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APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED.
Welcome to the Hutcheon & Pearce High Performance Academy (HPA) Apprenticeship Program!
Are you ready to kick-start your career in the agricultural industry? Look no further than the Hutcheon & Pearce High Performance Academy Apprenticeship Program. Our program offers a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts, gain hands-on experience, and develop essential skills for a successful career in machinery operations and maintenance.
We have a couple of career options:
Role: Working in both the workshop and in the field.
Timeframe: 4 years
Training: You’ll complete a Certificate III in Agricultural Mechanical Technology at TAFE, NSW and the Hutcheon and Pearce High Performance Academy in Wagga Wagga with all Hutcheon and Pearce apprentices. You’ll attend 6, 1 week blocks of classes each year for the first 3 years of your apprenticeship. The 4th and final year of the apprenticeship provides you with the opportunity to put your TAFE and classroom learning into practice to further cement your training.
Prospects: In time, as you progress through your career, you will be provided the opportunity to further grow and develop your skills and may be promoted to a specialist Diagnostic Service Technician or Master Technician, Service Foreman, TECSight Specialist or even Service Manager.
Role: Working behind the counter face-to-face with customers, on the road selling parts, on the phone interpreting a customer’s requirements, in the warehouse working with the inventory or with the Service Team to source parts and attachments for a customer’s repair work or a new machinery delivery.
Timeframe: 3 years
Training:You’ll complete a Certificate III in Automotive Sales with all apprentices at TAFE NSW and the Hutcheon and Pearce High Performance Academy in Wagga. You will undertake several elective subjects which will provide you with Parts Sales specific training and give you exposure to key Parts and Sales techniques and processes. You will learn to identify and interpret parts, maintain stock control, build relations and communicate effectively with customers, present effective displays in showrooms, obtain efficient warehousing skills, and confidently sell products to customers ensuring their requirements are met.
Prospects:In time, as you progress through your career you may be offered the opportunity to work as a Parts Sales Representative, Technical Parts Interpreter, Group Parts Support or Parts Department Team Lead.
As an apprentice you’ll attend Orientation Week in February to meet your teachers, the H&P Management Team, your support network and your dedicated Training and Apprenticeships Coordinator.
Your Training and Apprenticeships Coordinator will be your direct liaison throughout your apprenticeship. They will coach, guide and monitor your learning whilst managing your apprenticeship administration.
A HPA Apprenticeship will provide you with trade certification, John Deere product-specific training via the John Deere University and the Hutcheon and Pearce High-Performance Academy Training Facility in Wagga Wagga as well as Hutcheon and Pearce professional development programs and pathways.
WHY GET INVOLVED?
Study locally with the TAFE NSW John Deere program in rural NSW
Grow your capabilities and discover a great work lifestyle
Be Green ready on John Deere products upon completion of your apprenticeship
Become the ultimate Service Technician, Sales Representative or Parts Sales Interpreter
Grow to be the leaders of today and tomorrow in your field of excellence
Lead the industry best practices with a fulfilling career
BE THE BEST OF THE BEST!
APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT AN ENQUIRY BELOW
- Phone: 02 5924 5100
- Email: pandc@hutcheonandpearce.com.au
