Trade teacher award for former Ford technician

Jamie Robertson, a former electrical services technician from the Ford auto-manufacturing plant at Geelong, has won the Electrotechnology Industry Trade Teacher Award for 2017.

Robertson joined NECA Education and Careers in 2016 through its Teacher Pipeline recruitment process, following completion of a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and completing classroom time under the guidance of NECA Education and Career’s Senior Teacher and Operations Leader. This program is designed to attract new trade teachers to the industry, based on their passion and dedication to mentoring the next generation of young electricians.

Although his experience as a Trade Teacher has been relatively new, the feedback received from staff, his students and employers has been extremely positive, said NECA CEO Suresh Manickam.

“Jamie has an obvious way of connecting and engaging in the classroom and this has helped foster mutual respect. His managers could not speak more highly of his work, passion and drive.”

“A strength of his is his motivation for continual learning and extending his knowledge within the electrical trade. References from his managers include ‘regardless of the project he will always roll up his sleeves, have a go and learn along the way’ and ‘he is the absolute pinnacle of the culture and values we are promoting at NECA Education and Careers’,” Manickam said.

Robertson will attend the NECA National Excellence Awards at the Sydney International Convention Centre in November and joins the industry as we celebrate the best of the best in our industry.