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SIA President Colin Johnsen (CEO of FJP Manufacturing) opened the 2004 Apprentice of the Year awards presentation and introduced our official guests: The Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Australian Government Minister for Education, Science & Training; The Hon. John Price MP, Deputy Speaker for the Legislative Assembly NSW; Mr Clude Monger, our major sponsor BlueScope Steel; Dr Bob Every, Patron SIA Sculpture Awards; and Peter Wright, Associate Director Manufacturing, Engineering Construction and Transport Curriculum Centre Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Colin also acknowledged the prestigious sponsors, Onesteel George Ward Sheet & Coil, Sheetmetal Tooling Technologies and Machinery Forum for their contribution to the success of the awards with Advance Metal Products and Custom Built Sheet Metal who supplied the plaques and trophies.

SIA Sub Committee Chair Walter Suber, Business Development Manager Onesteel George Ward Sheet & Coil introduced the five finalists for the 2004 Apprentice of the Year.

Finalists
Back row from left: Colin Johnsen (SIA President), Tyler Gibbons,
Ultimo TAFE (ANST0); Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP;
Nathan Chetcuti, Miller TAFE (STAIN-ASH); Joel Hair,
Mt Druitt TAFE (Southern Cross Stainless Steel);
Walter Suber,(SIA Sub Committee Chair) Front row from left:
Marcus Barnes, Bankstown TAFE (Faircloth & Reynolds)and
Skene Robertson, Ultimo TAFE (FJP Manufacturing)

Walter Suber announced the recipients of the major awards for 2004:
Encouragement Award : Joel Hair nominated by teacher Tony Cartwright.
Highly Commended : Marcus Barnes nominated by teacher Phil Myers.
Apprentice of the Year : Skene Robertson nominated by teacher Gary Hibbert .

Encouragement Award
presented to Joel Hair
From left: Hon. John Price MP; Peter Wright; Joel Hair and Colin Johnsen (President SIA)

Highly Commended Award
presented to Marcus Barnes
From left :Mark Goodsell; Colin Johnsen;
Marcus Barnes and Hon. John Price MP

Apprentice of the Year2004 Award
Skene Robertson with Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP
Minister for Education, Science and Training

A Word From The Winner Skene Roberson

I was the winner of the Sheet Metal Apprentice of the year Award for 2004. Winning the award was a great achievement in my life and It proved to my family and friends that the trade I picked for myself was the right one. In the beginning, most of my friends and family were not sure about my decision to start in the sheet metal trade instead of going to Uni, now they no longer think that I made a bad choice. Winning this award has already helped me and I know it will continue to help me later in life by letting everyone know I was the best in my field and can achieve anything that I put my mind to.
I encourage anyone to looking at an apprenticeship
to look at the metal trade

Band Information

Newtown Performing Arts High School Jazz Ensemble provided entertainment for the awards night with a concert and support vocalists Melissa Nadin (Below, Left) and Daniel Doody (below, Right).

Newtown Performing Arts High School Jazz Ensemble