{"id":37713,"date":"2025-03-04T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=37713"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:14:34","slug":"headstart-sbat-blair-schwager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=37713","title":{"rendered":"HeadStart SBAT &#8211; Blair Schwager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WSSC student Blair Schwager is taking the big step into the ever-evolving world of Engineering in the role of a Head Start SBAT Engineering apprentice with the worldly knowledgeable Cameron Ford at CFE Projects who has provided this crucial stepping stone for Blair to embrace his aspirations to build a career in this vital industry. Engineering apprenticeships like this provide hands-on experience, technical knowledge, and professional skills that prepare individuals for various roles in the Engineering sector.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SCHWAGER-Blair_HeadStart_photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37714\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Picture left to right  Shane Crispin HeadStart SBAT Coordinator , Brittany Wright On Country Pathways , Brandon Ryan Koorie Academy of Excellence , Blair Schwager SBAT student , Rebekah Schwager Blair\u2019s Mother , Cameron Ford CFE Projects , Claire Cartwright Wodonga Senior Secondary College.<\/p>\n<p>Blair has applied himself to a very high level in his secondary school journey after not being fully engaged with his schooling early on. He has been gallantly supported by the team at On Country Pathways , Koorie Academy of Excellence who have supported him to reach his potential. Their mentoring along with Claire Cartwright , the Careers Team from WSSC has made a big difference in Blair\u2019s self-belief , confidence and his own capacity.<\/p>\n<p>HeadStart SBAT Coordinator Shane said the positivity from local employers regarding Blair\u2019s hands on skills, the maturity with which he carries himself is a great credit to him, all that have supported him. Blair has the drive to be successful in this pursuit with a dedicated family, knowledgeable qualified Cameron &#038; the CFE Projects team , School staff , mentoring from Danny from Apprenticeship Support Australia , Shane Crispin Head Start Coordinator and the expert training team at Wodonga TAFE who will oversee his Certificate 3 Engineering Fabrication. Congratulations Blair.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSSC student Blair Schwager is taking the big step into the ever-evolving world of Engineering in the role of a Head Start SBAT Engineering apprentice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37716,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37713\/revisions\/37716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}