Luke Roche

Operate all types of machines including:

• Excavators
• Positracks
• Graders
• Loaders
• Rollers
• Dozers
• Trucks

Jobs include:

• General Earthworks
• Dig out for new pool
• Site cuts for new homes
• New driveways
• Culverts and drainage
• Trenching

Being an employee at Roche Excavations I was be able to:

• Liaise with customers
• Have a clear understanding of the job
• Be confident in what I was operating
• Think outside the square and find solutions on how to navigate around problems that may arise.

Jobs included:

• All electrical works from start to finish on new houses
• Renovations
• Installation of lights, fans power points
• Switchboard upgrades
• All general electrical works

I started working at Holts Volts when i was a second year apprentice. Throughout my time at Holts Volts I've learnt to interact with customers and explain the process of electrical works throughout the job until completed. During my time at Holts Volts I was the only apprentice/trades person so I had to be reliable and be a quick learner which I believe i did quite well. During my 2nd and 3rd year of being an apprentice I also worked behind a bar on weekends at the local pub.

I started working at the Buffalo Hotel in Myrtleford when i moved to Melbourne after my fist year of my apprenticeship. My hometown (Myrtleford) was 3.5 hours away from Melbourne but I was always eager to come home on weekends and ended up working most Saturday nights and a few Sundays. The Buffalo Hotel is a medium size pub and mainly served beer, wine and spirits. I enjoyed my time working there particularly on Saturdays when it was busy and seeing everyone out and about.

I started my electrical apprenticeship in a place called Nelson Bay just north of Sydney. I moved there when I was 19 just to experience something a little different. During my time as an apprentice electrician I worked behind 2 different bars, both very much the same. My first bar i worked at was called the Anna Bay Tavern in Anna Bay and the second bar was called the Game Fish Club in Shoal Bay. Both pubs were mainly filled with elderly people who were locals of the area, although i was searching for a pub that attracted more of the younger aged people, I moved there in the dead season so i didn't have many options. I still very much enjoyed my time at both of them and listening to the stories that the elders had to offer.