]
‘Driven mechanic off to USA’
– New Farm Village News
Mikaela Lawrence, 23, spent six years as a hairdresser wanting to get into the mechanical industry. Now in just the second year of her automotive apprenticeship at Eagle Farm Mercedes-Benz Brisbane, Ms Lawrence (pictured) has been awarded the Kim. T. Wyman North American Scholarship for Skills Excellence by not-for-profit group training organisation WPC Group. “I did a hairdressing apprenticeship and kept trying to get into mechanics, sending out hundreds of resumes,” Ms Lawrence explains, saying hairdressing was “a back-up I did for six years”. An entry-level automotive course at TAFE Queensland greatly increased Ms Lawrence’s chances of securing an apprenticeship… [Read More]