VIDEO: Graphic on screen: Sarah-Jayne Lavell Certificate III General Construction Gippstafe GJ & JA Avon
Sarah-Jayne Lavell standing on a building site in work clothes.
AUDIO: Hi I’m Sarah, I’m twenty-four and I’m an apprentice carpenter.
Graphic on screen Title: Name: Sarah Jayne Levell
Age: 24
Apprenticeship: Certificate III IN GERERAL
CONSTRUCTION (Carpentry-Framework/
Finishing
Tafe/Training Provider: GippsTAFE
Employer: GJ & JA Avon
VIDEO: Sarah uses jackhammer.
VIDEO: Sarah is seated in front of a ladder.
AUDIO: Before my apprenticeship, I was actually a bar maid. I met my boss when he took over the pub that I worked at and it sort of went on from there.
VIDEO: Sarah uses electric saw.
VIDEO: Sarah is seated in front of a ladder.
AUDIO: You can always go back to a trade if you ever go on to do something else and you’ve always got something there for you. It sets me up for life pretty much.
VIDEO: Sarah carries plank of wood and nails it into the wall.
AUDIO: I find myself really lucky in the sense that we do everything and I know what to do from start to finish. Like it’s more of an asset to me. You never know in five or ten year’s time, I might build my own house and I’ll know what to do so…
VIDEO: Sarah uses jackhammer.
AUDIO: Music playing in the background.
AUDIO: My apprenticeship is four years, and what they do is you go Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and then your TAFE teacher tries to come out and visit you on site.
AUDIO: They say the world’s my oyster, something like that (laughs).
VIDEO: Sarah is seated in front of a ladder.
AUDIO: We do a lot and I’ve learnt a lot but there’s so much more to do in however many years I decide to be a carpenter which hopefully will probably be the rest of my life.
VIDEO: Sarah carries plank of wood.
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Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
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