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Matt Duffy
Matt Duffy
Matt Duffy
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Team Australia - Carpentry
Matt Duffy has been around timber since he was just four years old.
With a father who’s a builder, Matt spent plenty of his formative years in and around the building and construction industry, and started making things with timber at an early age. By the time he finished Year 10, Matt knew without a doubt that carpentry was what we wanted to do with his life, and so he enrolled in a Carpentry course at TAFE NSW Wollongong.
Someone who thrives on competition and always wants to be the best, Matt entered a WorldSkills regional competition to both test his skills and learn new ones. His performance at regionals was impressive, and he was asked to compete in the WorldSkills Australia National Championships, where he was awarded a silver medal. With only fractions of a point separating Matt from the competitor who won gold, the pair participated in a ‘Skill Off’ to determine who would proceed to the International competition.
Since winning the Skill Off, Matt is working closely with expert Allen Hill in preparation for the 46th WorldSkills International Competition in Shanghai this coming August. Matt’s training plan consists of practising all different types of roof joints; he’s aiming to produce quality work to exact measurements from plans and so far feels very confident in how he’s progressing with training.
Having recently started a modular/tiny home business with his dad, Matt is managing to fit his training schedule around the many demands of a new business, as well as his existing work in residential building.
For someone who dreamt of playing cricket internationally as a kid, the opportunity to represent Australia in carpentry means a lot to Matt, who is looking forward to testing his own skills against the best carpenters in the world.
When asked what the WorldSkills journey has taught him so far, Matt says, “I’ve learnt so much. The tasks and project we were given for the national competition were things I would never do in my job as a carpenter. I’ve learnt so much from that, which has just grown my skills even more as a carpenter.”
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WorldSkills Australia
WorldSkills Australia is a social enterprise that has a purpose to identify, demonstrate, promote, and grow the excellence of Australia’s skills development. A not-for-profit organisation, we are a united voice for skills excellence in vocational, technological, and service oriented careers in Australia. We recognise that the vocational education and training sector is central to Australia’s economic growth, productivity, and future employment outcomes. We have a long and successful history of supporting young Australians to excel in their trade or skill by encouraging them to take part in WorldSkills events and test their skills against their peers at Australia’s most prestigious skills excellence competitions. We are unashamedly about excellence and since 1981, more to 100,000 apprentices and trainees have taken part in WorldSkills Australia activities with many going on to become leaders and key influencers in industry, small business owners and educators. In addition, during the past 40 years, thousands of industry experts and education professionals have enjoyed professional and personal development by volunteering their time and resources to support, train and mentor the apprentices and trainees taking part in WorldSkills competitions regionally, nationally, and internationally. WorldSkills events also provide unequalled opportunities for knowledge exchange between educators, industry, employers, and government departments, with a focus on best practices in skills training and development. As a result, educators and trainers, who participate as a WorldSkills Volunteers typically report improved training delivery and standards and this flows onto the RTO’s and employer groups in a meaningful way. www.worldskills.org.au Here is some more information on WorldSkills Australia and our competitors in action at the 2021 National Championships in Perth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UAJc_0p7Kg&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQtyEujdkU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohbsz2FPfEk&t=2s
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