12:30 PM, 30 Jul 2025

Qualification: Certificate III in ESI - Power Systems - Distribution Overhead
Host Business: Power and Water Corporation, Darwin
RTO: ESS

As qualified electrician, Damien has had the privilege of working across a broad range of sectors within the electrical industry including domestic, construction, maintenance, instrumentation, mining and oil and gas. 

โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™— ๐™„โ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š.โ€

Damien actively encourages others to begin their journey through apprenticeships, calling it an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment that opens doors to exciting opportunities across Australia. 

โ€œ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™„โ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™™, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.โ€

In recognition of his dedication and progress, Damien was recently awarded Outstanding Apprentice โ€“ Stage 2 at the 2025 GTNT Group Awards. His story is a powerful example of lifelong learning, passion for the trade, and the value of apprenticeships in building a successful career.