Jeremy Lennon has the ability to excel as an apprentice and with application could go far in his chosen career path of engineering. He has both the academic and practical ability as well as being a personable young man. Jeremy evaluated the various career training options in engineering and chose the apprenticeship pathway for the valuable practical skills and knowledge it would provide.

Jeremy successfully completed his pre trade engineering course at the Southern Institute of Technology and was employed by Southern Group Training which placed him on secondment with New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd.

In October 2005 Jeremy entered the inaugural Southern Apprentice Challenge competition in the Engineering Fitting Section which he won. This required him to complete a demanding engineering project to the best of his ability in a six hour timeframe. He then went on to compete in the 2005 Otago SkillEX competition where he was placed second in the Fitting competitio