Kean McLeod went to a Got a Trade? Got it Made! SpeedMeet organised by MITO. It was where Kean met Barry Brown from Gisborne Motors and two months later Kean started working there.
In a last-minute decision, Jakeb Vaughan decided not to attend university. Now an apprentice panelbeater at Mark Jones Collision Repairs in Greymouth, it’s clear he made the right decision.
Despite training as an automotive technician, Amber Kay has always been interested in the parts side of the automotive trade.
After working in the office at Auto Super Shoppe Pukekohe for several years, Toni Harris plucked up the courage to ask to move from the office to the workshop.
For 18-year-old Owen Thornton, a job in the mining and quarrying industry was always in the back of his mind, but he wasn’t quite sure how to get his foot in the door.
Driver trainers Brad Darling and Johnny Baxter, decided to enrol in MITO’s New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport Skills (Level 3) to help upskill their drivers.
Jette Josiah and Ryan De Leon completed their qualifications at Bike Torque in Taumarunui, a motorbike workshop where repairing machinery for racers is the passion of the business.
With a strong family presence in the automotive industry, it was no wonder that Warren Paulsen, Paint Supervisor at Brokers Panel & Paint Limited in Rotorua, found himself there too.
Ever since Seb Frances began his light vehicle apprenticeship through MITO, his career goal was clear: he wanted to be known as the ‘EV guy’.
