Apprentice profiles

Tim
	I have learnt many things in my apprenticeship the top few that come to mind are; managing work loads, building displays for automation projects, communicating with customers and working in a team environment. It's a great opportunity to learn different skills and different trades.
Any day as an apprentice for Honeywell is varied and can consist of anything from maintenance to control and mechanical equipment. The 3 things that I most enjoy about working here is; The friendly team environment Working with new and old equipment The responsibilities placed on me to do a top quality job I'd recommend working at Honeywell to one of my mates because of the great training, adverse range of equipment and job opportunities around the world. I was first attracted to entering an apprenticeship program because I wanted to get out into the world and explore different avenues rather than studying behind a desk.My total apprenticeship is 4 years and I have 5 months to complete. Honeywell provides great training for apprentice's.Some of the training that I have done so far; Electro technology of heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration.

Rachael
Seriously weigh up an apprenticeship as a viable alternative to university education. The skills you come out with are so varied and it's all a character building experience.
Some of the elements that I enjoy most about my job are; customer contact and the ability to provide quality service. doing the job right the first time, and helping customer growth and focus. Providing the right solutions to provide, develop, and implement quality solutions which directly address customer requirements. And thirdly working in a team Environment. Working in a happy environment which values staff diversity and fosters a safe work environment makes me feel good. I had worked prior to Honeywell; it was not in a very friendly team environment. The nature of automation and controls means Honeywell employs technical and highly skilled staff, and reward the staff appropriately, which leads to a happier work environment. Also the money is also pretty good! Some of my daily tasks at Honeywell include; Instrumentation and Electrical works, including control systems for security and automation of commercial buildings. I'd recommend an apprenticeship to other young people to further promote women in industry. You get paid to learn, and further develop a learning and career path. It's a valuable learning tool to continue and weigh up further education options. I chose to take on an apprenticeship as I believe they are a great alternative to university education. Whilst earning cash and creating a valuable career path, you get paid to learn. 'I have friends that are chefs, plumbers, automotive techs, hairdressers and electricians. Such a wide range of trades and all are successful through there apprenticeships! They mostly have positive experiences to share about the time they have been an apprentice.' Some of the training that I have done so far has been really great, I'm currently in the forth year of my apprenticeship and will complete a dual trade. Some of the core skills that I have learnt so far are; Developing systems and automation solutions for diverse environments, Commissioning, install and servicing of a plethora of DDC and controllers, fault finding, developing drawings, paperwork and keeping records of site safety plans and electrical drawings, Innovation in the building industry, dealing with difficult customers!

Huseyin
	Come into the trade/Honeywell keen and motivated to learn and work. Make the most of the opportunity and aim high.
On a day to day basis I attend a number of service calls, breakdowns and scheduled maintenance, I enjoy fault finding, dealing with customers and silver soldering. 'I would recommend an apprenticeship to other young people and my suggestions to them would be. It's a very dynamic career choice; you're always meeting new people.' The work is challenging and it keeps you thinking, we are always coming across new causes of breakdowns. There is an opportunity for promotion and further education by Honeywell both on the job and at university/College. I originally wanted to get into a trade that had mostly electrical and mechanical work and this trade suited my interests. Honeywell promote further education and pay my fees which is a huge financial advantage for me. The training that I have completed so far has been really interesting. Some of the things I have learnt are; silver soldering, electrical works, mechanical works, fault finding, changing compressors and calibrating thermostats. I had completed a cert II in electro technology/computer electronics during years 11 and 12, this really gave me a heads up to what my job would involve. I'm currently a 3rd year apprentice and I have one year remaining.

Luke
My ability to deal with customers has improved over my time as an apprentice and as a tradesman.
My main responsibilities at Honeywell are to maintain HVAC mechanical plant and control systems and to attend to service/break down calls. I work in the Honeywell Building Solutions division. I like the way my day to day job can vary so much. One day I can be programming on a laptop and the next I can be working on the tools. As soon as I finished my time as an apprentice I started work as a service technician. We get loads of on the job, TAFE and in house training at Honeywell. I now have both product and technical training. After finishing my time at TAFE for my apprenticeship(4^th year) I went to TAFE at night and did my diploma in HVAC, so it only took 1 year after completing my time as an apprentice to get my diploma. I first heard about Honeywell through my brother in-law as he was working for Honeywell at the time I finished high school. He had done his time as an apprentice with Honeywell. Without gaining information from him about the job there is no way I would have followed this career path and would have taken one of the many other apprenticeships I had on offer. I would recommend an apprenticeship with Honeywell because I believe a lot of younger kids that are finishing high school are going to university when it would be better suited for them to do a trade. I had the option of doing university and chose to not take it, mainly because of the prospect of spending 4-5years doing nothing but classroom based learning was not what I was after.