Investing in Youth

Over past 15 year, Reliance Hexham has found the importance of investing in the youth of our community by creating apprentice positions within our company. During this time, we have put 10 individuals through their Certificate 3 in Engineering Fabrication (heavy). Reliance Hexham currently has an average of 10.2 years of service and a combination of 215 years in the industry. These figures showcase the vast knowledge between our team members that strive to enhance.

THE BENEFITS

Control over skills acquired: By creating the opportunity for a young adult to commence an apprenticeship with your company, you are able determine the specific training in safety and quality to ensure the specific needs of your company are met. This increases overall reliability and quality of your products.
A fresh perspective: Due to these young adults holding limited experience in their field of training, they can bring unique perspectives that older employees may not see. This can be a key factor in promoting innovation of new ideas as they can challenge previous traditional methods of operation.
Access to the latest knowledge and skills: By employing a young adult, you are able to gain the very latest skills and knowledge within your industry. Apprentices are constantly receiving the most current education available to their trade.

OUR APPRENTICES

Following on from this, we would like to introduce you to our apprentices.

Meet our newest apprentice, Lachlan Tresidder.

Lachlan began his time at Reliance Hexham in February of 2021 upon the completion of his year 10 certificate. He has already shown to be very eager in learning about his trade and a quick learner.

Lachlan recently accompanied one of our experienced team members to complete work on several mine sites and has already participated in several large projects.

Aside from his enthusiasm in the workshop, Lachlan currently holds the 1^stin Australia and 1^stin the World for the barefoot water ski junior boys jump. He enjoys spending his spare time training out in the boat, working on his car and camping with friends.

We are very excited to have Lachlan a part of our team and look forward to seeing what he brings to our company in the future.

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Meet our 4^thyear apprentice, Riley Gordon.

Riley started with Reliance Hexham as a first-year apprentice in 2017 and is currently in his final year of his apprenticeship.

Riley is a smart young man that has shown an interest in also achieving his level 2 NDT (Non-destructive testing) accreditation and will embark on this journey after gathering important experience in this field.

Riley spends his weekends travelling in his purpose-built van camping and enjoying the many surf breaks up and down the East Coast of Australia.

Riley is also an avid Manly supporter after growing up in the area and likes watching the NRL of a weekend.

Meet Dane Avard-Percival, our mature age apprentice.

After starting at Reliance Hexham in 2014 as our Level 2 NDT Technician, Dane expressed an interest in becoming a fully qualified tradesperson. Dane is now currently in his last year as an Apprentice Boilermaker, as well as still being one of our most experienced NDT technicians. Dane also carries out the bulk of our final inspections with his attention to detail and systems a crucial part of this process.

Dane spends his weekend working his farm where his hobbies are breeding cattle. Dane is experienced in the process of artificial insemination of cattle and uses these processes to expand his farm. Dane is a big Sydney Swans fan and Sydney Roosters fan and is currently trying to improve his golfing abilities. Dane and his wife Jasmine of 4 years, built and live in their house in the Maitland / Gillieston Heights area since 2015.

Dane will soon be a fully-fledged tradesman and his experience gathered in his time at Reliance Hexham will add to the already wealth of knowledge we have here.